Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
AJAHN CHAHWhere does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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