See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
AJAHN CHAHThings are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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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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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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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 ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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