Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
AJAHN CHAHMeditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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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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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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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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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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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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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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