If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
AJAHN CHAHRemember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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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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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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