The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
AJAHN CHAHRemember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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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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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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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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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.
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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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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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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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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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