When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
AJAHN CHAHTo practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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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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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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