Ajahn Chah on clearly
Ajahn Chah164 quotes“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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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Time is our present breath.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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!
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah
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