You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
AJAHN CHAHThe teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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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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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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Time is our present breath.
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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 teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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,
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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