Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
AJAHN CHAHAll that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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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.
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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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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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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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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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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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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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