If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
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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.
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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.
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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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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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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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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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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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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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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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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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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