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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.

Ajahn Chah

If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
AJAHN CHAH

Anywhere Happy Look Meditation Mind
The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
AJAHN CHAH

Dharma Phenomena Practice Recognize Within
The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
AJAHN CHAH

Cling Enter Experience Meditator Mind Simply
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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Conquer Ear Everything Eye Nose Object Oneslf Other Ourselves Sense
We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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End Heaven Meditate Suffer
When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
AJAHN CHAH

Confuse Doe Life Death Understand
To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Doing Evil Give Up Important Merit Mke
Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
AJAHN CHAH

Advantage Afraid Attachment Feel Generously Nature Oppressed Taken
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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Buddha Come Happiness Many Strange Thing Wonderful
If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
AJAHN CHAH

Arise Continous Develop Fast Mindfulness Practice Quick Way Wisdom
If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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Happen
We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
AJAHN CHAH

Limited Lying Mind Other Ourselves Practice Teach Try
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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Arise Cease Lie Problem Right Settle Suffer Teaching
If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
AJAHN CHAH

Pot Practice Soup Teaching
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.
AJAHN CHAH

Accept Mind Peaceful Practice Push
In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
AJAHN CHAH

Case Difficult Easily Mind Practice Thinking

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