If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAH
Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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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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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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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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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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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.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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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.
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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?
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