If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
AJAHN CHAHTo the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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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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Time is our present breath.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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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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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
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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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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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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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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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