Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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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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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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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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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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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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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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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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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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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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