If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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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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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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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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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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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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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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