But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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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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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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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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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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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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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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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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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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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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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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