The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
AJAHN CHAHAt some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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Read yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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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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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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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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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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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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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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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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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