Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
AJAHN CHAHIf you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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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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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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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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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 you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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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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To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
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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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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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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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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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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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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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