The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
AJAHN CHAHMental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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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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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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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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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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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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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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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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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