If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
AJAHN CHAHAll religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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 heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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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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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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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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