The heart of the path is quite easy.
AJAHN CHAHThe 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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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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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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Mental 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.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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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 one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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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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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun 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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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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