If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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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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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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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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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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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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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 ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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