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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.

Ajahn Chah

Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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Centre Come Door Into Job Room Visit Window
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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Every Mind Moment Quiet Reveal Understand
Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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Another Dhamma Listen Meditation Regard Simply Something Take Understanding Word
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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Apple Ear Eye Flavour Hear Like Teaching Ultimate
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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Anywhere Happy Look Meditation Mind
Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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Change Clean Defilement Dirty Let Mind Pure Sky Water Wonderful
The 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.
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Another Both Form Need Nothing Place Respect Truth World
The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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Dharma Phenomena Practice Recognize Within
When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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Grasp Nothing Resist Sit Walk
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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Bird Go Hear Know Nature Song Truth
Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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Bring Complete Go Letting Little Lot Peace
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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Backward Forward Path Practice Standard Standing Still Walking
What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Brightness Flashlight Great Help Ourselves Suffer
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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Coming Conquer Down Focus Going Laying Ourselves Sitting Standing Way
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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Buddhism Habit Interest Issue Meditation Mind Observe Own Pattern Practice Running Solve Story Untrained Watch
To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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Empty Existence Flow Lasting Peace Pleasure Self Stable True Vold World

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