Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
AJAHN CHAHAnything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
AJAHN CHAHI am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
AJAHN CHAHThe 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.
AJAHN CHAHSee 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.
AJAHN CHAHWhen 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.
AJAHN CHAHIf you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
AJAHN CHAHLook at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
AJAHN CHAHWhy do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
AJAHN CHAHLetting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
AJAHN CHAHNo. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
AJAHN CHAHThe meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
AJAHN CHAHEven if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
AJAHN CHAHYou will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
AJAHN CHAHDon’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
AJAHN CHAHThe Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
AJAHN CHAHYou will have a steady awareness within yourself.
AJAHN CHAH