Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
AJAHN CHAHThe 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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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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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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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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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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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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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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