I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
AJAHN CHAHA woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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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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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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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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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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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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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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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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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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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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