We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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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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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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