At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
AJAHN CHAHAt some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
AJAHN CHAHOf 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?
AJAHN CHAHThe ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
AJAHN CHAHTruth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
AJAHN CHAHPeace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
AJAHN CHAHWhat’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
AJAHN CHAHWhen we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
AJAHN CHAHMental 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.
AJAHN CHAHThese days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
AJAHN CHAHIn practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
AJAHN CHAHTime is our present breath.
AJAHN CHAHIf you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
AJAHN CHAHI am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
AJAHN CHAHWhen one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
AJAHN CHAHThe ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
AJAHN CHAHTo define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
AJAHN CHAH