Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
AJAHN CHAHWhy do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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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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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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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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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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