Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
AJAHN CHAHWhy do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Read yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
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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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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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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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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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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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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 one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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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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