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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.

Ajahn Chah

If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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Dharma Good Inspire Lie Mindfulness
Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Come From Suffering
The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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Feeling Heart Just Thought
Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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Animal Clear Course Forest Let Mind Mindful Natural Surround Thing Trying
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Chicken Children Duck Suffer Want
The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Book Heart Only Read Worth
If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Complete Dharma Guy Ifs Let Go Peace
The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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Anxiety Born Confusion Mind Tranquil
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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Ask Born Day Every Good Morning Night Practice Question Sincerely Yourself
You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Awareness Steady Within Yourself
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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Both Cling Form Needs World Personal Realm Universal Way
Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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Breath Down Meditation Practice Sleep Work
You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Doubt Knowing Look Own Teach Teacher
If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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Attitude Constantly Peace Practice Reflect Way
The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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Backward Forward Path Practice Standard Standing Still Walking
Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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Attach Happen Letter Mind Open Sad Suffer

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