Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
AJAHN CHAHWe have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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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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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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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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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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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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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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