The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
AJAHN CHAHIf you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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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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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our 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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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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