When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
AJAHN CHAHIf you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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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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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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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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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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