If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
AJAHN CHAHIf you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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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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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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