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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

Ajahn Chah

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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Aware Body Born Breath Far Away Going Once Out People
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
You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Actor Everything Kind Scene Story Temptation Witness
If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Arise Away Contemplate Have Right Run Suffer
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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Always Breath Important Meditation Practice Time
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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Bound Certainty Suffer Suffering Uncertain
If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Cried Deeply Happen Meditation Number Time
The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Cause Confuse Confusion Go Hold Letting Peaceful Song
When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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Everything Heart Let Go Truly Understand
Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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Able Find Heart Looking Mustache Peace Turtle
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.
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Balance Dhamma Found Heart Look Own Se True
Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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Anybody Celebrate Confidence Going Keep Know Mind Simply
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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Come Dirty Earth Evaporate Rain Sky Through Urine Wash Water
We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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Develop Evil Fall Give Up Heart Rain Teach
To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Doing Evil Give Up Important Merit Mke
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Bother Deeper Hear Investigate Meditation Sound Suffer Think

We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

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