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 CHAHThe 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 CHAHWhen coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
AJAHN CHAHThere are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
AJAHN CHAHOf course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
AJAHN CHAHDo not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAHWe practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
AJAHN CHAHDharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
AJAHN CHAHIf you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAHWe 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.
AJAHN CHAHThe ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
AJAHN CHAHDifficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go completely you will have complete peace.
AJAHN CHAHA woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
AJAHN CHAHWhatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
AJAHN CHAHWhy do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
AJAHN CHAHIf your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
AJAHN CHAH