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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.

Ajahn Chah

The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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Aim Deeply Do Establishment Goddess Lying Mind Right Sink View
You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Awareness Steady Within Yourself
Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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Another Dhamma Listen Meditation Regard Simply Something Take Understanding Word
Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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Anything Definitely Doe Feel Open Refuse Right Suffering View
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
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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Another Both Form Need Nothing Place Respect Truth World
All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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Car Different Direction Heart Light Moving Religion Same
Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Down Every Keep Lying Mindful Posture Practice Sitting Stand Steady Walk
Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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Buddhism Meditation Mind Own Practice Train
If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Complete Dharma Guy Ifs Let Go Peace
What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Brightness Flashlight Great Help Ourselves Suffer
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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Deception Fail Fall Happy Mind Sad
These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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Knowledge Living Make Necessary Order People Simply Smart Study Truth Wise
Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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Effort Happen Meditation Overcome Particular Proper Something
We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Protect Us Virtue
Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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Breath Down Meditation Practice Sleep Work

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