More from Ajahn Chah
We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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 ChahAjahn Chah We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah
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