The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
AJAHN CHAHIf we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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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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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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Of 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?
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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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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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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