All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
AJAHN CHAHWe say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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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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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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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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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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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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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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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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