Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
AJAHN CHAHKnow and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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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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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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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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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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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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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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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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