Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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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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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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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.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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