What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
AJAHN CHAHWe should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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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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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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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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