To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
AJAHN CHAHTo observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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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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