If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
AJAHN CHAHThe one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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Time is our present breath.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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