The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
AJAHN CHAH
AJAHN CHAH
Ajahn Chah on dharma
Ajahn Chah164 quotes“The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.”
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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?
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah 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.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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