If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
AJAHN CHAHLearn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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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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To 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.
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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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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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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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