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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.

Ajahn Chah

Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
AJAHN CHAH

Dead Heedless Ifs Life Mindfulness Sail Sati
You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Awareness Steady Within Yourself
A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Anger Ask Deal Fall Mean Mind Want Woman
We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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Leave Like More Nothing Simply Sound Understand
Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Anything Let Go Meditate Remember Rid Thing
You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Day Death Least Per Think Three Time Very
Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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Calm Concentration End Insight Investigation Long Meditation Mind Other Single Wood
Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Find Important Inside Investigate Knowing Most Outside Truth
I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Already Broken Enjoy Glass Incredible Know
The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Cause Confuse Confusion Go Hold Letting Peaceful Song
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Again Born
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Chicken Children Duck Suffer Want
The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Book Heart Only Read Worth
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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Attitude Close Eye Lying Practice Quick Sit
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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Come Job Out Paas Seat Stay Understanding Wisdom
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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Arise Cause Fruit Right Suffer View Wrong

When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.

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