Ajahn Chah on grasp
Ajahn Chah164 quotes“When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.”
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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Pliny the ElderPliny the Elder Whatever lives, lives to die in sorrow. We engage our hearts, and grasp after the things of this world, only to undergo the pang of losing them.
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David OgilvyDavid Ogilvy The firmer your grasp on reality, the more power you will have to alter it for your purposes.
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