We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
AJAHN CHAHOnce you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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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.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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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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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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