The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
AJAHN CHAHDo not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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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.
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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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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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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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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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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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