If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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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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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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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.
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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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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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