Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
AJAHN CHAHWe can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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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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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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