Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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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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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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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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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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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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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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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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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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