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.’
AJAHN CHAHWhere does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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Time is our present breath.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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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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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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