If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
AJAHN CHAHWhere does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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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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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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Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
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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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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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