We 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.
AJAHN CHAHYou will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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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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