Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
AJAHN CHAHKnow and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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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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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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