Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
AJAHN CHAHThe mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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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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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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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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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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