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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.

Ajahn Chah

Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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Anger Belong Deception Hold Obey Personal Possession Suffering
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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Leave Like More Nothing Simply Sound Understand
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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Change Coming Meditation Out Posture Sit
We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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Develop Evil Fall Give Up Heart Rain Teach
I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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Bird Branch Come Eat Forest Fruit Sweet Tree View
Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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Attach Happen Letter Mind Open Sad Suffer
When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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Confuse Doe Life Death Understand
The 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.
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Anxiety Born Confusion Mind Tranquil
What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Brightness Flashlight Great Help Ourselves Suffer
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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Feeling Heart Just Thought
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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Ceaseless Change Flow Great Man Nature Pain River Self Suffering Watch Wish
When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Call Finally Idea Mess Nature No
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Happiness Inspirational Letting Little
There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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Aware Body Born Breath Far Away Going Once Out People
The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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Anyone Ask Experience Flavour Longer Practice Problem Solve Taste Teaching
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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Admire Gave Glass Glinten Hold Master Someone Sunlight Water

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