The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
AJAHN CHAHIn practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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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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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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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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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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