Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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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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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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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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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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