The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
AJAHN CHAHWe 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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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 let go completely you will have complete peace.
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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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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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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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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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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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