To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
AJAHN CHAH
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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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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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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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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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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Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
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