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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.

Ajahn Chah

A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Anger Ask Deal Fall Mean Mind Want Woman
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 forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Cause Confuse Confusion Go Hold Letting Peaceful Song
Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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Attitude Close Eye Lying Practice Quick Sit
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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Blow Day Elbow Knock Ring Shelf Table Touch Wind
Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Find Important Inside Investigate Knowing Most Outside Truth
People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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Blind Bother Death Feast Fine Food Idea Ignore Party People Toilet
You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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Breathe Busy Meditation Practice Time
Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Attach Fall Light Meditation Rise Vision
I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Already Broken Enjoy Glass Incredible Know
The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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Day Every Ladle Meditate Pot Reflect Soup Taste
The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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Actually Distribute Grab Out Sound Went
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
Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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Change Clean Defilement Dirty Let Mind Pure Sky Water Wonderful
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
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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Doe Giving Sharp Suffering Way

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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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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