Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
AJAHN CHAH
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.
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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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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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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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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