To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
AJAHN CHAHThe heart is the only book worth reading.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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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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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 can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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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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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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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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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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Time is our present breath.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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