If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
AJAHN CHAHI touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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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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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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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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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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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