Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
AJAHN CHAHWhenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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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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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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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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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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