These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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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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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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