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.
AJAHN CHAHIf we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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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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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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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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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
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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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