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.
AJAHN CHAH
If 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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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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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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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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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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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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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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 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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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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