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.
AJAHN CHAHThe meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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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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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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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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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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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