What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
AJAHN CHAHTry to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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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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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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