All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
AJAHN CHAHWhat’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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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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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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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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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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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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