You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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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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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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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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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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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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