There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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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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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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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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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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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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