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.
AJAHN CHAHWhenever 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.
AJAHN CHAHTo 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.
AJAHN CHAHThe meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
AJAHN CHAHWe 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.
AJAHN CHAHWhen coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
AJAHN CHAHIf we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
AJAHN CHAHDo not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAHDon’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
AJAHN CHAHIf you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
AJAHN CHAHTrying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
AJAHN CHAHAll kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
AJAHN CHAHThese days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
AJAHN CHAHIf it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
AJAHN CHAHWe will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
AJAHN CHAHThe master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
AJAHN CHAHDon’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
AJAHN CHAH