Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
AJAHN CHAHHear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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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.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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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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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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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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