I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
AJAHN CHAHTrying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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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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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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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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