If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
AJAHN CHAHTrying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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Time is our present breath.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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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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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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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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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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