Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
AJAHN CHAHTrying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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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.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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