There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
AJAHN CHAHAnother man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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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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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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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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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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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