If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
AJAHN CHAHDon’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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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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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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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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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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