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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.

Ajahn Chah

You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Day Death Least Per Think Three Time Very
The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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Anxiety Born Confusion Mind Tranquil
You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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Endlessly Foolish Increase Issue Most One Right Settle Stupid Suffer
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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Bird Chatter Fruit Point Sour Sweet Tree View Whatever
With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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Clear Intuitive Little Teacher Wisdom World
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Happiness Inspirational Letting Little
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Again Born
Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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Attachment Free Just Learn No Simply Struggle
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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Change Coming Meditation Out Posture Sit
Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Anything Let Go Meditate Remember Rid Thing
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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Develop Evil Fall Give Up Heart Rain Teach
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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Ask Blow Happy Illness Loved Master Philosophy Protect Wind
If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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Pot Practice Soup Teaching
We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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Another Arise Defliment Develop Disappear Explain Listen Meditation Need Oneself Understanding
Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Come From Suffering
Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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Buddha Certain Difficult Easy Just Life

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.

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