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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.

Ajahn Chah

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  Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.

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  Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.

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  Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.

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  Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.

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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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  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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  Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.

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  We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.

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  The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.

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  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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  Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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  Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.

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