The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
AJAHN CHAHA good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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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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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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