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.
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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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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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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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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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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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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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