We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
AJAHN CHAHThe serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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