People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
AJAHN CHAHRaise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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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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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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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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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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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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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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