Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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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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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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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.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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