You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
AJAHN CHAH
Raise 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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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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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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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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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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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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