The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
AJAHN CHAHYou will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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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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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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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.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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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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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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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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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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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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