One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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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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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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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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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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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 coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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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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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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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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