Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
AJAHN CHAHYou will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Time is our present breath.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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