When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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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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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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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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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Time is our present breath.
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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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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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