The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
AJAHN CHAH
We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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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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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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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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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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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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 are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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