If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
AJAHN CHAHWe 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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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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Time is our present breath.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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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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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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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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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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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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