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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.

Ajahn Chah

At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Heart Inspirational Itself Motivational Point Some Tell
The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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Dharma Phenomena Practice Recognize Within
If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Cried Deeply Happen Meditation Number Time
Read yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
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Book Bottle Memory Outside Read Wisdom Yourself
The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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Another Both Form Need Nothing Place Respect Truth World
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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Blow Day Elbow Knock Ring Shelf Table Touch Wind
I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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Bird Branch Come Eat Forest Fruit Sweet Tree View
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.
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Ceaseless Change Flow Great Man Nature Pain River Self Suffering Watch Wish
If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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Dharma Good Inspire Lie Mindfulness
Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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Effort Happen Meditation Overcome Particular Proper Something
Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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Another Chance Constant Dislike Man Nature Suffer Understand
If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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Happen
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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Anger Belong Deception Hold Obey Personal Possession Suffering
But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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Broken Glass Know Minute Precious
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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Bring Complete Go Letting Little Lot Peace
If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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Buddha Giving Need Observe Quality Up Virtue

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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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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