If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
AJAHN CHAHYou are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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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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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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