Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
AJAHN CHAHYou are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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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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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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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 reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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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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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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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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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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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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