I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
AJAHN CHAHYou are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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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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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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