The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
AJAHN CHAHRegarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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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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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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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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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 let go completely you will have complete peace.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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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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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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