Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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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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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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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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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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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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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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