Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
AJAHN CHAHWherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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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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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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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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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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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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