The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
AJAHN CHAH
Wherever 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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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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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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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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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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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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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 your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
AJAHN CHAH