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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.

Ajahn Chah

We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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Anything Desire Find Letting
To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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Actuality Anything Buddhism Cling Lot Phrase Word
Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Find Important Inside Investigate Knowing Most Outside Truth
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Again Born
Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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Already Green Mango One Ripe Sweet Wisdom Young Yourself
When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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Buddhist Business Inspirational Meditation Spiritual Thought
We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Protect Us Virtue
If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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Anywhere Happy Look Meditation Mind
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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Change Clean Defilement Dirty Let Mind Pure Sky Water Wonderful
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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Everything Expectation Generosity Go Letting Mind Praise Reward
The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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Arise Cease Lie Problem Right Settle Suffer Teaching
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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Ceaseless Change Flow Great Man Nature Pain River Self Suffering Watch Wish
In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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Allow Attachment Come Cultivating Generously Greed Lighter Nature Oppress Out
Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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Anything Irritate Teacher Trouble
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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Blind Bother Death Feast Fine Food Idea Ignore Party People Toilet
Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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Attitude Close Eye Lying Practice Quick Sit

When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.

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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.

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