The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
AJAHN CHAHWhen 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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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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Time is our present breath.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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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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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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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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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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