Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
AJAHN CHAH
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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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