Time is our present breath.
AJAHN CHAHWhen we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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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!
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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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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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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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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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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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 heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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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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