The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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.
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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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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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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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