Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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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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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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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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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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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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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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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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