At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
AJAHN CHAHTo know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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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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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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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