Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAH
To 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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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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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 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 know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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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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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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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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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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