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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.

Ajahn Chah

Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Breathe Have Importance See Time
Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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Carry Got Heaven Look Mind Own Thing Think Thinking
Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Anything Let Go Meditate Remember Rid Thing
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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Develop Evil Fall Give Up Heart Rain Teach
Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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Bring Complete Go Letting Little Lot Peace
If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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Bad Bowl Completion Day Doing Make Merit Outside Overturn Rain Stop Thing
Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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Burden Cling Go Gone Happiness Letting Life Struggle Understand
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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Car Different Direction Heart Light Moving Religion Same
If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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Arise Continous Develop Fast Mindfulness Practice Quick Way Wisdom
See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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Experience Mind Mirror Moment Reflection Reveal Truth Understanding
Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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Anywhere Go Learn Like Read Truth
The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Book Heart Only Read Worth
The heart of the path is quite easy.
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Easy Equity Hate Letting Go Love Path
You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Awareness Steady Within Yourself
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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Both Cling Form Needs World Personal Realm Universal Way
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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Change Coming Meditation Out Posture Sit

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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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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