Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
AJAHN CHAHHolding 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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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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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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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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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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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.
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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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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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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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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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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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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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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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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