Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
AJAHN CHAHDharma 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all 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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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 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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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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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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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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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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