Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
AJAHN CHAHWhen suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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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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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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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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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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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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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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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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