If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
AJAHN CHAHI am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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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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