If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
AJAHN CHAHWith even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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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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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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