I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
AJAHN CHAH
The heart of the path is quite easy.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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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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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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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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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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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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