Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
AJAHN CHAHThings are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
AJAHN CHAHYou are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
AJAHN CHAHIf we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
AJAHN CHAHBut when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
AJAHN CHAHTruth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
AJAHN CHAHSome people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
AJAHN CHAHJust go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
AJAHN CHAHKnow and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
AJAHN CHAHThe 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.
AJAHN CHAHSati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
AJAHN CHAHThe meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
AJAHN CHAHHear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
AJAHN CHAHAll kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
AJAHN CHAHWisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
AJAHN CHAHDon’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
AJAHN CHAHDon’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
AJAHN CHAH