The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
AJAHN CHAHYou should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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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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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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