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.
AJAHN CHAHWhen coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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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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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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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 should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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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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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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