If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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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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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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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 conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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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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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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