You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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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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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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