Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
AJAHN CHAHWhen 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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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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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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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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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.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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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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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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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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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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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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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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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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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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