If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
AJAHN CHAHWhen nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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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 you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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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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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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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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