If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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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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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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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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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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Read yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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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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