Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
AJAHN CHAH
When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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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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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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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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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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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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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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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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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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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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