This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
AJAHN CHAHTherefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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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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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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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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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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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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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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