If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
AJAHN CHAHYour 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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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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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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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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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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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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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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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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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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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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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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