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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.

Ajahn Chah

Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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Attach Happen Letter Mind Open Sad Suffer
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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Come Job Out Paas Seat Stay Understanding Wisdom
In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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Case Difficult Easily Mind Practice Thinking
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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Car Different Direction Heart Light Moving Religion Same
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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Away Beautiful Everywhere Follow Kind Running Suffer Two
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Chicken Children Duck Suffer Want
You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Actor Everything Kind Scene Story Temptation Witness
The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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Apple Ear Eye Flavour Hear Like Teaching Ultimate
Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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Anything Become Buddhist Enlighten Trying
Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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Burden Cling Go Gone Happiness Letting Life Struggle Understand
If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Anger Ask Deal Fall Mean Mind Want Woman
If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Have See Suffer
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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Ceaseless Change Flow Great Man Nature Pain River Self Suffering Watch Wish
Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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Bowl Falling Full Inside never Outside Right Touch Water Way
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Happiness Inspirational Letting Little

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