Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
AJAHN CHAHLetting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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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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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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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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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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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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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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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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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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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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