I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go completely you will have complete peace.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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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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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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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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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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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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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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