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.
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go completely you will have complete peace.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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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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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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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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