If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go completely you will have complete peace.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Time is our present breath.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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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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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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