Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
AJAHN CHAHPeople 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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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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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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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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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 heart of the path is quite easy.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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