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.
AJAHN CHAHThese days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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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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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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