When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
AJAHN CHAHThe ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
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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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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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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.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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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 Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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