If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
AJAHN CHAHTo give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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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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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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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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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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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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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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