If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
AJAHN CHAHSteady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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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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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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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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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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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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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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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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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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