Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
AJAHN CHAHSteady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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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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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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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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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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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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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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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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