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.
AJAHN CHAHThe 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.
AJAHN CHAHNo. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
AJAHN CHAHOnce 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.
AJAHN CHAHThese days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
AJAHN CHAHIf it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
AJAHN CHAHI am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
AJAHN CHAHLook 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.
AJAHN CHAHThe mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
AJAHN CHAHTo know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
AJAHN CHAHInvestigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
AJAHN CHAHIf we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
AJAHN CHAHRaise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
AJAHN CHAHIf you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAHThings are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
AJAHN CHAHWe say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
AJAHN CHAH