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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.

Ajahn Chah

If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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Dharma Good Inspire Lie Mindfulness
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Bother Deeper Hear Investigate Meditation Sound Suffer Think
If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Complete Dharma Guy Ifs Let Go Peace
When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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Buddhist Business Inspirational Meditation Spiritual Thought
Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Down Every Keep Lying Mindful Posture Practice Sitting Stand Steady Walk
Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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Attach Happen Letter Mind Open Sad Suffer
When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Arise Cause Fruit Right Suffer View Wrong
What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Brightness Flashlight Great Help Ourselves Suffer
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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Burden Cling Go Gone Happiness Letting Life Struggle Understand
Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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Anger Belong Deception Hold Obey Personal Possession Suffering
If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Arise Away Contemplate Have Right Run Suffer
The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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Day Every Ladle Meditate Pot Reflect Soup Taste
Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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Doe Giving Sharp Suffering Way
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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Another Both Form Need Nothing Place Respect Truth World
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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Bowl Falling Full Inside never Outside Right Touch Water Way
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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Every Mind Moment Quiet Reveal Understand

When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.

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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.

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