Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
AJAHN CHAHWhen we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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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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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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