Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
AJAHN CHAHThere are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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Look 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.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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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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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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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