If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
AJAHN CHAHThere’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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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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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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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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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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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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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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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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To 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.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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