If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAHJust 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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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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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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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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