Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
AJAHN CHAHLooking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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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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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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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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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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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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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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