Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
AJAHN CHAHIf you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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Time is our present breath.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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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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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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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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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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