I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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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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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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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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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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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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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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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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Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
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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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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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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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