See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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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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There’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.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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