You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
AJAHN CHAHPracticing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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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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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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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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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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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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