Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
AJAHN CHAHPracticing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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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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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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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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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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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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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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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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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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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