You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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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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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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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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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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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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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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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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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.
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