At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
AJAHN CHAHThe sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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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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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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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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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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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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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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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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