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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.

Ajahn Chah

A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Anger Ask Deal Fall Mean Mind Want Woman
Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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Anger Belong Deception Hold Obey Personal Possession Suffering
When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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Grasp Nothing Resist Sit Walk
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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Arise Cease Lie Problem Right Settle Suffer Teaching
There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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Away Beautiful Everywhere Follow Kind Running Suffer Two
At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Heart Inspirational Itself Motivational Point Some Tell
Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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Anything Definitely Doe Feel Open Refuse Right Suffering View
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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Bad Bowl Completion Day Doing Make Merit Outside Overturn Rain Stop Thing
We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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Limited Lying Mind Other Ourselves Practice Teach Try
Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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Attitude Close Eye Lying Practice Quick Sit
If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Meditate Mindful Time
To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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Empty Existence Flow Lasting Peace Pleasure Self Stable True Vold World
When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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Conquer Ear Everything Eye Nose Object Oneslf Other Ourselves Sense
You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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Endlessly Foolish Increase Issue Most One Right Settle Stupid Suffer
Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Book Heart Reading Worth
To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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Examine Mean One Oneself Practice

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