Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
AJAHN CHAHThere 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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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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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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Read yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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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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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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