No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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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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Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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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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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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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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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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