All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
AJAHN CHAHIf you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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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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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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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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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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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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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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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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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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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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