Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
AJAHN CHAHThe Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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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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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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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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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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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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