Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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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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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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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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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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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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