When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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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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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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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.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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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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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