We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
AJAHN CHAHIf your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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There 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.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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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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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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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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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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