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Ajahn Chah Quotes

You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least Picture Quote #1

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward Picture Quote #1

The heart is the only book worth reading Picture Quote #1

If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate Picture Quote #1

When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing Picture Quote #1

If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate Picture Quote #1

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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering Picture Quote #1

Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer Picture Quote #1

With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher Picture Quote #1

All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts Picture Quote #1

If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer Picture Quote #1

Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view. 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 Picture Quote #1

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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. This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere Picture Quote #1

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. Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one Picture Quote #1

But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious Picture Quote #1

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. 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. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it Picture Quote #1

Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead Picture Quote #1

When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy Picture Quote #1

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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath, 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 Picture Quote #1

Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind Picture Quote #1

The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear. The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit. You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable. 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 Picture Quote #1

Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing Picture Quote #1

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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free Picture Quote #1

If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good Picture Quote #1

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you Picture Quote #1

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. The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer Picture Quote #1

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. Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it Picture Quote #1

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything Picture Quote #1

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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward (Ajahn Chah Quotes) The heart is the only book worth reading (Ajahn Chah Quotes) If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate (Ajahn Chah Quotes) When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing (Ajahn Chah Quotes) If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate (Ajahn Chah Quotes) We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer (Ajahn Chah Quotes) With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher (Ajahn Chah Quotes) All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts (Ajahn Chah Quotes) If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view. 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 (Ajahn Chah Quotes) 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. This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere (Ajahn Chah Quotes) 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. Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one (Ajahn Chah Quotes) But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. 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. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead (Ajahn Chah Quotes) When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath, 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 (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind (Ajahn Chah Quotes) The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear. The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved (Ajahn Chah Quotes) 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 (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit. You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable. 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 (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing (Ajahn Chah Quotes) If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free (Ajahn Chah Quotes) If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good (Ajahn Chah Quotes) Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you (Ajahn Chah Quotes) 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. The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer (Ajahn Chah Quotes) 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. Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it (Ajahn Chah Quotes) We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything (Ajahn Chah Quotes)

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