“We never really get away with anything.”
Source: A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah
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Source: Reflections
Source: Reflections
Source: On Meditation
Source: A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah
“If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer”
“Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it.”
“If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.”
“You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.”
Source: Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings
“If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.”
“But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.”
“If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.”
“If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.”
“If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.”
“When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.”
“Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.”
“Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.”