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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. The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ajahn Chah Quotes , Needs Quotes , World 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.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ajahn Chah Quotes , Views Quotes , Suffering Quotes
  • If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand. 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. If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don't have to run away. You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ajahn Chah Quotes , Running Quotes , Lying 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.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ajahn Chah Quotes , Running Quotes , Teacher Quotes
  • Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ajahn Chah Quotes , Reflection Quotes , Mirrors 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.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ajahn Chah Quotes , Nature Quotes , Taken Quotes