‘If we have wisdom then we’ll be able to examine this natural mind of ours and use it as our subject of study.’
Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Even though we have that fruit in our hand we get no benefit from it.
‘Even though we have that fruit in our hand we get no benefit from it. Only through the actual eating of the fruit will we really know its taste.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — It’s of great importance that we practise the Dhamma.
‘It’s of great importance that we practise the Dhamma. If we don’t practise, then all our knowledge is only superficial knowledge, just the outer shell of it.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — This is where the practice really begins.
‘This is where the practice really begins.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — If one really practises, one will hear the Buddha-Dhamma.
‘If one really practises, one will hear the Buddha-Dhamma whether sitting at the root of a tree, lying down or in whatever posture. This is not something to merely think about. It arises from the pure mind.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Our minds aren’t peaceful because of our old habits.
‘Our minds aren’t peaceful because of our old habits. We inherit these because of our past actions and thus they follow us around and constantly plague us. We struggle and search for a way out, but we’re bound by them and they pull us back.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Come to practise for liberation!
‘Come to practise for liberation! It isn’t easy to live in accordance with true wisdom, but whoever earnestly seeks the path and fruit and aspires to Nibbāna will be able to persevere and endure.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by.
‘The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by, there’s nothing you can know it by. In its natural state it is unshaken, unmoving.’
Ajahn Chah
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