Conditions all go their own natural way

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Conditions all go their own natural way. Whether we laugh or cry over them, they just go their own way.

(Ajahn Chah, "No Ajahn Chah")

"Oh, another one!"

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If you know that all things are impermanent, all your thinking will gradually unwind, and you won't need to think too much. Whenever anything arises, all you need to say is "Oh, another one!" Just that!

(Ajahn Chah, "No Ajahn Chah")

heart to listen to the Teachings

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Use your heart to listen to the Teachings, not your ears.

(Ajahn Chah, "No Ajahn Chah")

Strengthening The Mind

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Strengthening the mind is not done by making it move around as is done to strengthen the body, but by bringing the mind to a halt, bringing it to rest.

(Ajahn Chah, "No Ajahn Chah")

Big 'Self', Thin 'Self'

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People who are easily frustrated, easily upset, this person is a person who has a big 'self', the bigger 'self' he admitted he become more irritable, more easily frustrated, easily discouraged. But on the contrary, people are increasingly thin his 'self', people who try to pulverize his 'self', these people will be happy, not easily discouraged, not easily frustrated, not prone to mental stress.
(Sri Pannavaro, "Honey and Poison")

Frequent Recollection

I am sure to become old; I cannot avoid ageing.

I am sure to become ill; I cannot avoid illness.

I am sure to die; I cannot avoid death.

I must be separated and parted from all that is dear and beloved to me.

I am the owner of my actions

heir of my actions

actions are the womb (from which I have sprung)

actions are my relations

actions are my protection

Whatever actions I do

good or bad

of these I shall become their heir

We should often reflect on this

Let's Meditate

"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.

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate."

~Ajahn Chah
(From: http://english.kbs.org.my/quote-from-ajhan-chah/lp028/)

Don't be in a hurry

"So don't be in a hurry
and try to push or 
rush your practice. 
Do your meditation gently 
and gradually step by step. 
In regard to peacefulness, 
if you become peaceful, 
then accept it; 
if you don't become peaceful, 
then accept that also. 
That's the nature of the mind. 
We must find our own practice 
and persistently keep at it."

~Ajahn Chah 
"Bodhinyana"

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