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Ajahn Chah Says...
"Just know yourself, this is your witness. Don't make decisions on the strength of your desires. Desires can puff us up into thinking we are something which we're not. We must be very circumspect."
Random Buddha Quotes
- Harboring angry thoughts and ill feelings can be destructive
- But here it is. Right here. There's no getting there or not getting there. This is what Zen calls the gate of sudden enlightenment. If you hesitate, you've lost it. If you go after it, you draw farther away from it.
- How can one become enlightened? One can, because one is enlightened - one just has to recognize the fact.
- When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways--either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength
- Death is treated as a teaching in Zen Buddhism. It reveals and enriches the truths of impermanence, compassion, and interdependence.
