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Chah Subhaddo (Thai: ชา สุภัทโท, alternatively Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles Luang Por and Phra) or in honorific name "Phra Bodhiñāṇathera" (Thai: พระโพธิญาณเถร, Chao Khun Bodhinyana Thera; 17 June 1918 – 16 January 1992) was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.

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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one. When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.

Blindly, Bother, Fine, Ideas, Party, People

Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.

Complete, Completely, Letting, Letting Go, Littles, Peace

Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don't interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.

Cobra, Cobras, May, Mental, Poisonous

If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look. Truth is all there is. It's like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.

Looks, Meditation, Mind, See, Wherever, Wisdom

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Dharma, Die, Good, Inspiring, Let, Mindfulness

If you let go completely you will have complete peace.

Letting Go, Dharma, Ifs, Let, Complete, Completely

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.

Brings, Mind, Mirrors, Reflection, Things, Understanding

When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.

Cling, Clinging, Longer, See, Self

Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things. You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.

Animal, Become, Happiness, Mind, See, Trying

Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.

Born Again, Born

We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way. If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.

Down, Life, Lying, Mind, Practice, Practise

To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues. Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one's own mind.

Buddhism, Interesting, Lost, Old Habits, Patterns, Running

Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe. . . Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath, we can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.

Breathing, Down, Meditation Practice, Practicing, Sleep

The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind. Then we don't have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.

Lying, Views, Mind, Confidence, Merit, Sink

There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves

Away, Body, Breath, Die, Far Away, People

The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.

Feelings, Heart, Just A Thought, Things, Thoughts

With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.

Clearly, Everything, Littles, Teacher, Ways, World

Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.

Green, Like, Mango, Ripe, Sweet, Young

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

Begun, Buddhist, Feelings, Freedom, Meditate, Wept

When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.

Confusing, Death, Doe, Life, Life Death, Understand

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