Ajahn Chah

If you don't fill it, it's useless.

The world is in a very feverish state.

The mind changes from like to dislike with the feverishness of the world.

If we can learn to make the mind still, it will be the greatest help to the world.

The one who carries things thinks they're in control of things.

But the one who looks on

only sees the heaviness.

Throw away things, lose them and find lightness.

The mind is intrinsically tranquil.

Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born.

If one sees and knows this confusion, the mind is tranquil once more.

When the light is dim, it isn't easy to see old spider webs in the corners of a room.

But when the light is bright, you can see them clearly and then be able to take them down.

When your mind is bright, you'll be able to see your defilements clearly, too, and clean them away.

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.

Because people don't see themselves, they can commit all sorts of bad deeds,

They don't look at their own minds.

When people are going to do something bad, they have to look around first to see if anyone is looking.

Will my mother see me?