Ajahn Chah
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Will my husband see me?
Will my children see me?
Will my wife see me?
If there's no one watching, then they go right ahead and do it.
This is insulting themselves.
They say no one is watching, so they quickly finish their bad deed before anyone will see.
And what about themselves?
Aren't they a somebody watching?
There are those who do battle with their defilements and conquer them.
This is called fighting inwardly.
Those who fight outwardly take hold of bombs and guns to throw and to shoot.
Conquering others is the way of the world.
In the practice of Dharma, we don't have to fight others.
but instead conquer our own minds, patiently resisting all our moods.
The Buddha said to judge only yourself and not to judge others, no matter how good or evil they may be.
The Buddha merely points out the way, saying, The truth is like this.
Now, is our mind like that or not?
Nothing isn't Dharma.
How does the Dharma teach the proper way of life?
It shows us how to live.