The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy QUOTES

1 " How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It’s the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you. It’s just people being people, the world being the world. "

― Ajahn Brahm , The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy

3 " All you need to do is follow the instructions: Sit down, shut up, watch, and don’t get involved. Gradually, the meditation experience will open up all by itself. "

― Ajahn Brahm , The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy

5 " I often say that if you see a ghost, face the ghost nose to nose and say “boo.” The ghost will run a mile; it’s more scared of you than you are of it. When "

― Ajahn Brahm , The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy

7 " it’s not the sound that disturbs you; it’s you who disturbs the sound. "

― Ajahn Brahm , The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy

9 " You understand that the defilements promise you so much but that they never actually deliver. "

― Ajahn Brahm , The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy

11 " Your job is to be free, not to carry around the so-called attainments or failures of the past. "

― Ajahn Brahm , The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy