Buddhism Quotes by Ajahn Chah

If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.

— Ajahn Chah

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

— Ajahn Chah

Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.

— Ajahn Chah

We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

— Ajahn Chah

Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our…

— Ajahn Chah

Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.

— Ajahn Chah

Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to…

— Ajahn Chah

A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.…

— Ajahn Chah

Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

— Ajahn Chah

In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind. Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to…

— Ajahn Chah

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

— Ajahn Chah

Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort…

— Ajahn Chah

Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to develop meditation…

— Ajahn Chah

These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and…

— Ajahn Chah

Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering? No. It's…

— Ajahn Chah