Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don't see it have no light in their… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...]… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
We say that to 'give up all evil and to develop the good' is the heart of the Buddha's teaching. If we… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
