If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.… — 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
