--- title: "14 Knows Quotes By Ajahn Chah" description: "14 Knows quotes by Ajahn Chah. Plus more from Ajahn Chah and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/ajahn-chah-4829_colour_know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but_1927750.png" --- > [Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but-emotions-come-to-colour-it/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/ajahn-chah-4829_colour_know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but_1927750.png) > [A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-madman-and-an-arahant-both-smile-but-the-arahant-knows-why-while/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/ajahn-chah-4829_funny_a-madman-and-an-arahant-both-smile-but-t_2763356.png) > [Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/learn-to-see-that-it-is-not-things-that-bother-us-that-we-go-out-to/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/ajahn-chah-4829_bother_learn-to-see-that-it-is-not-things-that_1691133.jpg) > [The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-mind-is-intrinsically-tranquil-out-of-this-tranquility-anxiety/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/ajahn-chah-4829_anxiety_the-mind-is-intrinsically-tranquil-out-o_655886.png) > [You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/you-should-know-both-the-universal-and-the-personal-the-realm-of/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/ajahn-chah-4829_another-way_you-should-know-both-the-universal-and-t_1066723.png) > [Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but-emotions-come-to-colour-it-so/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/ajahn-chah-4829_colour_know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but_113408.jpg) > [Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/just-know-what-is-happening-in-your-mind-not-happy-or-sad-about-it/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/ajahn-chah-4829_empty_just-know-what-is-happening-in-your-mind_1204281.png) > [The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you. Hear the bird’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-forest-is-peaceful-why-aren-t-you-you-hold-on-to-things-causing/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/ajahn-chah-4829_bird_the-forest-is-peaceful-why-aren-t-you-yo_1788457.jpg) > [If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don't practice you're like a ladle in a soup pot. The ladle is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-listen-to-the-dhamma-teachings-but-don-t-practice-you-re-like/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/ajahn-chah-4829_education_if-you-listen-to-the-dhamma-teachings-bu_1534519.png) > [The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-mind-so-that-whatever-we-do/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/ajahn-chah-4829_celebrate_the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-m_1703873.png) > [The mind of one who practises doesn't run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-mind-of-one-who-practises-doesn-t-run-away-anywhere-it-stays/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/ajahn-chah-4829_arise_the-mind-of-one-who-practises-doesn-t-ru_1634664.jpg) > [One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/one-man-watches-a-river-flow-by-if-he-does-not-wish-it-to-flow-to/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/ajahn-chah-4829_accord_one-man-watches-a-river-flow-by-if-he-do_2718991.jpg) > [A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-woman-wanted-to-know-how-to-deal-with-anger-i-asked-when-anger/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/ajahn-chah-4829_able_a-woman-wanted-to-know-how-to-deal-with_115715.png) > [One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/one-day-some-people-came-to-the-master-and-asked-how-can-you-be-happy/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/ajahn-chah-4829_being-happy_one-day-some-people-came-to-the-master-a_852721.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Ajahn Chah > [If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-have-time-to-be-mindful-you-have-time-to-meditate/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peace-letting-go-a-lot-brings-a/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/mindfulness-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-have-mindfulness-when-we-are/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-end-suffering/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/some-people-are-afraid-of-generosity-they-feel-they-will-be-taken/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/anything-which-is-troubling-you-anything-which-is-irritating-you-that/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but-emotions-come-to-colour-it-so/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-woman-wanted-to-know-how-to-deal-with-anger-i-asked-when-anger/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/sati-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-have-sati-when-we-are-heedless-it-s-as/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/in-practice-some-come-to-see-easily-some-with-difficulty-but-whatever/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-sitting-in-meditation-say-that-s-not-my-business-with-every/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/proper-effort-is-not-the-effort-to-make-something-particular-happen/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/regarding-this-dhamma-it-is-not-something-that-we-can-simply-talk/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/these-days-people-don-t-search-for-the-truth-people-study-simply-in/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/things-are-simply-the-way-they-are-they-don-t-give-us-suffering-like/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/ajahn-chah/#itemlist", "name": "14 Knows Quotes By Ajahn Chah", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Know and watch your heart. 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You must reflect and meditate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-listen-to-the-dhamma-teachings-but-don-t-practice-you-re-like/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/ajahn-chah-4829_education_if-you-listen-to-the-dhamma-teachings-bu_1534519.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/ajahn-chah-4829_education_if-you-listen-to-the-dhamma-teachings-bu_1534519.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/ajahn-chah-4829_education_if-you-listen-to-the-dhamma-teachings-bu_1534519.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don't practice you're like a ladle in a soup pot. 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Then we don't have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-mind-so-that-whatever-we-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/ajahn-chah-4829_celebrate_the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-m_1703873.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/ajahn-chah-4829_celebrate_the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-m_1703873.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/ajahn-chah-4829_celebrate_the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-m_1703873.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it…” — Ajahn Chah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The mind of one who practises doesn't run away anywhere, it stays right there. 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