--- title: "22 Mind Quotes By Ajahn Chah" description: "22 Mind quotes by Ajahn Chah. Plus more from Ajahn Chah and more Mind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/ajahn-chah-4829_expect_do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-d_1281318.png" --- > [Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-do-not-expect-praise-or-reward/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/ajahn-chah-4829_expect_do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-d_1281318.png) > [Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on-being-poor-or-rich-they/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ajahn-chah-4829_depends_happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on_3143707.png) > [The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-serene-and-peaceful-mind-is-the-true-epitome-of-human-achievement/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/ajahn-chah-4829_achievement_the-serene-and-peaceful-mind-is-the-true_3166719.png) > [Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still, like a clear forest pool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/try-to-be-mindful-and-let-things-take-their-natural-course-then-your-2/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/ajahn-chah-4829_mind_try-to-be-mindful-and-let-things-take-th_1781544.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) > [Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/meditation-is-like-a-single-log-of-wood-insight-and-investigation-are/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/ajahn-chah-4829_both-sides_meditation-is-like-a-single-log-of-wood_971305.png) > [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) > [If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-your-mind-is-happy-then-you-are-happy-anywhere-you-go-when-wisdom/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/ajahn-chah-4829_happiness_if-your-mind-is-happy-then-you-are-happy_2413793.jpg) > [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) > [Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don't believe others, just listen to your mind. You don't have to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/dharma-is-in-your-mind-not-in-the-forest-don-t-believe-others-just/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/ajahn-chah-4829_believe_dharma-is-in-your-mind-not-in-the-forest_3063304.png) > [Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he's got things, but the one who looks on sees only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/look-at-your-own-mind-the-one-who-carries-things-thinks-he-s-got/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/ajahn-chah-4829_carrie_look-at-your-own-mind-the-one-who-carrie_2311888.jpg) > [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) > [Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/where-does-rain-come-from-it-comes-from-all-the-dirty-water-that/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/ajahn-chah-4829_can-do_where-does-rain-come-from-it-comes-from_763009.png) > [Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/try-to-be-mindful-and-let-things-take-their-natural-course-then-your/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/ajahn-chah-4829_all-kinds_try-to-be-mindful-and-let-things-take-th_1231829.png) > [In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind. Difficult or easy, the Buddha said…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/ajahn-chah-4829_be-careful_in-practice-some-come-to-see-easily-some_177659.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) > [To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/to-observe-and-watch-one-s-own-mind-is-something-really-interesting/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/ajahn-chah-4829_all-kinds_to-observe-and-watch-one-s-own-mind-is-s_2246975.png) > [We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-have-limited-time-in-our-life-therefore-we-should-try-to-teach/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/ajahn-chah-4829_arise_we-have-limited-time-in-our-life-therefo_555920.png) > [The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-dhamma-is-revealing-itself-in-every-moment-but-only-when-the-mind/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/ajahn-chah-4829_every-moment_the-dhamma-is-revealing-itself-in-every_635244.png) > [Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/do-not-be-in-a-hurry-or-try-to-push-your-practice-if-you-become/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/ajahn-chah-4829_accepting_do-not-be-in-a-hurry-or-try-to-push-your_2665237.png) ## Other authors on Mind - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 486 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 242 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/rajneesh/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 201 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 179 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 170 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/swami-vivekananda/) - [Samuel Johnson 136 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jiddu-krishnamurti-49572.jpg) Jiddu Krishnamurti 126 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/jiddu-krishnamurti/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gautama-buddha-37107.jpg) Gautama Buddha 118 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/gautama-buddha/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 117 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-hill-70196.jpg) Napoleon Hill 115 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/napoleon-hill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 103 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/thomas-jefferson/) ## 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/mind/ajahn-chah/#itemlist", "name": "22 Mind Quotes By Ajahn Chah", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do everything with a mind that lets go. 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