--- title: "14 Practice Quotes By Ajahn Chah" description: "14 Practice quotes by Ajahn Chah. Plus more from Ajahn Chah and more Practice sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_to-practice-dhamma-means-to-observe-and_2489276.png" --- > [To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/to-practice-dhamma-means-to-observe-and-examine-oneself/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_to-practice-dhamma-means-to-observe-and_2489276.png) > [A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, 'Why was I born?' Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-good-practice-is-to-ask-yourself-very-sincerely-why-was-i-born-ask/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/ajahn-chah-4829_afternoon_a-good-practice-is-to-ask-yourself-very_2485057.png) > [We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-practice-to-learn-how-to-let-go-not-how-to-increase-our-holding-on/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/ajahn-chah-4829_buddhism_we-practice-to-learn-how-to-let-go-not-h_1851483.png) > [The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-dharma-path-is-to-keep-walking-forward-but-the-true-dharma-has-no/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/ajahn-chah-4829_dharma_the-dharma-path-is-to-keep-walking-forwa_349948.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) > [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) > [You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/you-say-that-you-are-too-busy-to-meditate-do-you-have-time-to-breathe-2/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/ajahn-chah-4829_breathe_you-say-that-you-are-too-busy-to-meditat_3165583.png) > [Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breathing-while-working-we-breathe/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/ajahn-chah-4829_breathe_practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breat_1407912.jpg) > [The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with the ear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-ultimate-truth-is-like-the-flavour-of-an-apple-which-you-can-t/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/ajahn-chah-4829_apples_the-ultimate-truth-is-like-the-flavour-o_1160795.png) > [All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/all-that-i-have-said-up-to-now-has-merely-been-words-when-people-come/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/ajahn-chah-4829_delay_all-that-i-have-said-up-to-now-has-merel_933496.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) > [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) > [Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/don-t-think-that-only-sitting-with-the-eyes-closed-is-practice-if-you/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/ajahn-chah-4829_attitude_don-t-think-that-only-sitting-with-the-e_3229861.jpg) ## Other authors on Practice - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 148 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nhat-hanh-70939.jpg) Nhat Hanh 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/nhat-hanh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shunryu-suzuki-85213.jpg) Shunryu Suzuki 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/shunryu-suzuki/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pema-chodron-74476.jpg) Pema Chodron 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/pema-ch-dr-n/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-kornfield-45453.jpg) Jack Kornfield 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/jack-kornfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tenzin-palmo-89367.jpg) Tenzin Palmo 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/tenzin-palmo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bks-iyengar-18297.jpg) B.K.S. Iyengar 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/b-k-s-iyengar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dogen-29704.jpg) Dogen 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/dogen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-confucius-24951.jpg) Confucius 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/confucius/) ## 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/practice/ajahn-chah/#itemlist", "name": "14 Practice Quotes By Ajahn Chah", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/to-practice-dhamma-means-to-observe-and-examine-oneself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_to-practice-dhamma-means-to-observe-and_2489276.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_to-practice-dhamma-means-to-observe-and_2489276.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_to-practice-dhamma-means-to-observe-and_2489276.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.” — Ajahn Chah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, 'Why was I born?' 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In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breathing-while-working-we-breathe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/ajahn-chah-4829_breathe_practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breat_1407912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/ajahn-chah-4829_breathe_practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breat_1407912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/ajahn-chah-4829_breathe_practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breat_1407912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Practicing meditation is just like breathing. 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The problem is solved.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-ultimate-truth-is-like-the-flavour-of-an-apple-which-you-can-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/ajahn-chah-4829_apples_the-ultimate-truth-is-like-the-flavour-o_1160795.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/ajahn-chah-4829_apples_the-ultimate-truth-is-like-the-flavour-o_1160795.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/ajahn-chah-4829_apples_the-ultimate-truth-is-like-the-flavour-o_1160795.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with the ear…” — Ajahn Chah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much. Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won't regret it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/all-that-i-have-said-up-to-now-has-merely-been-words-when-people-come/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/ajahn-chah-4829_delay_all-that-i-have-said-up-to-now-has-merel_933496.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/ajahn-chah-4829_delay_all-that-i-have-said-up-to-now-has-merel_933496.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/ajahn-chah-4829_delay_all-that-i-have-said-up-to-now-has-merel_933496.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All that I have said up to now has merely been words. 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