Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath, we can always find time to… — 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
