Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves,… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them. The… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
We say that to 'give up all evil and to develop the good' is the heart of the Buddha's teaching. If we… — 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
