"Do everything with a mind that lets go.……" — Ajahn Chah

"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward."

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82 Quotes by Ajahn Chah

Ajahn Chah has 82 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there…
The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with…
When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.
Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration…
Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why…
When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to…
Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a…
Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in…
Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or…
If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don't practice you're like a ladle in a soup pot. The ladle…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of… — Benigno Aquino III
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against… — Julian Assange
Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe… — Chinua Achebe
In order to win, you must expect to win. — Richard Bach
When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to… — Michele Bachmann
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon
If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people. — Abu Bakr
You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations. — Daniel Barenboim
I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect. — Drew Barrymore
To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at… — Gregory Bateson

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