"To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine…" — Ajahn Chah

"To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself."

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

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More Dhamma Quotes

This quote is filed under Dhamma Quotes, one of 13 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Yet Gotama's Dhamma is more than just a series of axioms. It is to be lived rather than simply adopted… — Stephen Batchelor
Let me be reborn. I would like to be born again twenty-five times to spread Lord Buddha's Dhamma. — Unknown Author
There are these two kinds of gifts: a gift of material things & a gift of the Dhamma. Of the… — Gautama Buddha
Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in… — Gautama Buddha
Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck. — Gautama Buddha
If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don't practice you're like a ladle in a soup pot. The ladle… — Ajahn Chah
You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why… — Ajahn Chah
The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that… — Ajahn Chah
The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal. — S. N. Goenka
The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within… — Ajahn Chah
Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We… — Ajahn Chah

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