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# Ajahn Chah

(1918–1992)   Buddhist Monk

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Ajahn Chah was a Buddhist monk, best known for *Food for the Heart*.

## Quick Facts About Ajahn Chah

Born June 17, 1918

Died January 16, 1992

Profession Buddhist Monk

Notable works Food for the Heart

## About Ajahn Chah

Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.

##  Quotes by Ajahn Chah · Page 2

> [If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-it-isn-t-good-let-it-die-if-it-doesn-t-die-make-it-good/)

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> [Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/why-are-we-born-we-are-born-so-that-we-will-not-have-to-be-born-again/)

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> [A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-madman-and-an-arahant-both-smile-but-the-arahant-knows-why-while/)

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> [Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/wisdom-is-in-yourself-just-like-a-sweet-ripe-mango-is-already-in-a/)

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> [If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-haven-t-cried-deeply-a-number-of-times-your-meditation-hasn-t/)

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> [When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-one-does-not-understand-death-life-can-be-very-confusing/)

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> [But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/but-when-i-know-that-the-glass-is-already-broken-every-minute-with-it/)

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> [Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/where-does-peace-arise-peace-arises-whenever-we-let-something-go/)

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> [Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them. What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/don-t-be-attached-to-visions-or-lights-in-meditation-don-t-rise-or/)

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> [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/)

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> [The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-dhamma-has-to-be-found-by-looking-into-your-own-heart-and-seeing/)

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> [Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don't interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/mental-activity-is-like-a-deadly-poisonous-cobra-if-we-don-t/)

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> [All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don't see it have no light in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/all-religions-are-like-different-cars-all-moving-in-the-same/)

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> [Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he's got things, but the one who looks on sees only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/look-at-your-own-mind-the-one-who-carries-things-thinks-he-s-got/)

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> [Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don't believe others, just listen to your mind. You don't have to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/dharma-is-in-your-mind-not-in-the-forest-don-t-believe-others-just/)

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> [Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/looking-for-peace-is-like-looking-for-a-turtle-with-a-mustache-you/)

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> [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/)

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> [Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/some-people-are-afraid-of-generosity-they-feel-they-will-be-taken/)

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> [Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/proper-effort-is-not-the-effort-to-make-something-particular-happen/)

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> [We say that to 'give up all evil and to develop the good' is the heart of the Buddha's teaching. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-say-that-to-give-up-all-evil-and-to-develop-the-good-is-the-heart/)

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> [Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/regarding-this-dhamma-it-is-not-something-that-we-can-simply-talk/)

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> [Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/peace-is-within-oneself-to-be-found-in-the-same-place-as-agitation/)

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> [If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-your-mind-is-happy-then-you-are-happy-anywhere-you-go-when-wisdom/)

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> [Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/things-are-simply-the-way-they-are-they-don-t-give-us-suffering-like/)

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> [The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-one-who-recognizes-the-uncertainty-of-phenomena-is-the-dharma/)

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> [If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-haven-t-wept-deeply-you-haven-t-begun-to-meditate/)

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> [If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-see-certainty-in-that-which-is-uncertain-you-are-bound-to/)

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> [When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-the-heart-truly-understands-it-lets-go-of-everything/)

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> [If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-want-a-chicken-to-be-a-duck-and-a-duck-to-be-a-chicken-you/)

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> [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/)

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> [Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-do-not-expect-praise-or-reward/)

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> [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/)

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> [Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but-emotions-come-to-colour-it/)

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> [Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/just-know-what-is-happening-in-your-mind-not-happy-or-sad-about-it/)

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> [Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/do-not-be-a-bodhisattva-do-not-be-an-arahant-do-not-be-anything-at/)

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> [When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-we-conquer-ourselves-then-everything-will-be-conquered-oneself/)

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> [Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/remember-you-dont-meditate-to-get-anything-but-to-get-rid-of-things/)

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> [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/)

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> [Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be. Step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/of-course-there-are-dozens-of-meditation-techniques-but-it-all-comes/)

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> [Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but-emotions-come-to-colour-it-so/)

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## Ajahn Chah by topic

[Ifs (33)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/ajahn-chah/) [Inspirational (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/ajahn-chah/) [Mind (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/ajahn-chah/) [Meditation (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meditation/ajahn-chah/) [Love (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/ajahn-chah/) [Psychology (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/ajahn-chah/) [Suffering (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffering/ajahn-chah/) [Practice (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/ajahn-chah/) [Knows (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/ajahn-chah/) [Peace (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/ajahn-chah/) [Heart (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/ajahn-chah/) [Way (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/ajahn-chah/) [Enlightenment (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightenment/ajahn-chah/)

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                        "text": "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 so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another's explanation our defilements will disappear. When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.",
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                        "text": "Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.",
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                        "text": "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 simply a thorn. It doesn't give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately. Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.",
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