--- title: "Best Ajahn Chah Sayings" description: "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." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b030/author-ajahn-chah-4829.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b030/author-ajahn-chah-4829.jpg) # Ajahn Chah (1918–1992) Buddhist Monk **105** quotes in **499** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 3 > [Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on-being-poor-or-rich-they/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Depends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depends/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ajahn-chah-4829_depends_happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on_3143707.png) > [Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peace-letting-go-a-lot-brings-a/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peac_18462.jpg) > [The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-mind-is-intrinsically-tranquil-out-of-this-tranquility-anxiety/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/ajahn-chah-4829_anxiety_the-mind-is-intrinsically-tranquil-out-o_655886.png) > [To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/to-define-buddhism-without-a-lot-of-words-and-phrases-we-can-simply/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Actuality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actuality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/ajahn-chah-4829_actuality_to-define-buddhism-without-a-lot-of-word_2427508.jpg) > [If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-let-go-a-little-you-will-have-a-little-happiness-if-you-let-go/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/ajahn-chah-4829_happiness_if-you-let-go-a-little-you-will-have-a-l_2934994.png) > [Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/read-yourself-not-books-truth-isn-t-outside-that-s-only-memory-not/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/ajahn-chah-4829_book_read-yourself-not-books-truth-isn-t-outs_1857253.png) > [There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/there-are-two-kinds-of-suffering-there-is-the-suffering-you-run-away/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/ajahn-chah-4829_beautiful_there-are-two-kinds-of-suffering-there-i_2803604.png) > [You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/you-are-your-own-teacher-looking-for-teachers-can-t-solve-your-own/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Doubt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/ajahn-chah-4829_doubt_you-are-your-own-teacher-looking-for-tea_419695.png) > [When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-we-sit-in-meditation-and-hear-a-sound-we-think-oh-that-sound-s/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Bother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/ajahn-chah-4829_bother_when-we-sit-in-meditation-and-hear-a-sou_1938923.png) > [Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/try-to-be-mindful-and-let-things-take-their-natural-course-then-your/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [All kinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-kinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/ajahn-chah-4829_all-kinds_try-to-be-mindful-and-let-things-take-th_1231829.png) > [Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breathing-while-working-we-breathe/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Breathe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/ajahn-chah-4829_breathe_practicing-meditation-is-just-like-breat_1407912.jpg) > [You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/you-say-that-you-are-too-busy-to-meditate-do-you-have-time-to-breathe-2/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Breathe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/ajahn-chah-4829_breathe_you-say-that-you-are-too-busy-to-meditat_3165583.png) > [You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/you-should-know-both-the-universal-and-the-personal-the-realm-of/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Another way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/ajahn-chah-4829_another-way_you-should-know-both-the-universal-and-t_1066723.png) > [Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/whenever-we-feel-that-we-are-definitely-right-so-much-so-that-we/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Arise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/ajahn-chah-4829_arise_whenever-we-feel-that-we-are-definitely_1129270.jpg) > [“Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don’t accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-don-t-accept-praise-or-gain-or/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Letting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/letting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/ajahn-chah-4829_letting_do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-d_1708028.png) > [Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/once-you-understand-non-self-then-the-burden-of-life-is-gone-you-ll/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Attachment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attachment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/ajahn-chah-4829_attachment_once-you-understand-non-self-then-the-bu_1019795.png) > [The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-heart-is-just-the-heart-thoughts-and-feelings-are-just-thoughts/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/ajahn-chah-4829_feelings_the-heart-is-just-the-heart-thoughts-and_2013039.png) > [Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/just-go-into-the-room-sit-in-the-centre-of-the-room-open-the-doors/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/ajahn-chah-4829_actors_just-go-into-the-room-sit-in-the-centre_3192664.jpg) > [Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/meditation-is-like-a-single-log-of-wood-insight-and-investigation-are/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Both sides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/both-sides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/ajahn-chah-4829_both-sides_meditation-is-like-a-single-log-of-wood_971305.png) > [Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/where-does-rain-come-from-it-comes-from-all-the-dirty-water-that/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/ajahn-chah-4829_can-do_where-does-rain-come-from-it-comes-from_763009.png) > [“The Buddha told his disciple Ananda to see impermanence, to see death with every breath. We must know death; we must die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-buddha-told-his-disciple-ananda-to-see-impermanence-to-see-death/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Awakening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awakening/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/ajahn-chah-4829_awakening_the-buddha-told-his-disciple-ananda-to-s_1171408.jpg) > [The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-mind-so-that-whatever-we-do/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Celebrate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celebrate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/ajahn-chah-4829_celebrate_the-dhamma-has-to-sink-deeply-into-the-m_1703873.png) > [These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/these-days-people-don-t-search-for-the-truth-people-study-simply-in/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Being smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-smart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/ajahn-chah-4829_being-smart_these-days-people-don-t-search-for-the-t_279000.png) > [Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/learn-to-see-that-it-is-not-things-that-bother-us-that-we-go-out-to/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Bother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/ajahn-chah-4829_bother_learn-to-see-that-it-is-not-things-that_1691133.jpg) > [The mind of one who practises doesn't run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-mind-of-one-who-practises-doesn-t-run-away-anywhere-it-stays/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Arise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/ajahn-chah-4829_arise_the-mind-of-one-who-practises-doesn-t-ru_1634664.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/#itemlist", "name": "Ajahn Chah Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on-being-poor-or-rich-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ajahn-chah-4829_depends_happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on_3143707.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ajahn-chah-4829_depends_happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on_3143707.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ajahn-chah-4829_depends_happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on_3143707.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong…” — Ajahn Chah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Letting go a little brings a little peace. 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