Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
AJAHN CHAHRead yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
-
-
The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
AJAHN CHAH -
One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
AJAHN CHAH -
Time is our present breath.
AJAHN CHAH -
If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
AJAHN CHAH -
Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
AJAHN CHAH -
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
AJAHN CHAH -
We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
AJAHN CHAH -
There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
AJAHN CHAH -
What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
AJAHN CHAH -
If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
AJAHN CHAH -
The heart of the path is quite easy.
AJAHN CHAH -
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
AJAHN CHAH -
Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
AJAHN CHAH -
Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
AJAHN CHAH -
When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
AJAHN CHAH






