Ajahn Chah Quotes

Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.

The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.

The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.

All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer

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.

To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.

At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.

Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.

All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.