Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.

- Ajahn Chah

If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.

- Ajahn Chah

Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will …

- Ajahn Chah

If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.

- Ajahn Chah

Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kind…

- Ajahn Chah

If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities. Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not e…

- Ajahn Chah

To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.

- Ajahn Chah

Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.

- Ajahn Chah

A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.

- Ajahn Chah