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Ajahn Chah quotes: If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun.

If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun.

Ajahn Chah quotes: When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.

When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.

Ajahn Chah quotes: If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.

We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.

Ajahn Chah quotes: If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.

When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.

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

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.

When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.

Ajahn Chah quotes: At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.

Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.

Ajahn Chah quotes: Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.

The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.

Ajahn Chah quotes: I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it incredibly.

I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it incredibly.

Ajahn Chah quotes: We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

Ajahn Chah quotes: 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.

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 quotes: To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.

To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.

Ajahn Chah quotes: When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

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

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.

Ajahn Chah quotes: If we see everything as uncertain, then their I value fades away.

If we see everything as uncertain, then their I value fades away.

Ajahn Chah quotes: Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Ajahn Chah quotes: The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.

The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.

Ajahn Chah quotes: If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Ajahn Chah quotes: Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.

Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.

Ajahn Chah quotes: Time is our present breath.

Time is our present breath.

Ajahn Chah quotes: Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

Ajahn Chah quotes: Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don't have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don't have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

Ajahn Chah quotes: You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.

You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.

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

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.

To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.

Ajahn Chah quotes: If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.

If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.

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

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

Ajahn Chah quotes: The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.

The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.

Ajahn Chah quotes: But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.

But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.

Ajahn Chah quotes: Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.

Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.

Ajahn Chah quotes: The heart is the only book worth reading.

The heart is the only book worth reading.