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

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

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

We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us. — Ajahn Chah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself. — Ajahn Chah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time is our present breath. — Ajahn Chah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The heart is the only book worth reading. — Ajahn Chah