Ajahn Chah Quotes

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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper, we see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there's nothing more to it. We leave it be. The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.

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

Ajahn Chah

Ajahn Chah

Born: June 17, 1918

Died: January 16, 1992 (aged 73)

Bio: Chah Subhaddo or in honorific name "Phra Bodhiñāṇathera" was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.

Known for:

Being dharma
Living Dhamma (1992)
Still, Flowing Water

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