Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 19

When you sit, let it be.

When you walk, let it be.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Monday, July 10

Try to be mindful and let

things take their natural

course. Then your mind

will become still, like

a clear forest pool.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Tuesday, April 11

The heart is just the heart; 

thoughts and feelings are

just thoughts and feelings.

Let things be just as they are.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Monday, January 9

Anything which is troubling you,

anything which is irritating you,

that is your teacher.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Friday, August 19

Anything which is troubling you,

anything that is irritating you,

that is your teacher.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Friday, November 12

Blaming someone else for

your suffering is like having

an itch on your head and

scratching your bottom.

Now you have two itches

for the price of one.

~ Ajahn Chah

Weekend Zen, May 8-9

Anything which is troubling you,

anything which is irritating you,

THAT is your teacher.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Friday, December 18

No one and nothing 

can free you but your

own understanding.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Thursday, April 30

Just go into the room and 

put one chair in the center.

Take the seat in the center

of the room, open the doors

and the windows, and 

see who comes to visit.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Friday, November 29

You are your own teacher.

Looking for teachers can't 

solve your own doubts. 

Investigate yourself to 

find the truth –– inside,

not outside. Knowing 

yourself is most important.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Monday, October 21

Whether you're in the fields or working

in the city, take these words of mind 

and reflect on them. Ask yourself, "Why 

was I born? What can I take with me?"

Ask yourselves over and over. 

If you do, you'll become wise.

~ Ajahn Chah

Weekend Zen, August 31 - September 1

If you let go a little,

you will have a little happiness.

If you let go a lot,

you will have a lot of happiness.

If you let go completely,

you will be free.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 11

Enlightenment appears when

you stop wanting anything.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Friday, June 22

You are your own teacher.

Investigate yourself to find

the truth—inside, not outside.

Knowing yourself is most important.

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Monday, July 24

Do everything with a mind that let's go.

Do not expect any praise or reward. 

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Tuesday, June 13

Remember you don't meditate to 

"get" anything, but to get "rid" of things. 

We do it not with desire but with letting go.

If you "want" anything, you won't find it. 

~ Ajahn Chah

Daily Zen - Monday, June 27

There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering

you run away from, which follows you everywhere.

And there is the suffering you face directly,

and in doing so become free.

~ Ajahn Chah

Weekend Zen, June 27-28

It's simple. Living a virtuous life

makes the heart peaceful. 

~ Ajahn Chah