The Way Things Turn

When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. ~ Ajahn Chah

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still, like a clear forest pool. ~ 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

Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, that is your teacher. ~ Ajahn Chah

Anything which is troubling you, anything that is irritating you, that is your teacher. ~ Ajahn Chah

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 pric...

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

No one and nothing  can free you but your own understanding. ~ Ajahn Chah

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...

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't  solve your own doubts.  Investigate yourself to  find the truth –– insi...

Whether you're in the fields or working in the city, take these words of mind  and reflect on them. Ask yourself, "Why  ...

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 ...

Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything. ~ Ajahn Chah

You are your own teacher. Investigate yourself to find the truth—inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important. ~ Aj...

Do everything with a mind that let's go. Do not expect any praise or reward.  ~ Ajahn Chah

Remember you don't meditate to  "get" anything, but to get "rid" of things.  We do it not with desire but wi...

There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffer...

It's simple. Living a virtuous life makes the heart peaceful.  ~ Ajahn Chah