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

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

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.

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

If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.

If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.

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.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

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

To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.'

To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.'

There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves

There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

It looks like a bothering sort of day.

It looks like a bothering sort of day.

When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.

When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

The hardest part is what to leave behind, It's time to let go!

The hardest part is what to leave behind, It's time to let go!