“Fish reproduce their offsprings by school. Therefore, there is a much higher chance to be born as an animal than as a human. There is no way to be born as a human if you don’t keep your precepts. So you shouldn’t waste your past merit, or good deeds.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“You have to switch your attitude, you cannot control praises and criticism, they come and go, so be ready to face any of them whenever they come.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“You need something to scare the mind, to get the mind inside.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“Even though sticking only to ‘Buddho’ sounds simple when you hear it, you won’t be able to do it without mindfulness.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“To meditate is the right way of self-reliance. Once you know how to meditate, you can be happy without relying on other people or other things to make you happy.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“If you conquer your defilement, you will have eternal peace, but if you conquer other people or other nations, you will have eternal war.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“Don’t resist the reality. Accept and embrace everything that comes into your life.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“To be able to cause desire to be utterly gone, we need to have the type of samādhi that closes the mind’s doors. Not going on a tour of hell, not going on a tour of heaven, and not contacting the heavenly angels…” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“If you do not want it (rebirth), you will have to stop your mind from dreaming, from going to a new life. That's what the Buddha did. He stopped his mind by cutting off the desire in his mind.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“Be here and now. If you do, when you sit in meditation and want to focus your mind on your breathing, it will not go anywhere else.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking

“Just do it. Just like eating — you have to eat every day. But some days you may not feel like eating, but you know that the result of not eating is more painful than eating. It is the same with the practice. The result of not practising is more painful than practising.” ... - Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto: Dhamma for the Asking