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An Introduction to the Life and Teachings of Ajahn Chah
Adapted from: The Introduction to Food for the Heart, Wisdom Publications, 2002. and The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, Aruna Publications, 2011.
- GenresBuddhism
50 pages, ebook
First published December 2, 2013
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August 14, 2018
A short but nice overview of Ajahn Chah's life and legacy.
"...when someone came to Ajahn Chah with a tale of woe, of how her husband was drinking and the rice crop looked bad this year, his first response would often be, 'Can you endure it?' This was said not as some kind of macho challenge, but more as a way of pointing to the fact that the way beyond suffering is not to run away from it, wallow in it or even grit one's teeth and get through on will alone - no, the encouragement of patient endurance is to hold steady in the midst of difficulty, to truly apprehend and digest the experience of dukkha, to understand its causes and let them go."
"...when someone came to Ajahn Chah with a tale of woe, of how her husband was drinking and the rice crop looked bad this year, his first response would often be, 'Can you endure it?' This was said not as some kind of macho challenge, but more as a way of pointing to the fact that the way beyond suffering is not to run away from it, wallow in it or even grit one's teeth and get through on will alone - no, the encouragement of patient endurance is to hold steady in the midst of difficulty, to truly apprehend and digest the experience of dukkha, to understand its causes and let them go."
April 15, 2017
A brief account of Ajahn Chah, how his teaching dovetailed with broader Theravada ideas, and how these found expression in the Forest Sangha in Thailand, Europe, and beyond. Easily read in 30 minutes and avoiding any complexity. From what I gather about Chah he could be an irascible and difficult man, which is barely touched upon, but it's not a hagiography by any means.
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