Ajahn Chah
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Why is this?
We don't really know anything, and so are fooled by people's lies.
They point out what is right as being wrong, and we believe it.
That which is wrong, they say is right, and we believe that.
This is because we are not yet our own masters.
Some people don't want to listen to others at all, but this is not the way of a person of wisdom.
A wise person listens to everything.
Why is the practice difficult?
It's just because we think wrongly.
We have wrong views.
This person was like that.
But whether I lived alone or with others, I still had no peace.
On my own, I wasn't content.
In a large group, I wasn't content.
I was constantly searching for something to suit my mind.
So I contemplated.
What can I do to make things right?
What can I do?
Living with a lot of people, I was dissatisfied.
With few people, I was dissatisfied.