Ajahn Chah
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Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
For what reason?
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
I just couldn't see it.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
Why was I dissatisfied?
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
Because I had wrong view.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
Just that.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
Because I still clung to the wrong Dharma.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
Wherever I went, I was discontent, thinking, here is no good, there is no good, on and on like that.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
I blamed others.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
I blamed the weather, heat and cold.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
I blamed everything.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
Just like a mad dog, it bites whatever it meets because it's mad.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
When the mind is like this, our practice is never settled.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
It's like that all the time.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
We don't attain contentment or peace.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
Then it jumped up.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
That jackal had mange.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
When it stood, the mange would eat into its skin, so it would run.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
It blamed standing for its discomfort.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
It blamed sitting, running, lying down.
Wisdom of the Masters
Ajahn Chah ~ The Place of Coolness ~ Thai Forest Tradition
It blamed the tree, the underbrush and the cave.