Ajahn Chah
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Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Nobody has ever looked at this clearly.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
I think if you really want to cry, it would be better to do so when someone's born.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Birth is death.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Death is birth.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
The branch is the root.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
The root is the branch.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
If you must cry, cry at the root, cry at the birth.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Look closely.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
If there was no birth, there would be no death.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Can you understand this?
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Don't worry about things too much.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Just think this is the way things are.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
This is your work, your duty.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Right now, nobody can help you.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
There's nothing that your family and possessions can do for you.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
All that can help you now is clear awareness.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
So don't waver.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Let go.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Throw it all away.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Even if you don't let go, everything is starting to leave you anyway.