Ajahn Chah
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Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Can you see that?
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
How all the different parts of your body are trying to slip away.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Take your hair.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
When you were young, it was thick and black.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Now it's falling out.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
It's leaving.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Your eyes used to be good and strong but now they're weak.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Your sight is unclear.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
When your organs have had enough, they leave.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
This isn't their home.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
When you were a child, your teeth were healthy and firm.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Now they're wobbly and you've got false ones.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Your eyes, ears, nose and tongue.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
Everything is trying to leave because this isn't their home.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
You can't make a permanent home in conditions.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
You can only stay for a short time.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
And then you have to go.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
It's like a tenant watching over his tiny little house with failing eyes.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
His teeth aren't so good.
Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism
His eyes aren't so good.