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Ajahn Chah

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1248 total appearances

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Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Only when he gets home can he really relax and be at peace.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Nowhere in the world is there any real peace to be found.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

The poor have no peace and neither do the rich.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Adults have no peace and neither do the highly educated.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

There's no peace anywhere.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

That's the nature of the world.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Those who have few possessions suffer and so do those who have many.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Children, adults, old and young, everyone suffers.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

The suffering of being old, the suffering of being young, the suffering of being wealthy and the suffering of being poor

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

It's all nothing but suffering.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

When you've contemplated things in this way,

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

You'll see anicca impermanence and dukkha unsatisfactoriness.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Why are things impermanent and unsatisfactory?

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Because they are anatta, not self.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

Both your body that is lying sick and in pain

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

and the mind that is aware of its sickness and pain are called Dhamma.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

That which is formless, thoughts, feelings and perceptions is called Nama Dhamma.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

That which is wracked with aches and pains is called Rupa Dhamma.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

The material is Dharma and the immaterial is Dharma.

Wisdom of the Masters
'Our Real Home' - Venerable Ajahn Chah - Thai Forest Theravada Buddhism

So we live with Dharma in Dharma and we are Dharma.