Greetings,
Ajahn Chah has been a big influence on me, particularly early on so I thought I'd share the following website with you...
http://www.ajahnchah.org/
... and personally recommend the following PDF containing what I believe are a full collection of his recorded Dhamma talks
http://www.ajahnchah.org/pdf/the_teachi ... ah_web.pdf
He doesn't always speak with precision regarding terminology but he speaks from experiential wisdom... of that I have no doubt.
Youtube video of Ajahn Chah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7mtlbVBOA
Metta,
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Ajahn Chah...
Many postings are relating to Ajahn Chah, just thought I'd mention that next week will be start of the annual commemoration of his birth at Wat Pa Pong...the 19th I think...Ajahn Sumedho, and other notable 'Foresters' (as well as large crowds) make the trip...it's a big deal...if anyone has a link to any details it would be appreciated...
Be well...
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Hello Venerable. I tried to find some information online but could not find anything. The one area of the Wat Nong Pah Pong website that looked like it might have info hasn't been completed, unfortunately. Maybe everyone is too busy?? Or... all those who need to know already know what they need to know and are coming?!
http://www.watnongpahpong.org/intrownpp.php
http://www.watnongpahpong.org/intrownpp.php
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Hello,
Ajahn Chah's memorial day falls on the 16th January, and I expect Ajahn Sumedho and other Western monks to be in Ubon for this occasion. I have myself been present for the circumambulation of the Stupa at Wat Nong Pag Pong only once but it is a powerful occasion to see how many people a simple forest monk from Isaan has managed to inspire to practise the Dhamma.
Here is a reflection from last year:
http://forestwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... l-day.html
Bhikkhu Gavesako
Ajahn Chah's memorial day falls on the 16th January, and I expect Ajahn Sumedho and other Western monks to be in Ubon for this occasion. I have myself been present for the circumambulation of the Stupa at Wat Nong Pag Pong only once but it is a powerful occasion to see how many people a simple forest monk from Isaan has managed to inspire to practise the Dhamma.
Here is a reflection from last year:
http://forestwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... l-day.html
Bhikkhu Gavesako
Bhikkhu Gavesako
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Thank you friend...
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Greetings,
Yes, as venerable Gavesako mentions, it is the 16th January. How do I know this? It's courtesy of the following calendar that venerable Appicchato kindly brought to my attention late last year...
2009 Forest Sangha Calendar
http://www.abhayagiri.org/pdf/books/200 ... ar_web.pdf
I have it printed out, stapled and pinned on my wall at work.
Metta,
Retro.
Yes, as venerable Gavesako mentions, it is the 16th January. How do I know this? It's courtesy of the following calendar that venerable Appicchato kindly brought to my attention late last year...
2009 Forest Sangha Calendar
http://www.abhayagiri.org/pdf/books/200 ... ar_web.pdf
I have it printed out, stapled and pinned on my wall at work.
Metta,
Retro.
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Food for the Heart was one of the first books on Buddhism that really struck me in a profound way.
"Sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya" (AN 7.58).
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No doubt about it...one of the best!...Elohim wrote:Food for the Heart was one of the first books on Buddhism that really struck me in a profound way.
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Today is Ajahn Chah's memorial day (the day of his passing away). Here are some pictures from the celebrations at his Stupa in Thailand:
http://picasaweb.google.com/watnongpahp ... ngPahPong#
And the video "Ajahn Chah Speaks":
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RPN-Lc6lBi4
http://picasaweb.google.com/watnongpahp ... ngPahPong#
And the video "Ajahn Chah Speaks":
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RPN-Lc6lBi4
Bhikkhu Gavesako
Kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno... (MN 26)
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Greetings venerable Gavesako,
Thank you for posting the link to those wonderful photos. Seeing all those people, ordained and lay, assembled to pay respect the achievements of Ajahn Chah.
Metta,
Retro.
Thank you for posting the link to those wonderful photos. Seeing all those people, ordained and lay, assembled to pay respect the achievements of Ajahn Chah.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Venerable Ajahn Chah
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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Ajahn Chah is a very nice teacher.retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
Ajahn Chah has been a big influence on me, particularly early on so I thought I'd share the following website with you...
http://www.ajahnchah.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
... and personally recommend the following PDF containing what I believe are a full collection of his recorded Dhamma talks
http://www.ajahnchah.org/pdf/the_teachi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ah_web.pdf
He doesn't always speak with precision regarding terminology but he speaks from experiential wisdom... of that I have no doubt.
Youtube video of Ajahn Chah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7mtlbVBOA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Metta,
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More than Agreebodom_bad_boy wrote:Venerable Ajahn Chah
the First Monk I Met was Sayadaw U Nyanissara, and the first Book of Ajahn Chahs I read was Bodhinyana. Both Teachings were pretty much identical, put in different ways but emphasised the same thing, no holds barred approach. everything is Dhamma.
I actually thought of Ajahn Chah when I saw the Jedi smiley as at the moment I am reading Unshakeable Peace where he says we are like warriors (not a direct quote) Page 52/3 of the copy I have in the mastering meditation section.
I can't wait to get all of his teachings and get them bound.
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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I do thank Ajahn Chah a lot for helping me deepen my practice . A book of his that I have "Everything Arises, Everything passes away" is full of very good advice and teachings i would recomend it.
Metta
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“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Hi CLW
I don't think there is a book of Ajahn Chahs I couldn't recomend! I have found pearls diamonds, saphires gold, safron, the lot in each of the booksclw_uk wrote:I do thank Ajahn Chah a lot for helping me deepen my practice . A book of his that I have "Everything Arises, Everything passes away" is full of very good advice and teachings i would recomend it.
Metta
Craig
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill