I wish he were still alive. I meditate daily and listen to or read about his teaching often. I appreciate Ajahn Chah and would want to study under him and learn from him. Living peacefully in this narcissistic contentious world is no easy task.
I was lucky enough to do participate in some reforestation programs at a forest temple sanctuary in Chaiyapoom. I have witness the calm and serenity in the monks, and have seen millionaires give up their worldly belongings to take on the path. At some point, something clicked in my heart, and I was able to grasp certain key concepts of Theravada Buddhism that allowed me to embrace its practice in my lay life. Annatta, the not-self, is one of those concepts, and in understanding it gave me glimpses of true liberation and peace. ห่วง, which means worry, but also means hoop or noose, literally describes attachment.
@@bappyroy1184 I wished I could tell you that I did, but it seems so fleeting. It's like a skill you have to learn, and you just could get it right, and then you lose. I have no idea how that happened. I mean, having just felt it briefly assured me that it can be done, but it seems it is our human condition to have amnesia and just repeat the same endless cycle again.
Non-dualism-dressed up in French and German and Californian bikinis - might be the rage,but you always must go back to the simple wise teachers of the East. Ajahn Chah is one of those teachers. God rest him, the two-truths master.
I love the way the Ajahn Chah is more chilled, contented and genuinely relaxed than any hippy, drug person or sage that ever lived! He was/is a real 'advert' for the relevance of Buddhism in modern life.
Be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of rare animals will come to drink at the pool. You will see many wonderful and strange things come and go, but you will be still. Problems will arise but you will see through them, immediately. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
