Venerable Ajahn Chah - Clear Pointers to the Truth and Meditation - Theravada Forest Tradition
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- A selection of key pointers and quotes by Ajahn Chah on Dhamma and Meditation practice. For all the range of teachings given by Ajahn Chah, which are made available for free, please see this fantastic website: www.ajahnchah.org/
Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk and meditation Master. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. He was reputed to be an Arahant.
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One of the clearest and most eloquent dahrma talks I've ever heard, delivered with such a tranquil and soothing voice.
So succinct and peaceful. How funny that this experience is seemingly twisted by our thoughts. So beautiful,to sit in truth. I’m grateful that you record these.
Wow:)
Thank you. Ajahn Chah was an excellent teacher.
I absolutely love your translations.
Thank you 😌🧡🙏
Beautiful, true and right to the point teachings that anyone can practice at any time. Refreshing to the soul and nourishing to the mind it almost looks to plain to be true ; but guess what ? It is. !
THANK YOU ! SAMANERI ...THANK YOU, VERY MUCH 🕉 Namaste🙏
Much gratitude for sharing these precious teachings from Ajahn Chah🙏🙏🙏
Wow! this came at the perfect moment....thank you, sis.
Thank you 🌹💖🌈🗝️☝🏾🔱
....truth is all there is.....🙏🌻
I feel This great master was a Buddha
He was indeed! A remarkable teacher with a cheeky sense of humour and great, great metta and compassion. He is the lineage teacher in my tradition so I have immense reverence for him.
Samaneri Jayasara oh thank you so so much for your kind reply. Since last few months I have been listening to Ajahn chha’s teachings and I feel very strongly that he was a Buddha himself. A very well known vajrayana teacher in Nepal who seems to be little critical of Theravada also appreciates Ajahn chha and he talks about a particular letter written by Ajahn chha for his student about experience at the time of death and he says it’s almost the same as vajrayana concept about near death experience ((Bardo) it would be good if you could read this letter in your Chanel
But I get very confused that all the Vajrayana teachers including H.H. dalai lama also says Theravada traditions maybe the teachings given by Buddha in public but Mahayana and particularly Vajrayana teachings were given to highly intelligent students in secret. If that’s so why did it take 1500 years to appear? Some scholars says Tibetan Buddhism is nothing but Kashmiri shaivasim mixed with Mahayana tradition. But Ironically I found almost no difference in teachings of Padmasambhava and Akjahn chha. But as you know Padhmasabha helped spread Buddhism-in Tibet. Most people including myself know only mystical things padhmasambhave and I began to doubt that since I have been listening to his Teachings on your Chanel. I would really like to get your opinion on this matter. Do you see Theravada tradition less than Mahayana/Vajrayana?
Thank you so much
@@kbgirel6965 Hi there, I have already recorded that teaching some time back of Ajahn Chah's teaching to a person approaching death. You can find all of Ajahn Chah's teachings in my playlists under "Theravada Forest Tradition" or here is the direct link to that teaching for ease of access:
czcams.com/video/npwULuvTp7g/video.html&ab_channel=SamaneriJayasara
In relation to your question about the differences between the various traditions, I don't buy into any of that nonsense. It is a waste of time and is just perpetuated by delusive minds. I just practice to see Dhamma for myself and this is all Ajahn Chah recommended to his disciples. Forget about it, don't think about it - the mind is just mara trying to pull you in to doubt and confusion. Let it all go, sweep it away, and find the Deathless within yourself.
Samaneri Jayasara thank you so much
I remember that Padma Sambhava thought he had nothing left to learn and his guru said something similar to what you just said and almost all of the teachings I have listened to so far is shaped by he received his last teachings from Shree Shingh
Thank you so much for that
Kindest regards, khadga
🙏💙🌎🌈to the best offerings
Such beautiful words of great encouragement. Thank you.
Wonderful! Thank you Ajahn Chah and Samaneri Jayasara.
Thank you this contagious gem🙏
Dear Samaneri
Such a beautiful reading, my heart is so peaceful right now
Thank you my dear friend in the dharma 🙏🌹
Boundless compassion, as with the Buddha himself. Sadhu sadhu sadhu 🙏🙏🙏
Saaaaaaadhu!
This teaching penetrated deeply into my heart. The delivery was very effective for me. Anumodana. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you 🙏
Thank you 😊 for your kind words of wisdom 🤗
Wow!!!❤️❤️❤️♥️🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thanks for sharing all this 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow, Thank you dear. Spectacular as always. 😍
Nice audio 👍
Thank you 💕🙏🏻
Thank you 🙏✨🌿🌺🍃🌕
Thank you Samanare for the video Wonderful useful and I will remember this teaching 🙏😀🌺
beautiful!
Gracias!
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Adorei 💜 Gratidão 🙇♂️
Good stuff 🙏🏼🙏🏼
nice
Yes ! ❤🙏🙏🙏
sadhy sadhu sadhu.
Thank you for your great work...DANKESCHÖN...I would love to find some recordings of Ramesh S. Balsekar
Must remain an empty vessel for it to be filled up with the dhamma
The old dance move raise the roof...
No, Ajahn Chah is doing an imitation of the "laughing Buddha with hands up" or prosperity/happy/good luck Buddha.
You can see it here: www.pinterest.ca/pin/173881235592133943/
All this sweet talk ; can we just get married and get it over with.. jk..
Your the most amazing person on this planet... namaste 🙏... ty..
Very cute! Love you too Chris
Are u going on tour soon? Will u be in a town near me ? How much for backstage passes? U rock ... have a good day .. 🙏
No b😊
I am hoping you can help clear up something. After many years, I still do not get things like the line, “Whatever arises in the mind, just watch it.” I am not a visual person (aphantasia) and cannot visualize thoughts. I am an auditory thinker. Does he mean you have to have visual ability to visualize thoughts in order to watch them? If not that, what does he mean? How does one do what he is stating? He says it is very simple. For some, maybe. Is it impossible for some?
Hi there, I understand your confusion here, as I am also not a very visual person so I certainly don't really experience thoughts as a visual image. My experience is more of a "felt" sense (and also auditory) when thoughts arise - perhaps because I am more a kinesthetic type. It does make you wonder how people experience their own little world inside their head, doesn't it! And that everyone must see and perceive "their world" in such different ways. But we can all agree that we recognise thoughts arising and ceasing, so you do not need to be concerned with the way in which they manifest and present themselves. Whatever is your experience is just the way it is and that is fine and valid. No need to change that, and essentially you can't anyway. So Ajahn Chah is simply asking us to be "aware" of when thoughts, emotions, moods, etc. arise in the mind/heart and to allow them to dissolve naturally. When he says "watch" the thoughts, he does not want us to get involved in them or analyse them however. It is more a process of being aware and awake to our inner processes and moods and not getting hooked in to them. It's hard to not get drawn into thoughts and moods if we remain unaware. So we wake up to the arising of habitual thoughts, reactive mental processes and see them for what they are - eg: desire, aversion, anxiety, happiness, excitement, boredom, dullness, or simply mundane habitual thought patterns - recognise them for what they are and mindfully let them go. The recognition and wakefulness is the very process that will allow them to dissolve naturally of their own accord. And your job is to stay centred in the Awareness itself. Not Awareness as an object or thing, but rather as your own natural state of wakefulness, clarity and emptiness. You can see this more clearly once the muddy water of endless thoughts settles down. Then there remains a natural clarity, purity, and emptiness - free of the proliferation of mindless thought patterns. Just keep practicing in a gentle, relaxed and calm way and things will become clearer from time to time. At other times, the water may be stirred up, but that is okay too. Rest into and be aware of whatever presents itself without picking and choosing. That is the way of Dhamma. Sorry for the long ramble and hope some of this helps. With all good wishes.
Samaneri Jayasara That helps tremendously. Also, I am glad to know you understand on a personal level about being non-visual. It seems so much in the realm of what we might call “metaphysical” has instructions in visual terms - so much so that you may not find instruction that doesn’t hinge on visualization. Instructions for inducing an out-of-body experience come to mind. Very kind thanks. I will certainly try with new found understanding.
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