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Chapter FiveEVENING SITTINGI WOULD LIKE TO ASK you about your practice. You have all beenpractising meditation here, but are you sure about the practice yet? Askyourselves, are you confident about the practice yet? These days thereare all sorts of meditation teachers around, both monks and lay teachers,and I’m afraid it will cause you to be full of doubts and uncertainty aboutwhat you are doing. This is why I am asking. As far as Buddhist practice isconcerned, there is really nothing greater or higher than these teachingsof the Buddha which you have been practising with here. If you have aclear understanding of them, it will give rise to an absolutely firm andunwavering peace in your heart and mind.Making the mind peaceful is known as practising meditation, or practisingsamādhi. The mind is something which is extremely changeableand unreliable. Observing from your practice so far, have you seen thisyet? Some days you practise sitting meditation and in no time at all themind is calm, other days you sit and whatever you do there’s no calm – themind constantly struggles to get away, until it eventually does. Some daysit goes well, some days it’s awful. This is the way the mind displays thesedifferent conditions for you to see. You must understand that the eight37
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The Collected Teachings ofAJAHN CHA
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CONTENTSPREFACEINTRODUCTIONA NOTE O
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ContentsTHE PL ACE OF COOLNESS 319M
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PREFACEAJAHN CHAH’S TEACHINGS wer
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INTRODUCTIONTHE THAI FOREST TRADITI
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Introductionmight seem unremarkable
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IntroductionAJAHN CHAH'S TEACHING O
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IntroductionThe Fourth Noble Truth
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Page 121 and 122: Chapter EightUNDER STANDING DUKKHA
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Understanding Dukkhagood for flies
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Understanding Dukkhavation we shoul
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Understanding Dukkhawill be happy a
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Understanding DukkhaIn truth, if we
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Chapter NineTHE DHAMMA GOES WEST WA
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The Dhamma Goes WestwardWe can expl
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The Dhamma Goes Westwardmind. They
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Chapter TenEVEN ONE WORD IS ENOUGHW
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Even One Word Is Enoughbut, this is
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Even One Word Is Enoughwe could nat
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Even One Word Is Enoughfor. To put
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Even One Word Is EnoughAjahn Sumedh
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Chapter ThirteenOUR REAL HOMENOW DE
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Our Real HomeEverything experiences
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Our Real HomeSo let go, put everyth
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Our Real Homeleft his village. Only
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Chapter FourteenTHE FOUR NOBLE TRUT
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The Four Noble Truthssuffering’ t
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The Four Noble Truthswe look deeply
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The Four Noble Truthswhat she wants
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Chapter SixteenTUCCHO POTHIL A 1THE
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Tuccho Pothilaenjoyed he also enjoy
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Tuccho PothilaTherefore the practic
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Tuccho PothilaWe can summarize thus
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Tuccho Pothilayou will suffer. Peop
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Chapter EighteenTIMELESS TEACHINGSE
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Timeless Teachingsnot in the cool s
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Chapter TwentyA GIFT OF DHAMMAI AM
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A Gift of DhammaLikewise, if the mi
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Chapter Twenty-sevenTRAINING THIS M
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Chapter Twenty-eightTRANQUILLIT Y A
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Tranquillity and Insightthings all
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Tranquillity and InsightThe two way
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Chapter Twenty-nineTHE PATH IN HARM
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The Path in Harmonymost refined sta
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The Path in Harmonycontemplate it.
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Chapter ThirtyTHE PL ACE OF COOLNES
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Chapter Thirty-threeSUPPORTS FOR ME
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Supports for Meditationawareness. B
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Chapter Thirty-fiveTOWARD THE UNCON
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Chapter Thirty-sixCL ARIT Y OF INSI
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Clarity of Insightlearnt to speak a
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Clarity of Insightactions. Knowing
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Clarity of Insightyou have already
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Clarity of Insightor the practice o
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Clarity of Insightand the way they
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Chapter Thirty-sevenLEARNING TO LIS
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Chapter Thirty-eightUNSHAKEABLE PEA
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Unshakeable PeaceUNSHAKEABLE PEACEI
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Unshakeable Peacejust jump straight
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Unshakeable Peacesay, you’re at e
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Unshakeable Peacemind of mine, and
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Unshakeable Peacelose the breath. I
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Unshakeable Peaceyou emerged from t
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Chapter Forty-oneDHAMMA NATURESOMET
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Dhamma Naturefaculties in the body.
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Chapter Forty-twoT WO FACES OF REAL
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Chapter Forty-eightTHE FLOOD OF SEN
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The Flood of Sensualityout the mind
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Chapter Forty-nineIN THE DEAD OF NI
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In the Dead of Night …dragging th
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Chapter FiftyTHE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM
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The Fountain of Wisdomhe wasn’t i
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The Fountain of Wisdomof the seasid
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The Fountain of Wisdomworldly stand
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The Fountain of Wisdombenefits both
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The Fountain of Wisdomtheir child
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Chapter Fifty-oneNOT SURE 1THERE WA
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Chapter Fifty-twoWHOLEHEARTED TRAIN
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Chapter Fifty-threeRIGHT RESTRAINT
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Chapter Fifty-sevenTOILETS ON THE P
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GLOSSARY 1Abhidhamma (1) In the dis
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Glossaryagain: tendency towards sen
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Glossarydevadūta ‘Divine messeng
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Glossarygotrabhū-ñāṇa ‘Chang
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GlossaryPaccekabuddha Private Buddh
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GlossaryRight View see sammā-diṭ
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Glossarysammuti Conventional realit
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Glossaryten pāramīs, the second o
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Glossarytudong (Thai) The practice
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Glossaryvinaya rules and traditions
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INDEX OF SIMILESa drunksix senses,
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Index of Similesskilful means, 745d
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Index of Similesuntrained mind, 184
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Index of Similespractice, 258rich a
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BRANCH MONASTERIESWestern disciples
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