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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chahof my generation have a lot of stories of naughty novices, difficult, obstreperousand obnoxious novices. Although at Wat Pah Pong the percentage of novices wassomewhat less, they did have an influence, together with temporarily ordainedmonks, or monks who were hanging out not really knowing why they were there– ordaining as a gesture to show gratitude to their parents.I was surprised when I first went to Wat Pah Pong, because I was expecting aboot camp – a really tough kind of monastery. Certainly there was that, but whatsurprised me was the number of monks and novices who didn’t seem to appreciatewhat was going on, and weren’t that committed to the training Ajahn Chah wasgiving. This meant that many of the talks that were given stressed korwat paṭipadārather than being refined talks on the nature of samādhi and jhāna etc. The kind ofrhythm you would find in monasteries – whether it was Wat Pah Pong or a branch– was that you would have a storming ‘desana’ that would blow everyone over andleave people shaking. Then things would be really strict for a few days. Then itwould gradually deteriorate until one or two things happened that were reallygross and you knew there would be one of these rousing ‘desanas’. So you wouldthen brace yourself. Then the same pattern would start again.Ajahn Chah gave the strongest and best of this particular genre of monasticdiscourse. This talk is particularly strong. What’s remarkable about it is that thiswasn’t given in his so called early days, in his forties or fifties, when he was still veryvigorous and strong, but actually towards the end of his teaching career – whenthe abiding image of Ajahn Chah among Western monks was of this grandfatherlyfigure; but that was very much a simplification. The kind of Ajahn Chah you seein photographs in books, smiling and kind, was certainly one Ajahn Chah, butit was not the whole story.I think this talk gives quite a good impression of that. It’s very difficult torender the tone of one of these talks. With Dhamma talks there is the content ofwhat’s being said, but there are also all sorts of non-verbal things going on, as wellas the whole background of the relationship between a teacher and his students.This is something of course which doesn’t appear in print. For someone who hasnever lived in a forest monastery with a Krooba Ajahn, when they listen to one ofthese talks it can seem to be a rather hectoring and bullying kind of talk, over thetop and a bit too much. So you really have to try to put yourself in that position724
Toilets on the Pathof living in a forest monastery where things are starting to go downhill a bit andit’s time for the teacher to get people back on track.TOILETS ON THE PATHTHERE ISN’T MUCH WORK that needs to be done at the moment, apartfrom Ajahn Liam’s project out at the dyeing shed. When it’s finished,washing and dyeing robes will be more convenient. When he goes out towork, I’d like everyone to go and give him a hand. Once the new dyingshed is finished there won’t be much else to do. It will be the time to getback to our practice of the observances, to the basic monastic regimen.Bring these observances up to scratch. If you don’t, it’s going to be a realdisaster. These days the practice of the observances related to lodgings,the senāsana-vaṭṭa is particularly dreadful.I’m beginning to doubt whether or not you know what these words‘senāsanavaṭṭa’ means. Don’t just turn a blind eye to the state of the kuṭīsthat you live in and the toilets that you use. Laypeople from Bangkok,Ayudhaya, all over the country, offer funds for our needs; some send moneyin the post for the monastery kitchen. We are monastics, think about that.Don’t come to the monastery and become more selfish than you werein the world – that would be a disgrace. Reflect closely on the thingsthat you make use of every day: the four requisites of robes, almsfood,dwelling place and medicines. If you don’t pay attention to your use ofthese requisites, you won’t make it as a monk.The situation with regard to dwelling places is especially bad. Thekuṭīs are in a dreadful state. It’s hard to tell which ones have got monksliving in them and which are empty. There are termites crawling up theconcrete posts and nobody does anything about it. It’s a real disgrace. Soonafter I came back I went on an inspection tour and it was heartrending.I feel sorry for the laypeople who’ve built these kuṭīs for you to live in.All you want to do is to wander around with your bowls and glots overyour shoulders looking for places to meditate; you don’t have a clue how725
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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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Introductionbody, feelings, percept
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IntroductionPah Pong had the reputa
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Introductionthey were not. The thre
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Introductionrealms, visions or psyc
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Introductionvoice will be gone. The
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A NOTE ON THE TEXTTHIS IS the singl
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A Note on the TextReaders may thus
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Chapter OneTHE MIDDLE WAY WITHINTHE
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The Middle Way Withinactually lose
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The Middle Way Withinmad all along
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The Middle Way Withinthere’s noth
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Chapter TwoTHE PEACE BEYONDIT’S O
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The Peace Beyonddhammas, 1 they are
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The Peace Beyondand know the sense
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The Peace Beyondpleasure is the loo
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Chapter FourNO ABIDINGWE HEAR SOME
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No Abidingconsequences of clinging
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Chapter SixABOUT BEING CAREFULTHE B
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About Being CarefulSo, some people
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About Being Carefulthey open their
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About Being Carefulwho doesn’t ca
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About Being CarefulListening to tea
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About Being Carefulproblems and rel
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About Being Carefulthem. You might
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Chapter ElevenMAKING THE HEART GOOD
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Making the Heart Goodthe dishes wit
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Chapter TwelveWHY ARE WE HERE?THIS
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Chapter FifteenLIVING IN THE WORLD
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Chapter NineteenFRAGMENTS OF A TEAC
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Fragments of a Teachingpath by prac
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Chapter Twenty-oneLIVING WITH THE C
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Chapter Twenty-twoREADING THE NATUR
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Reading the Natural Mindcontemplate
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Reading the Natural MindSAMATHA (CA
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Just Do It!when you talk about farm
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Chapter Twenty-fourQUESTIONS AND AN
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Questions and AnswersQ: You have sa
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Questions and AnswersThis is becaus
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Questions and AnswersAll my discipl
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Chapter Twenty-fiveSTEADY PRACTICE
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Chapter Twenty-sixDETACHMENT WITHIN
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Detachment Within Activityin doing
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Chapter Thirty-twoKNOWING THE WORLD
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Knowing the WorldAs I see it, once
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Chapter Thirty-fourSTILL, FLOWING W
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Chapter FortyWHAT IS CONTEMPL ATION
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Chapter Forty-threeTHE TRAINING OF
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Chapter Forty-fourTHE WAVE ENDS 1Qu
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Chapter Forty-fiveDHAMMA FIGHTINGFI
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Chapter Forty-sixUNDER STANDING VIN
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Understanding VinayaAt one time I w
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GENERAL INDEXĀlāra Kālāma, 51,
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General Indexavijjā, see ignorance
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General Indexonly points the way, 3
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General Indexkhaṇika samādhi, 40
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General Indexmen and women, 493ment
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General Indexsīlabbata parāmāsa,
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SOURCES OF TALKSTHE MIDDLE WAY WITH
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Sources of TalksLIVING IN THE WORLD
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Sources of TalksDETACHMENT WITHIN A
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Sources of TalksTHE FOUNTAIN OF WIS
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FURTHER RESOURCESwww.forestsangha.o
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