2. Quote: “I met Ajahn Chah through the eyes and hearts of those who lived with him.” [Amaravati] [Meditation retreats] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Chah]
3. Quote: “The language of wisdom is the language of the heart.” — Ajahn Chah [Ajahn Chah] [Language] [Discernment] [Mindfulness] // [Liberation] [Spiritual search] [Monastic life/Motivation]
4. Story: Ajahn Amaro meets Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Chah] // [Work] [Monastic life] [Faith]
5. Story: “Sleep is delicious.” [Ajahn Amaro] [Sloth and torpor] [Ajahn Chah] // [Fear] [Discernment]
6. Ajahn Chah teaches his disciples in everyday living situations. [Teaching Dhamma] [Everyday life] [Ajahn Chah]
Story: “Is the log heavy?” [Relinquishment] [Clinging] [Suffering]
Story: A monk drops a tape recorder after getting an electric shock.
7. Quote: “I never lived with him, so I never got the chance to get disillusioned with him.” [Discernment] [Teachers] [Ajahn Chah] // [Teaching Dhamma] [Clinging]
8. Story: Ajahn Sumedho wants Ajahn Chah to affirm whether he had attained a degree of insight. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Stages of awakening] [Ajahn Chah] // [Impermanence] [Liberation] [Bowing] [Becoming]
Reference: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 606
Quote: “We talk about things to develop and thigs to give up, but there’s really nothing to develop and nothing to give up.” — Ajahn Chah [Right Effort] [Relinquishment] [Emptiness] [Dispassion]
Reference: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 102
9. The way Ajahn Chah trained was phenomenal. [Ardency] [Courage] [Right Effort] [Ajahn Chah]
10. Quote: “I feel incredibly indebted to Ajahn Chah.” [Gratitude] [Respect for elders] [Ajahn Chah] // [Cultural context] [Language] [Teaching Dhamma] [Goodwill] [Perfectionism]
[Session] Reading: “Meditation” from Living Dhamma by Ajahn Chah, pp. 50-53. [Meditation]
“Cultivate the tree right from the seed.” [Similes] [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma]
“To practice in a way that’s peaceful means to place the mind neither too high or too low, but at the point of balance.” [Middle Path] [Ajahn Chah]
“So many teachers, so many teachings.” [Teachers] [Doubt] [Meditation/Techniques]
“Where there is knowing, there is no need to think.” [Knowing itself] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Tranquility] [Mindfulness] [Discernment] [Proliferation]
“Resolve that right now is the time for training the mind and nothing else.” [Ardency] [Determination] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Body scanning] [Relinquishment] [Sense restraint]
“Sometimes there may be doubt, so you must have sati, to be the one who knows, continually following and examining the agitated mind.” [Continuity of mindfulness] [Restlessness and worry] [Heedfulness] [Concentration] [Feeling]
Simile: Chicken in a coop.