2. Quote: “Living with Ajahn Chah wasn’t easy.” [Suffering] [Ajahn Chah] // [Aversion] [Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Monastic life]
3. Quote: “The years [ Ajahn Chah] took up his ascetic practices were something of a golden age.” [Ascetic practices] [Thai Forest Tradition] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Mun]
Quote: “How do you call yourself a disciple of Ajahn Mun when you only spent seven days with him?” – “If a person with good eyes comes close to something, he sees it.” — Ajahn Chah [Mentoring] [Knowledge and vision]
9. Quote: “I thought of him as the world’s most compassionate sadist.” [Compassion] [Fierce/direct teaching] [Ascetic practices] [Ajahn Chah] // [Teaching Dhamma]
10. Quote: “In an instant he could put you in a space where you just let go of everything, your anger, your worry, your anxiety–the things you thought you had to do a lot of work to get through and get rid of.” [Relinquishment] [Aversion] [Restlessness and worry] [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] // [Humor] [Suffering]
11. Quote: “He taught different people differently....He gave us what we needed.” [Teaching Dhamma] [Mentoring] [Ajahn Chah] // [Paul Breiter] [Patience] [Monastic life] [Generosity] [Upatakh] [Devotional practice]
3. You weren’t there to prepare for something else. [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] // [Sequence of training] [Everyday life] [Disrobing] [Kamma] [Monastic life] [Ascetic practices] [Suffering] [Happiness] [Saṃsāra]
Quote: “Talk about the benefits of lay life....on paper you can make a good case for it. In practice it’s a constant challenge just to keep your head above water and remember how you’re supposed to deal with things. I urge people in robes to stay there.” [Lay life] [Right Action]
Quote: “Ajahn Pasanno doesn’t want me sending everyone to ordain with him, but I think you do better following his way than my way.” [Ajahn Pasanno] [Paul Breiter]
6. Quote: “If you see one monkey, you can understand the nature of monkeys.” — Ajahn Chah [Ajahn Chah] [Similes] // [Lay life] [Buddha] [Recollection/Buddha]
Quote: “What are the benefits of lay life? We have more opportunities to apply the teaching, ‘Monkeys are like that.’”