A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah
A Philosophy, Spirituality, Religion book. With mindfulness you can see the real owner of things. Do...
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- Pages: 192 pages
- ISBN: 9780835605977 / 835605973
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With mindfulness you can see the real owner of things. Do you think this is your world, your body? It is the world's world, the body's body. If you tell it, Don't get old, does the body listen? Does your stomach ask permission to get sick? We only rent this house; why not find out who really owns it? Ajahn Chah, A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah // We can see the mind as a lotus. Some lotuses are still stuck in the mud, some have climbed above the mud but are still underwater, some have reached the surface, while others are open in the sun, stain-free. Which lotus do you choose to be? If you find yourself below the surface, watch out for the bites of fishes and turtles. Ajahn Chah, A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah // Just try to keep your mind in the present. Whatever arises in the mind, just watch it and let go of it. Don't even wish to be rid of thoughts. Then the mind will return to its natural state. No discriminating between good and bad, hot and cold, fast and slow. No me and no you, no self at alljust what there is. When you walk there is no need to do anything special. Simply walk and see what is there. No need to cling to isolation or seclusion. Wherever you are, know yourself by being natural and watching. If doubts arise, watch them come and go. It's very...
This is on the top list of my favorite spiritual book.Here is simple wisdom I got from Ven. Achaan Chah; 'The heart of the path is SO simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are. That is all I do in my own practice.Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into... There are good things in just about every book like this. There are good things in this book. But it's not really much of a book. Just a grouping of Achaan Chah's insights on life (okay, a slight pun) via insight meditation.What can one say? Is it worth reading? Answer: for nuggets.You decide:Nugget #1) To try to run away from suffering... Part of my Vipassana/Insight Meditation collection. From the famous teacher, Achaan Chah.
