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Otros nombres: Chah, Achaan
Thera, Phra Bodinyana
Fecha de nacimiento: 1918-06-17
Fecha de fallecimiento: 1992-01-16
Género: male
Nacionalidad: Thailand
Lugar de nacimiento: Bahn Gor village, Ubol Rachathani, Thailand
Lugares de residencia: Wat Pah Pong, Thailand
Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand
Ocupaciones: Buddhist monk
Organizaciones: Thai Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
Chithurst Buddhist Monastery (Cittaviveka)
Thai Forest Tradition of Buddhism
Biografía breve: About the Author:

Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhaddo (Chao Khun Bodhinyana Thera), alternatively spelled Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles Luang Por and Phra; 17 June 1918 – 16 January 1992) was an influential teacher of the Buddhadharma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.

Respected and loved in his own country as a man of great wisdom, he was also instrumental in establishing Theravada Buddhism in the West. Beginning in 1979 with the founding of Cittaviveka (commonly known as Chithurst Buddhist Monastery) in the United Kingdom, the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah has spread throughout Europe, the United States and the British Commonwealth. The dhamma talks of Ajahn Chah have been recorded, transcribed and translated into several languages.

More than one million people, including the Thai royal family, attended Ajahn Chah's funeral in 1992. He left behind a legacy of dhamma talks, students, and monasteries.

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Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings… por Ajahn Chah

Having gotten into mindfulness meditation lately as one approach to dealing with an anxiety disorder, and feeling like it's being of some benefit, I've gotten curious to learn more about the Buddhist philosophy from which it essentially springs. The Thai Forest tradition of Buddhism is one strand I'm particularly interested in, as a reform movement within the Theravada school that is focused on the older Pali canons. This book of translated, shortish teachings from a noted monk in the Thai Forest tradition was quite illuminative and easy for a beginner in this area to read, and I think I learned a good amount from it.

Usefully, Ajahn Chah emphasized impermanence, "anicca", as the place to start, seeing it as something that is fairly obvious to everyone. It is the first of the three characteristics of experience, according to the Buddha. The other two - "dukkha", meaning suffering, or the unsatisfactory nature of the impermanent, i.e., everything that exists; and "anatta", meaning not-self, or the idea that we are nothing more than the elements, or temporary collections of feelings and mental processes, and ultimately meaningless (though I don't imagine a Buddhist would put it like that) - are the other main aspects of his teachings, and the three sections of the book focused on each of these ideas are the meat of the book.

While the latter two teachings, dukkha and anatta, are interesting philosophically, I cast them aside as anything other than objects of intellectual interest that are part of a belief system that is not my own. Annica though seems useful to me to contemplate, and seek to more fully appreciate. Meditating on impermanence I think holds promise in countering the pathological tendencies of the overanxious mind, or at least my own. I found a lot of interest in this section.

Whatever states of mind, happy or unhappy, occur, never mind - we should constantly be reminding ourselves, "This is uncertain [impermanent]".

The sensory experiences we like and dislike are equal. But when they contact us, we don't see them as equal. If something is pleasing, we are really happy over it. If something is displeasing, we want to destroy it. So they aren't the same to us, but in truth they really are equal. We have to train in this: they are equal in that they are unstable and impermanent.

When you sit in meditation, there may be various conditions of mind appearing, seeing and knowing all manner of things, experiencing different states. Don't keep track of them, and don't get wrapped up in them. You only need to remind yourself that they're uncertain [impermanent]. That's enough. That's simple, and it's easy to do.

Doubts will end like this. They will end by this method of practicing in the present. There's no need to be anxious about the past, because it has gone. Whatever happened in the past has arisen and ceased in the past, and now it is finished. We can let go of concern about the future, because whatever will occur in the future will occur and cease in the future.

The true and correct words of the sages will not lack mention of impermanence. If there is no mention of impermanence, it is not the speech of the wise. It is not the speech of the enlightened ones; it's called speech that does not accept the truth of existence.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18.

Okay, so that last one isn't from this particular book. :)… (más)

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lelandleslie | 4 reseñas más. | Feb 24, 2024 |

Méditation et sagesse por Ajahn Chah

> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Chah-Meditation-et-sagesse/879795

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Joop-le-philosophe | otra reseña | Jun 3, 2023 |

On Meditation por Ajahn Chah

instructions from talks on developing formal meditation

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Langri_Tangpa_Centre | Apr 20, 2021 |

Thân Và Tâm por Ajahn Chah

Recommend for all hành giả, đặc biệt là những người đang tự tìm hiểu, tự hành thiền. TS Ajahn Chah đã có được cách diễn giải rất đơn giản và lột tả được các ngóc ngách của cửa thiền. Tuy nhiên, để thấu hiểu thật sự, không có lựa chọn nào khác hơn với việc ngồi xuống và hành thiền. Thực tập để trực nhận. Tôi xin chia sẻ ở đây các trích đoạn mà tôi tâm đắc.
Các bạn có thể tham khảo bản biên dịch tại trang web này: http://www.budsas.org/uni/u-chila1coicay/clmcc_1.htm… (más)

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viethungnguyen | Dec 7, 2020 |

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