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Excerpts taken from the book “Living Dharma” by Jack Kornfield, and speeches by Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Chah (1918 - 1992) was a great master of the “Thai Forest Tradition” lineage of Theravada Buddhism. Ajahn Chah (or Chah Subhaddo) was born in a rural village near the city of Ubon Rajathani, Thailand. Following tradition, after completing his basic education, he was ordained as a novice monk at the local village monastery, where he spent the first years of his monastic life studying the foundations of Dharma, the Pali language, and the scriptures. After a serious illness and the death of his father, Ajahn Chah recognized that despite his exhaustive studies, he no longer felt close to having a personal understanding of the end of suffering. So, in 1946, he abandoned his studies and went on a pilgrimage. He walked for several years, sleeping in forests and receiving food in the villages he passed through, spending time in monasteries, assimilating the teachings and practicing meditation. It was during his stay at the Wat Kow Wongkot monastery that he met Ajahn Mun, a highly revered meditation master, who taught him that, although the teachings are indeed extensive, in their essence they are very simple: “With awareness, if we see that everything arises in the ‘heart-mind’. There lies the true path!” This succinct and direct teaching was a revelation for Ajahn Chah, transforming his way of practicing. The path was clear! Beloved and respected in his country as a man of great wisdom, Ajahn Chah became an influential teacher and founder of great monasteries of his tradition. His teachings contain what can be called the “heart of Buddhist meditation” – the simple and direct practices of calming the heart and opening the mind to the true understanding of truth. This form of constant vigilance has rapidly expanded as a Buddhist practice in the West, teaching us to deal with denser mental states, such as fears, greed, or feelings of loss, and to learn the path of patience, wisdom, and selfless compassion. According to Ajahn Chah, training the mind is not just about sitting with our eyes closed or perfecting a meditation technique. It is about a great renunciation. 🙏 Purchase Theravada Buddhism books through our Amazon link: https://amzn.to/41ZZBEx 📚 Check out our list of recommendations: https://www.amazon.com.br/shop/corvoseco “The mind that ceases to cling to the senses is like a dry leaf falling from a tree. It no longer clings to anything. It is carried by the wind of Dharma wherever it blows, without resistance, in peace.” Ajahn Chah. “In the practice of meditation, we work to develop mindfulness, so that we are constantly aware. Working with energy and patience, the mind can become steady. Then, whatever sensory phenomena we experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, and whatever mental phenomena, such as reactions of joy or dejection, we will see them clearly.” Ajahn Chah. “The proper effort is not the effort to make something specific happen. It is the effort to be conscious and awake in every moment, the effort to make every activity of our day a meditation.” Ajahn Chah. Music: Circle Of Life - 20 Minute Meditative Music (   • 20 Minute | Meditative Music | NSDR | Yoga...  ) ======================================= 🎯 Corvo Seco is a study group on non-duality. 🙏 Help support our channel: PIX: [email protected] 📷 Instagram:   / corvoseco   💻 Facebook:   / corvoseco   📩 Contact us: [email protected] #AjahnChah #TheravadaBuddhism