The Teachings of Ajahn Chah
A collection of Ajahn Chah’s Dhamma talks
From: The Sangha, Wat Nong Pah Pong
Preface i
A Note on Translation iii
About Teachings for Monks v
Foreword by a Disciple vii
About Ajahn Chah xi
Learning to Listen 1
I Bodhinyana 3
Fragments of a Teaching 4
A Gift of Dhamma 12
Dhamma Nature 19
The Two Faces of Reality 27
The Training of the Heart 42
LivingWith the Cobra 54
Reading the Natural Mind 58
Just Do It! 76
Questions and Answers 84
II A Taste of Freedom 100
Training this Mind 101
On Meditation 103
The Path in Harmony 109
The Middle WayWithin 115
The Peace Beyond 122
Opening the Dhamma Eye 133
Convention and Liberation 148
No Abiding 155
Right View – the Place of Coolness 162
Epilogue 167
III Living Dhamma 169
Making the Heart Good 170
Why AreWe Here? 178
Our Real Home 189
The Four Noble Truths 200
Meditation 211
Living in theWorld with Dhamma 221
“Tuccho Pot.hila” – Venerable Empty-Scripture 230
Still, FlowingWater 242
Toward the Unconditioned 255
IV Food for the Heart 273
Dhamma Fighting 274
Understanding Vinaya 280
Maintaining the Standard 293
Right Practice – Steady Practice 303
Samm¯a Sam¯adhi – DetachmentWithin Activity 317
The Flood of Sensuality 329
In the Dead of Night… 339
Sense Contact – the Fount of Wisdom 357
“Not Sure!” – The Standard of the Noble Ones 373
Transcendence 387
V The Path to Peace 402
The Path to Peace 403
Evening Sitting 427
Questions and Answers with Ajahn Chah 438
VI Clarity of Insight 447
Clarity of Insight 448
Suffering on the Road 472
VII Unshakeable Peace 502
Unshakeable Peace 503
VIII Everything Is Teaching Us 548
About Being Careful 549
It Can Be Done 567
Monastery of Confusion 582
Understanding Dukkha 598
Wholehearted Training 607
Knowing theWorld 632
The Dhamma Goes Westward 647
Listening BeyondWords 662
Right Restraint 666
Even OneWord Is Enough 679
A Message from Thailand 691
Glossary of Pali Words 694
