Wisdom from Ajan Che - the leading meditator of the twentieth century.
In his youth he became a novice in the monastery in his native village, and at the age of twenty he received full ordination. He then left his village and became a wandering monk.
In 1954, after years of traveling and meditation, he was invited to stay in a dense forest near his home village. A large monastery was created around Aazhan Cha, where monks, nuns and lay people came to hear his instructions and learn under his guidance.
Ajan Che's teachings have characteristics in common with the entire forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism: discipline, meditation, and personal experience as opposed to book knowledge. Ajan Che is known for his honesty, sense of humor and humanity, his dedication to Buddhist practice and being in the present, and his ability to communicate with people from vastly different backgrounds in a direct, relaxed and fun way. His simple but profound instructions emphasized the importance of practice in everyday life.
Today, there are more than two hundred monasteries of the Ajan Che dynasty in Thailand and around the world.
If you are nervous, observe the stimulus in your mind. Just be aware of your actions, just check yourself and your feelings. Then you will understand.
We are never satisfied. We lack sour in sweets; We lack sweetness in pickles.
whatever worries you.
Everything that annoys you.
This is your teacher.
אף אחד ושום דבר לא יכולים לשחרר אותך מלבד ההבנה שלך. אפשר למצוא שלווה בתוך עצמך, באותו מקום בו נמצאים חרדה וסבל. אי אפשר למצוא שלווה לא ביער ולא בפסגת ההר. גם המורה לא ייתן לך את זה. איפה שאתה חווה סבל, שם אתה יכול למצוא גם חופש מסבל. כשאתה מנסה לברוח מהסבל, אתה בעצם רץ לקראתו.
To develop mental strength, it is not necessary to move it here and there, as is done in the case of developing physical strength; You have to stop the mind, bring it to a calm.
הבודהה לימד שבכל מצב יש לשמור על מיינדפולנס ומודעות עצמית. השליליות מתבטאת בפעולות הגוף, הדיבור והנפש. המקור לכל דבר טוב ורע, תועלת ונזק הוא פעילות גופנית, דיבור וחשיבה. אלו הפונקציות שיש לפקח עליהן. נתחו את ההתנהגות שלכם – האם היא מזיקה כרגע או לא.