A Still Forest Pool
by Achaan Chah
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Buddhist master Achaan Chah spent years meditating in a forest monastery of Thailand. This remarkable book reflects his simple and powerful message as well as the quiet, joyful Buddhist practice of dhudanga, or "everyday mindfulness," with profound insights for the West.Tags
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Still forest pool
This is a fantastic book soulful book, written by a simple man with no pretences and great spiritual understanding of both the human condition and the path of Buddhist practice, the message is given by author and the person talked about is calm and very clear.. to live mindfully , this book is easily read and contains some best advices
without preaching too much.
Ajahn chah, was one of the great insight meditation teacher of the last century. This book is a collection of short teachings that reflect his emphasis on being mindful in daily life as the way to attain liberation . Pace of the novel is slow, as genre is spirituality and teachings and it must be read slowly because to understand the teaching as how the writer show more try to get us enveloped our interest towards spirituality to attain liberation.
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This is a fantastic book soulful book, written by a simple man with no pretences and great spiritual understanding of both the human condition and the path of Buddhist practice, the message is given by author and the person talked about is calm and very clear.. to live mindfully , this book is easily read and contains some best advices
without preaching too much.
Ajahn chah, was one of the great insight meditation teacher of the last century. This book is a collection of short teachings that reflect his emphasis on being mindful in daily life as the way to attain liberation . Pace of the novel is slow, as genre is spirituality and teachings and it must be read slowly because to understand the teaching as how the writer show more try to get us enveloped our interest towards spirituality to attain liberation.
have a soulful reading experience show less
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- Canonical title
- A Still Forest Pool
- Original publication date
- 1985
- Epigraph
- Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will cl... (show all)early see the nature of all things. You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
Achaan Chah - Dedication
- Dedicated with the deepest gratitude to the Venerable Achaan Chah Subato, our teacher, guide, and friend, to his many devoted students and disciples, especially Achaan Sumedho, to his teachers Achaan Tong Rath and Achaan Mun,... (show all) and to the teachers before them, the lineage of centuries of those in the forest who realized through their simplicity and genuine practice the freedom and joy in the teachings of the Buddha. And dedicated to our parents, for their care and support along our way.
- Publisher's editor
- Nicholson, Shirley
- Blurbers
- Levine, Steven
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 9
