Compassion and wisdom

[Guest guest]

A devout elderly lady from a nearby province came on a pilgrimage to

Wat Pah Pong. She told Ajahn Chah she could stay only a short time,

as she had to return to take care of her grandchildren, and since she

was an old lady, she asked if he could please give her a brief Dhamma

talk.

 

Ajahn Chah replied with great force, "Hey, listen! There 's no one

here, just this! No owner, no one to be old, to be young, to be good

or bad, weak or strong. Just this, that's all-just various elements

of nature going their own way, all empty. No one born and no one die!

Those who speak of birth and death are speaking the language of

ignorant children. In the language of the heart, of Dhamma, there are

no such things as birth and death."

 

 

- from

Still Forest Pool : The insight meditation of Achaan Chah