Learn to let go of worldly things, don't try to fight them.VETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. 165. Learn to let go of worldly things, don't try to fight them. Have fun with them. Find a way to manipulate or treat them. When this body is sick and aching, we look for sutras to recite. I want to control and control this body, I don't want this body to hurt. The sutras become a kind of mystical ritual that confuses us with craving and attachment. That's because we chant to eliminate diseases, to live a long and sustainable life. Actually, the Buddha gives us the teachings so that we know the truth of this body so that we can let go of it, but we turn his teachings into chanting to increase our ignorance. our passion. 166. Get to know your body and mind. Be content with frugality, meager. Don't get too attached to the teachings. Don't hold on or jump into your emotions. 167. Many people are afraid of giving. They feel oppressed and exploited when they have to let go. If you want to cultivate charity, you just need to suppress your own desires and attachments, no one can oppress you. In doing so, our true nature will subdue itself to become lighter and freer. 168. Hold the neighbor's fire in your hand, you will get burned. Hold the fire in your house, you also get burned. Both fires are hot. So, don't touch anything that could burn your hands, no matter what or where. 169. Outsiders might think we're crazy to see us living in the woods and sitting like these stone statues. But how do they live? They laugh, they cry, and at times they kill each other out of greed and anger. So who's crazy? 170. Instead of teaching others, Ajahn Chah only creates special circumstances and opportunities for them to learn about themselves. Ajahn Chah said: “What I teach you, you understand only fifteen percent. Or if you've been a monk for five years, you can understand five percent." A young monk said, "So, I get one percent because I've only been practicing for a year." Ajahn Chah shook his head and laughed: “No! The first four years I didn't get any percentage. By the fifth year you will understand five percent.” 171. A student of Ajahn Chah when asked if the monk will keep the robe for life or will return to the world. The student monk replied, "Teacher, I find it very difficult to talk about it, although I have never thought about renunciation, but actually I have not decided to keep this robe until the end of time. die." After looking within, the young monk said, "Doesn't your mind make any sense?" Achan Chah replied, "Mind has no meaning, that is the Dharma." 173. Someone asked Ajahn Chah: “Why does a Buddhist country like Thailand have so many criminal offenses?” Ajahn Chah replied, "Whoever does unwholesome deeds, that person is not a Buddhist. They do their jobs that have nothing to do with Buddhism. The Buddha never taught them to do such things.” 173. Someone asked Ajahn Chah if he was an Arahant. Ajahn Chah replied, “I am like an old tree full of leaves, flowers and fruit. Birds come to eat and nest in that tree. But the old tree did not understand its identity. It just lives on as it is. It's how it is. 174. Question: I can observe greed and anger, but how do I control delusion? A: You are like a person riding a horse and asking, “Where is the horse?” 175. Some people become monks just by faith, but have difficulty in living in the Dharma, practicing the Dharma. They do not understand themselves. Nowadays very few people actually practice the Dharma because there are so many obstacles to overcome. But if they're not good let them die. If they don't die make them good. 176. You say you love your lover one hundred percent. Okay, let's dissect that person's body to see how much you still love. Or if you miss her so much when she's gone, why don't you ask her to send you a bunch of her poop. Every time you miss her, pick up your poop and smell it. Disgusting yet? That's what you love! What makes your heart skip a beat every time you meet an attractive girl or smell her perfume? What power is that? It pulls you in, but you surrender, not resisting at all. In the end you pay a very heavy price. Do you understand! 177. One day Ajahn Chah wanted to clear a large log, which was broken and lying on the road. Ajahn Chah and his student, each with a head, carried a discarded log. While lifting the log, Ajahn Chah asked, “Is it heavy?” After throwing the log onto the side of the road, Ajahn Chah asked, “Is it still heavy now?” That is how Ajahn Chah teaches his students to find the Dharma in every word and daily action. In this case, Ajahn Chah shows only the benefit of renunciation. 178. A student of Ajahn Chah, while unplugging the tape recorder from the electrical outlet, accidentally grabbed the electric latch, and was shocked, so he quickly let go of the cord. Ajahn Chah, not missing the opportunity to teach the Dharma, said, “Oh! How can I give up so easily? Who taught you that?" 179. Some Western monks have celebrated a special Christmas day, with a gift-giving and benediction ceremony. Some devotees wonder why Buddhism celebrates Christian Christmas. Ajahn Chah explains: Everyone's body and mind are of the same nature. All must be born, must grow old, must die. Once you understand that, the difference doesn't matter anymore. Anything that helps us to see the truth clearly, that helps us to do good is the right practice. You can call this any day. Why can't this be called "God's Buddha Dharma" day? Those who practice correctly, they have practiced "Christian Buddha Da" and everything is fine. Let go of all attachments and attachments to worldly regulations in order to see all the happenings of things accurately and naturally. 180. During the time when Laotians and Cambodians flocked to Thailand as refugees, many charities organized visits to help. Some Western monks feel embarrassed sitting in the deep forest meditating while other religious organizations are enthusiastically working. They went to Ajahn Chah to express their concern. Ajahn Chah said: “Helping people in refugee camps is a good thing. It is our natural duty. But if we want to save others, we must first be lucid, not confused. Many people can go to the refugee camp to distribute clothes and blankets, but few can sit still in the forest to investigate their own mind. As long as we don't know how to provide food and clothing for the hearts of others, there will be refugees in this world." 181. After listening to a disciple read the Heart Sutra, Ajahn Chah said, "There is no no, there is no bodhisattva", and then asked: "Where did this sutra come from?" The student replied, "Teacher, I think it was taught by the Buddha." Ajahn Chah said: “There is no Buddha. This sutra speaks of profound wisdom that transcends all worldly conditions. But if we don't use worldly conditions, how can we say this? Is not it?" 182. To become a saint one must change until only the inert body remains. The mind changes completely, but the body always seems to be present; still hot and cold, painful and sick. But because the mind has changed, it sees birth, aging, pain, and death in the light of truth. 183. Someone asked Ajahn Chah about enlightenment, Ajahn Chah replied: “Enlightenment is not difficult to understand. Just peel the banana peel and put it in your mouth and you will immediately know its taste. You have to practice to realize yourself, and you need to be persistent. If becoming a religion was easy, everyone would have done it already. I started entering the temple at the age of eight and have been a monk for over forty years; And you just want to meditate for a night or two to go straight to Nirvana. It is not enough to just sit down to be immediately enlightened. It doesn't just take someone knocking you on the head to make you religious. You don't have to be completely enlightened to guide others. Just be honest with them and tell them what you know from your heart. Tell people what is within your power. Don't pretend you can lift a big rock when you can only lift a small rock. People will not feel uncomfortable knowing you are practicing and working. Then finally you can lift the big rock. 184. The way of the world is to expect something in return, but in Buddhism, we do it without a return. However, if you want nothing, what will you get? Got nothing! What we have is only the cause of suffering. Thus, practice to get nothing, but peace of mind is okay! 185. The Buddha taught us to let go of all that is of a temporary, unstable nature. If you let go, you will see the truth. If you don't let go, you won't see the truth clearly. That's it! And when wisdom is opened, everywhere you look you will see the truth. 186. An empty mind doesn't mean there's nothing in it. It has no defilements, but it is full of wisdom. 187. People refuse to contemplate aging, pain, and death. They just mean no old age, no pain, no death. Therefore, they never enjoy the taste of the Dharma. 188. Many people think: Happiness is achieving what you love, you like. And I just want people to talk about what I love. Is that how you find happiness? Wishing that all over the world, everywhere, you also only hear people talking about the things you love, you like. Is that possible? Finding happiness in that way will never be found. 189. Grass, flowers, trees, mountains... live their own way. They grow, they die according to their own nature. They live naturally, inanimate, inanimate, inert and motionless. We are different, we mess things up. But our bodies also just follow the natural course: birth, growth, and eventually death. Such is the natural way of the human body. Whoever wants the body to go the other way will suffer. 192. Don't think that learning a lot is understanding the Dharma. It is like saying that you see things because you have eyes, or that you hear things because you have ears. You can see but not fully. You see only with the "outer eye" but not with the "inner eye". You hear with the "outer ear" but not with the "inner ear". 191. The Buddha taught us to give up all forms of unwholesome behavior and to cultivate virtue. That is the Righteous Way. In this way, the Buddha has placed us at the beginning of the path. Once you're on the road, it's up to you to go or not. Such is the Buddha's task. He shows us the way: this is the right way and this is the wrong way. That's enough, the rest is up to us. 192. Must see the Dhamma for yourself. Being on your own here means practicing on your own. You can only rely on him fifty percent. Even the Dharma I am giving you is just empty talk. If you believe these things on the grounds that I say them, you are not using the teachings of the Dharma properly. If you completely trust me, then you are crazy. Listen to the Dhamma, see its benefits, and then put into practice yourself to see the Dhamma in yourself; that's the real benefit. 193. Sometimes, while I was walking, when I saw that it was about to turn to light rain, I wanted to give up my meditation and go into my room. But when I think of the time I worked in the fields, my pants got wet the night before, but I had to put them back on before dawn. Then he went down to the stilt house to lead the buffalo out of the stable. I had to hold a rope covered with manure and lead the buffalo out of a muddy place. That was okay, the buffalo wagged its tail covered in dirt and hit me. Although my legs ached, I had to lead the buffalo. I thought to myself, “Why is life so hard?” Now it's just a little rain that I have to give up the meditation! This thought encouraged me to practice the Dharma. 194. I don't know what to say. I talk about what needs to be done and what needs to be thrown away. But there is nothing to do and nothing to throw away.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/10/2021.