Food for the Heart · the Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah by Chah, Ajahn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Foreword Introduction CHAPTER 1 - ABOUT THIS MIND CHAPTER 2 - FRAGMENTS OF A TEACHING

ONE WHO WISHES TO REACH THE BUDDHADHAMMA WALKING THE PATH OF BUDDHADHAMMA HOW TO PURIFY ONE’S MORALITY THE PRACTICE OF CONCENTRATION THE ARISING OF WISDOM THE BENEFITS OF PRACTICE

PART 1 - Conduct—Virtue and the World of the Senses

CHAPTER 3 - LIVING IN THE WORLD WITH DHAMMA CHAPTER 4 - MAKING THE HEART GOOD CHAPTER 5 - SENSE CONTACT—THE FOUNT OF WISDOM CHAPTER 6 - UNDERSTANDING VINAYA CHAPTER 7 - MAINTAINING THE STANDARD CHAPTER 8 - WHY ARE WE HERE? CHAPTER 9 - THE FLOOD OF SENSUALITY CHAPTER 10 - THE TWO FACES OF REALITY

THE TRAP OF THE SENSES THE WORLDLY WAY AND LIBERATION CONSTANT PRACTICE THE EMPTY FLAG THE FOREST OF THE SENSES COMING TO THE CENTER ESCAPE

PART 2 - Meditation

CHAPTER 11 - A GIFT OF DHAMMA CHAPTER 12 - INNER BALANCE CHAPTER 13 - THE PATH IN HARMONY

ON THE DANGERS OF SAMĀDHI

CHAPTER 14 - THE TRAINING OF THE HEART CHAPTER 15 - READING THE NATURAL MIND

THE WISDOM OF EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE CONSTANT EFFORT KNOWING ONESELF AND KNOWING OTHERS THEORY AND PRACTICE INSIGHT MEDITATION (VIPASSANĀ) SAMATHA MEDITATION UNTYING THE KNOT DISENCHANTMENT THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

CHAPTER 16 - THE KEY TO LIBERATION

THEORY AND REALITY SĪLA, SAMᾹDHI, AND PAÑÑᾹ THE DANGERS OF ATTACHMENT “SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION” THE POWER OF SAMᾹDHI WORKING IN ACCORD WITH NATURE CHANGING OUR VISION FOLLOWING THE MIDDLE PATH DEDICATION TO THE PRACTICE DO IT! ESTABLISHING THE BASIS OF MEDITATION CONTEMPLATION

CHAPTER 17 - MEDITATION (SAMᾹDHI BHᾹVᾹNA) CHAPTER 18 - DHAMMA FIGHTING CHAPTER 19 - JUST DO IT! CHAPTER 20 - RIGHT PRACTICE—STEADY PRACTICE CHAPTER 21 - SAMMĀ SAMĀDHI—DETACHMENT WITHIN ACTIVITY CHAPTER 22 - IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT

PART 3 - Wisdom

CHAPTER 23 - WHAT IS CONTEMPLATION? CHAPTER 24 - DHAMMA NATURE CHAPTER 25 - LIVING WITH THE COBRA CHAPTER 26 - THE MIDDLE WAY WITHIN CHAPTER 27 - THE PEACE BEYOND CHAPTER 28 - CONVENTION AND LIBERATION CHAPTER 29 - NO ABIDING CHAPTER 30 - RIGHT VIEW—THE PLACE OF COOLNESS CHAPTER 31 - OUR REAL HOME CHAPTER 32 - THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS CHAPTER 33 - “TUCCHO POṬHILA”— VENERABLE EMPTY SCRIPTURE CHAPTER 34 - “NOT SURE!”—THE STANDARD OF THE NOBLE ONES CHAPTER 35 - STILL, FLOWING WATER CHAPTER 36 - TRANSCENDENCE CHAPTER 37 - TOWARD THE UNCONDITIONED CHAPTER 38 - EPILOGUE

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