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Have you ever seen flowing water?... Have you ever seen still water?... If your mind is peaceful it will be just like still, flowing water. Have you … - Ajahn Chah
" "Have you ever seen flowing water?... Have you ever seen still water?... If your mind is peaceful it will be just like still, flowing water. Have you ever seen still, flowing water? There! You’ve only ever seen flowing water and still water, haven’t you? But you’ve never seen still, flowing water. Right there, right where your thinking cannot take you, even though it’s peaceful you can develop wisdom. Your mind will be like flowing water, and yet it’s still. It’s almost as if it were still, and yet it’s flowing. So I call it “still, flowing water.” Wisdom can arise here.
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About Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah (17 June 1918 – 16 January 1992) was a meditation teacher in the Thai Forest Tradition.
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Ajahn Chah Subhaddo
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Chah Subhaddo
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Subhadda Bhikkhu
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Ācān Chā
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Cha Phothiyan
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