Thursday 23 June 2016


No Buddha!!

Ajahn Chah listened to one of his disciples recite the Heart Sutra. When he had finished, Ajahn Chah said, "No emptiness ...no Bodhisattva." He then asked, "Where did the Sutra come from?" "It's reputed to have been spoken by the Buddha," the follower replied. "No Buddha!!" retorted Ajahn Chah. Then he said, "This is talking about deep wisdom, beyond all conventions. How could we teach without conventions? We have to have names for things, isn't that so?"

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