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A Tree in a Forest
A Collection of Ajahn Chah's Similes
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C  E 
D G T G
Y K P H
Y K T Y J H
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F F D
Ofer the gift of Dhamma to others as freely as it has been ofered to you.
Following the wish of Ajahn Chah that his Dhamma teachings not be
sold in any way or form
,
this book is published for free distribution only.
©
Copyright Dhamma Garden 1994
First Printing
1994
All rights reserved. Any reproduction, in whole or part, in any form, for sale,
proit or gain, is prohibited. However, copies of this book, or permission to
reprint for free distribution, may be obtained upon notiication from:
Yuan Kuang Publishing House
No. 11, Lane 888, Sect. 1, San Ter Road
Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Printed in Taiwan, Republic of China
ISBN 957-8895-05-0
A C
People have asked about my practice. How do I prepare my mind
for meditation? ere is nothing special. I just keep it where it
always is. ey ask
,
“
en are you an arahant?
”
Do I know? I am
like a tree in a forest
,
full of leaves
,
blossoms and fruit. Birds come
to eat and nest
,
and animals seek rest in its shade. Yet the tree does
not know itself. It follows its own nature. It is as it is.
Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah was born in 1918 in a village located in the north-eastern
part of ailand. He became a novice at a young age and received
higher ordination at the age of twenty. He followed the austere Forest
Tradition for years, living in forests and begging for almsfood as he
wandered about on mendicant pilgrimage.
He practised meditation under a number of masters, among
whom was Ajahn Mun, a highly respected and accomplished medita-
tion teacher of the time. Ajahn Mun had an indelible inluence on
Ajahn Chah, giving his meditation practice the direction and clarity
that it lacked. Ajahn Chah later became an accomplished meditation
teacher in his own right, sharing his realization of the Dhamma with
those who sought it. e essence of his teaching was rather simple: be
mindful, don’t hang on to anything, let go and surrender to the way
things are.
Ajahn Chah passed away in peace after a long bout of illness
on January 16, 1992, at his home monastery, Wat Pah Pong, in Ubon
Ratchatani.
For more information on books on Ajahn Chah write to:
Wat Pah Nanachat, Bahn Bung Wai, Warinchamrab, Ubol Rajathani,
ailand.
Editor’s Note
Due to popular demand, we have decided to separate the English and
Mandarin parts of the original bilingual publications of
A Tree in a
Forest
,
Vols. I & II,
and publish them under separate covers. Each new
language edition has been divided into two parts: Part I consists of
the 75 similes that appeared in the irst volume of
A Tree in a Forest
,
and Part II consists of the 108 similes that appeared in the second
volume.
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