Stories for learning vs practice
If you are looking for a Buddhist story for learning vs practice, here are 3 complete stories that may speak to the moment you are in. They come from Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Brahm's stories keep his own telling from his talks; Ajahn Chah's are retold in our own words from his free-distribution books. Each page has a short reflection and a link to the source.
- Asking Ajahn Mun about the Visuddhimagga — Overwhelmed by the endless detail of the monastic texts, the young Ajahn Chah asks Ajahn Mun what…
- The wandering master he first misunderstood — Ajahn Chah listens with inner disrespect to a wandering meditation master, and only years later,…
- Venerable Empty-Scripture and the muddy bog — A famous scholar monk is greeted by the Buddha as 'Empty Scripture', sees that he studies but does…
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- Is there a Buddhist story for learning vs practice?
- If you are looking for a Buddhist story for learning vs practice, here are 3 complete stories that may speak to the moment you are in. They come from Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Brahm's stories keep his own telling from his talks; Ajahn Chah's are retold in our own words from his free-distribution books. Each page has a short reflection and a link to the source.
- Who told these stories for learning vs practice?
- These 3 complete stories are from Ajahn Chah. Being Mindful Stories presents Ajahn Brahm's stories in his own telling with a link to the talk at the exact timestamp, and Ajahn Chah's as a retelling in our own words with the book and pages they come from.
- How should I cite a story from this page?
- Credit the teacher as the storyteller and link the original source shown on each story page (the timestamped talk, or the talk in the book). You can also link the story page on Being Mindful Stories as the place you found it.