Stories about investigation
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about investigation from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- No real ghost has ever hurt a humanStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Cambridge/London Psychic Research friend Dr Tony Cornell — 'head ghost hunter of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' — always took a professional magician to supposed hauntings.…
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And I remember one of the guys I knew in that society, you can actually get him on uh the internet if you want. Dr. Tony Cornell. He was a another good friend of ours. And I remember he would give this this uh business card which was a beautiful business card to have. It was legitimate, but the head ghost hunter of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. And I remember sometimes, if there was any ghost stories in the Sunday newspapers, he'd be the one who wrote it. He was real. He was a real ghost hunter. But, one of the things he'd always say, he'd always go to these supposedly hauntings with a professional music uh professional magician. Cuz magicians just knew how you could deceive people. And he wanted to make sure that what he actually saw was real. And many times there were real occurrences of like hauntings. But, first thing that no ghost has ever in all of the history of hauntings in UK, no real story of a ghost has ever hurt a human being. And he told me that sometimes in some of these rooms, the things were flying all over the place and crashing into the wall. But, they would never crash into a human. They would always miss you. Always. And that's over 100 years of research. So, first of all, there's no need to feel afraid if you hear anything which is a little bit strange.
- You're just helping me sharpen my knifeStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: An Englishwoman argues with elderly Ajahn Chah for hours; others say leave him alone — Chah says no, she is helping him sharpen his knife: hard questions are welcome.
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you just helping me sharpen my knife and that's actually how he would uh regard when you ask difficult questions always it was accepted