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Ep. 168 – The Wisdom of Ajahn Chah

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

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Ajahn Chaus and the Seven Dwarfs

Ajahn Chaus would introduce his monks like the Seven Dwarfs. He said, here's sleepy. You know, this is my monk who sleeps all the time. I don't know how many somebody can sleep as much as this guy, you know. And this one, he had two wives at the same time, right? So Ajahn Chaus just kind of played with whatever was going on for people. There was one Western monk who came when Sumeto and me were there to join us, who was a doctor. The poor guy never went alone after that.

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