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Ajahn Chah

Ajahn Chah was part of a golden age of Buddhist masters that characterized Thailand during the 20^th century with the emergence of the Thai Forest Tradition.

Going out to the forests and wilderness expressed the Forest Tradition aspiration to renew the spirit of the Buddha’s search for enlightenment and called for a return to the principles of the life and practice that the Buddha lay down to his followers.

This tradition produced a great number of impeccable and profoundly wise Buddhist masters, and one of the most eminent was Ajahn Chah.

Ajahn Chah’s life seems light-years distant from today’s ‘typical’ Israeli.

What could a ‘simple Thai villager’ with only primary school education teach educated Westerners? How could his path, with its austere and special practices over a lengthy period of w