Offers a compilation of the Thai Buddhist master's talks on Buddhism and spiritual practice. Renowned for the beauty and simplicity of his teachings, Chah was Thailand's best-known meditation teacher. This collection brings together for the first time Chah's most powerful teachings, including those on meditation, liberation from suffering, calming the mind, enlightenment, and the 'living dhamma'. Foreword 7(9) Jack Kornfield Introduction 9(32) About This Mind 41(2) Fragments of a Teaching 43(10) Part 1: Conduct-Virtue And The World Of The Senses Living in the World with Dhamma 53(8) Making the Heart Good 61(8) Sense Contact-the Fount of Wisdom 69(12) Understanding Vinaya 81(12) Maintaining the Standard 93(8) Why Are We Here? 101(10) The Flood of Sensuality 111(8) The Two Faces of Reality 119(16) Part 2: Meditation A Gift of Dhamma 135(6) Inner Balance 141(6) The Path in Harmony 147(6) The Training of the Heart 153(10) Reading the Natural Mind 163(16) The Key to Liberation 179(40) Meditation (Samadhi Bhavana) 219(8) Dhamma Fighting 227(4) Just Do It! 231(8) Right Practice-Steady Practice 239(10) Samma Samadhi-Detachment Within Activity 249(8) In the Dead of Night 257(18) Part 3: Wisdom What is Contemplation? 275(4) Dhamma Nature 279(8) Living with the Cobra 287(4) The Middle Way Within 291(6) The Peace Beyond 297(10) Convention and Liberation 307(6) No Abiding 313(6) Right View-the Place of Coolness 319(4) Our Real Home 323(10) The Four Noble Truths 333(8) ``Tuccho Pothila''-Venerable Empty Scripture 341(10) ``Not Sure!''-the Standard of the Noble Ones 351(12) Still, Flowing Water 363(10) Transcendence 373(10) Toward the Unconditioned 383(12) Epilogue 395(2) Glossary 397(6) Notes 403(6) Sources of the Text 409(6) Index 415