tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327503256965023132.post1655780923659883176..comments2023-07-15T07:28:32.899-05:00Comments on North Shore Meditation and Dharma Center: Humility and ModestyNorth Shore Meditation and Dharma Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00322334814422504635noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327503256965023132.post-38844995594728722222012-04-06T08:14:10.577-05:002012-04-06T08:14:10.577-05:00Here is a little section of Jack Kornfield's b...Here is a little section of Jack Kornfield's book, "After the Ecstasy the Laundry" that I find interesting in reference to his beloved teacher Ajahn Chah quoted above). Mr. Kornfield is speaking about flexibility as opposed to dogmatic and rigid qualities of religion. Here is what Kornfield writes: <br /><br />"My teacher Ajahn Chah demonstrated this flexibility when he was most inconsistent, contradicting things he had previously said, reversing teachings he had earlier emphasized. When this was pointed out to him by a frustrated student (me), Ajahn Chah laughed. "It's like this," he said. "There is a road I know well, but it can be foggy or dark. When I see someone traveling this road about to fall in a ditch or get lost in a sidetrack on the right-hand side, I call out, "Go to the left." Similarly, if I see someone about to fall in a ditch or get lost in a sidetrack on the left-hand side, I call out, "Go to the right." That's all I do when I teach. Wherever you get caught, I say, "Let go of that too." " (page 168-9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com