It's Like This
- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - Ð ÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Books - It's Like This ## It's Like This 108 Dhamma Similes Venerable Ajahn Chah Published June 11, 2013 Enlarge Venerable Ajahn Chah was a master at using the apt and unusual simile to explain points of Dhamma in a memorable way. He was especially talented at exploiting the open-ended nature of the simile - using a particular image to make one point in one context, and a very different point in another. This book is a companion to In Simple Terms, an earlier collection of similes drawn from Ajahn Chahâs transcribed talks. Read online ## Download Options - epub (688.5 kB) - azw3 (499.7 kB) - pdf (961.1 kB) - kobo (699.4 kB) - Help: "Which format do I need?" - The EPUB format is suitable for most e-readers, except Kobos and Kindles. This includes most e-reader applications on mobile phones and tablets (e.g. Apple's iBooks, various apps for Android), and on desktops (e.g. Calibre). - Kindle owners will generally want the AZW3 format. Unfortunately, AZW3s cannot be sent with Amazon's Send to Kindle service and need to be sideloaded via USB. Some have tried using Send to Kindle to send EPUBs, but with mixed success. - Kobo owners will want kobo's "KEPUB" format, which is a version of the EPUB format optimized for Kobo e-readers. ## Table of Contents - Cover - Titlepage - Copyright - Photo - Introduction - A Bird in a Cage - The Power of the Dhamma - Your Own Witness - The Language of the Dhamma - Open Your Eyes - Dyeing the Cloth - Remove the Weeds - Why Wait? - Awakening to the Dhamma - Knowledge & Goodness - Goodness Without Discernment - Genuine Wealth - Seeing the Fullness - The Teacup - Pouncing on Fire - Learning about Fire - Teaching from the Top - Drop after Drop - Just Right - Everything Gathers in the Ocean - Coconut Water - Patience - The Dhamma in a Pot - Chickens Coming to the Monastery - Thieves - The Blind Person - donât run along - The Salt of Meditation - Complete Food for the Mind - Moving the Glass - Better Than No Rice - The Chicken in the Cage - Only One Hole Open - The Water Cooler - Recognizing Fire - Looking for a Teacher - The Stick in the Stream - Addicted to Curry - Eating the Hook - The Tree in the Seed - Running in Circles - Lifting the Bowl - See for Yourself - Talk about Blindness - Your Duty - Sitting with a Cobra - The Spider - A Road Through the Wilderness - Roads to Pass By - Know One, Know Them All - Two Different Things - Killed by the Mind - Hiding in the Mind - Strength & Harmony - You Know Youâre Full - Husk & Not-husk - Whatâs Wrong in Whatâs Right - Feeding Through the Mouth - Potters Beating Pots - Forcing the Fruit - The Turtle & the Snake - The Cow Knows the Field - Barking at Leaves - Dye in the Mind - Not Awfully Anything - Playthings for the Mind - The Balloon of Tranquility - The Balloon is Already Burst - When You Know How - The One Mango - The One Mango Explained - The Mango in Harmony - The Fluttering Mind - The Snake under the Cloth - Healing the Wound - The Stillness of Insight - Rocks in the Way - Killing Your Meditation - Staying at Home - Fix It Right Here - A Fish on Land - Overcoming Pain - Why Study? - The Name of the Fruit - Counting the Rootlets - Mr. A & the Letter A - Whatâs That? - The Farmer & the Cobra - Awakening to the Cobra - Our Responsibilities - Cleaning the House - Better & Better - The Compass - The Saltiness of Salt - Lead vs. Gold - The Thinking of Earthworms - Neither Large nor Small - Why - Grabbing Hold of a Dog - When the Bees Leave the Hive - Eating Out of the Shit-pot - The Parts of a Knife - Knowing In-between - When the Cabinet is Done - Our Own Affair - In the Cage - Filling the Glass - Mindfulness of Death ## Cover image - --> - - - -