Oct 8, 2026 · 42 min · 14 segments
This episode is a talk given by the forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Knowing the World” . It was published as part of The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah. You can find links to the…
Knowing the World by Ajahn Chah All things, just as they are, display the truth.
But we have biases and preferences about how we want them to be.
loka vidu means knowing the world clearly.
The world is these phenomena, abiding as they are.
To sum it up simply, the world is arom.
That's an easy way to put it.
The world is arom.
If we say world, that's pretty vast.
Arom are the world is a lot simpler.
The world is Arom.
Being deluded by the world is being deluded by Arom.
Being deluded by Arom is being deluded by the world.
Lokavidu, knowing the world clearly, however the world is, that's what we should know.
It exists in according to its conditions.
So we should have full, present awareness of it.
Similarly, we should know Sankara for what they are.
Develop wisdom that knows Sankara.
Whatever the truth of Sankara is, however they really are, that's the truth we should know.
That's called wisdom that accepts and knows without obstacles.
We need to develop a mind that has tranquility, together with wisdom, in control of things.
But they are really all the same matter.
They are the same, but we divide them into different categories and get confused.
I've often made a simple analogy about it.
There are things to compare it to, which can make it easier to contemplate and understand.
Knowing the World by Ajahn Chah All things, just as they are, display the truth.
But we have biases and preferences about how we want them to be.
loka vidu means knowing the world clearly.
The world is these phenomena, abiding as they are.
To sum it up simply, the world is arom.
That's an easy way to put it.
The world is arom.
If we say world, that's pretty vast.
Arom are the world is a lot simpler.
The world is Arom.
Being deluded by the world is being deluded by Arom.
Being deluded by Arom is being deluded by the world.
Lokavidu, knowing the world clearly, however the world is, that's what we should know.
It exists in according to its conditions.
So we should have full, present awareness of it.
Similarly, we should know Sankara for what they are.
Develop wisdom that knows Sankara.
Whatever the truth of Sankara is, however they really are, that's the truth we should know.
That's called wisdom that accepts and knows without obstacles.
We need to develop a mind that has tranquility, together with wisdom, in control of things.
But they are really all the same matter.
They are the same, but we divide them into different categories and get confused.
I've often made a simple analogy about it.
There are things to compare it to, which can make it easier to contemplate and understand.
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