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style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e108 Stories to Tame the Drunken Elephant in Your Heart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ajahn Brahma, a Cambridge University graduate and monk, made his masterpiece, [The Taming of the Drunken Elephant], famous in Korea, has been republished with new editing and design after two years out of print.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A traveler was sitting on the banks of the Ganges River, admiring the surrounding scenery, when he saw a large elephant coming up from its bath in the river.\u003cbr\u003e At that time, he saw a man with a hooked stick controlling an elephant and had a great realization that wild animals can be tamed by humans.\u003cbr\u003e On that path he went into the forest and began to concentrate his mind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book contains 108 stories of enlightenment gained while practicing under the legendary Thai monk Ajahn Chah, who converted to Buddhism at a time when interest in Buddhism was rare in the West.\u003cbr\u003e This book is not written to unilaterally teach someone, but rather honestly contains the process of gaining one's own experiences and enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e Through the symbol of the elephant, it tells stories of overcoming fear, accepting pain, anger and forgiveness, and how to not lose heart even in the midst of numerous emotions such as happiness and unhappiness, sadness and joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Taming the Drunken Elephant] is a good guide for those who want to control the elephant in their hearts that tries to destroy human relationships, makes them angry, jealous, hateful, and destroys the beautiful house they have built.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eYou can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e The Heart That Can Give Up an Elephant _ Ryu Si-hwa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 two bricks\u003cbr\u003e 2 Door of the Heart\u003cbr\u003e 3 Put it down\u003cbr\u003e 4 Taming the Drunken Elephant\u003cbr\u003e 5 truckloads of cow dung\u003cbr\u003e 6 Crying Cow\u003cbr\u003e 7 The biggest thing in the world\u003cbr\u003e 8 full jars\u003cbr\u003e 9 A Teacher Named Life\u003cbr\u003e 10 A Beautiful End to Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Every human being has two misplaced bricks.\u003cbr\u003e But within each of us there are far more perfectly laid bricks than there are faulty ones.\u003cbr\u003e Once you know that, things aren't so bad.\u003cbr\u003e Then we can not only live at peace with ourselves, but also live happily with others, despite our problems.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We all deserve to get away from others for a while and enjoy some peace. \u003cbr\u003eAnd others deserve their own peace by our disappearance! --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is better to light a candle than to complain about the darkness.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e True love is love without ego.\u003cbr\u003e 'The door of my heart is always open to you.\u003cbr\u003e No matter what you do in life,' receiving that kind of love from someone is the most valuable gift in the world.\u003cbr\u003e Then you cherish it and keep it deep in your heart so you don't lose it.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are countless possibilities for what will happen in the future.\u003cbr\u003e When we focus on the unfortunate possibility, it is called fear.\u003cbr\u003e On the other hand, when we remember that there are many other possibilities, it is called freedom from fear.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fear is the anticipation of things that will go wrong in the future. \u003cbr\u003eBut if we just keep in mind how uncertain our future is, we will never try to predict what might go wrong.\u003cbr\u003e At that moment, fear ends.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fear is the greatest cause of suffering.\u003cbr\u003e What makes pain more painful is fear.\u003cbr\u003e When you let go of fear, all that remains is the feeling of pain.\u003cbr\u003e What I put down was the fear of the pain of a toothache.\u003cbr\u003e I accepted the pain, I embraced it, I didn't reject it.\u003cbr\u003e Because I did that, it went away.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When someone hurts us, we don't have to punish them ourselves. \u003cbr\u003eIf we're Christian, Muslim, or Jewish, don't we believe that God will punish them sufficiently? If we're Buddhist, Hindu, or Sikh, don't we believe that the law of karma will justly punish the perpetrator? And if you're a follower of psychotherapy, a modern-day new religion, you know that your perpetrator will suffer from guilt and undergo years of expensive psychotherapy.\u003cbr\u003e So why must we be the ones to \"slap them hard\"? A little wisdom will reveal that we don't necessarily have to be the ones to punish them.\u003cbr\u003e When we let go of our anger and cool our hearts with forgiveness, we are still fulfilling our duty.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMy dear crazy heart, no matter what you do to me, the door of my heart is open to you.\u003cbr\u003e You may destroy me and bring me to ruin, but I bear no ill will toward you.\u003cbr\u003e I love you no matter what you do.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despair is a prison we all must pass through.\u003cbr\u003e 'This too shall pass.' This is what helps us endure the situation.\u003cbr\u003e It also helps us to let go of the attitude of taking happy times for granted, which is so often the greatest cause of despair --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Practitioners who have lived relatively easy lives and have not had much dung to spread around could not become great teachers.\u003cbr\u003e Those who became great teachers were those who endured great trials, silently shoveled dung, and cultivated a rich inner garden. \u003cbr\u003eAlmost all the practitioners I know have a mind of wisdom, inner calm, and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e But those who had more dung had more to share with the world.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Half of karma is the material we have.\u003cbr\u003e The other half, the most important part, is what we do with that material in this life.\u003cbr\u003e There is bound to be something we can do with the materials we have available to us on a daily basis.\u003cbr\u003e Even if it's just sitting down and enjoying one last cup of tea.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are times when you come to a crossroads and are not sure which way to go.\u003cbr\u003e At that time, you have to stop for a moment, stand on the side of the road, and wait for the bus to come.\u003cbr\u003e The bus will arrive soon, at a time you weren't expecting.\u003cbr\u003e There is a sign on the front window of the bus indicating the destination in large, bold letters. \u003cbr\u003eIf that destination suits you, you get on that bus.\u003cbr\u003e Otherwise, wait.\u003cbr\u003e Because there will always be another bus arriving soon after.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is not right to criticize the religion a religious fanatic believes in because his beliefs cause serious problems for those around him.\u003cbr\u003e It's just that the beginner hasn't learned the religion well yet.\u003cbr\u003e Each of us must become a master of love within our religion.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We all need to allow ourselves the time and peace to climb the spiritual pyramid within ourselves at some point in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e We must, even if only for a moment, ascend above this complex, tangled jungle called life.\u003cbr\u003e Then we may be able to see our place in things and see far ahead on the journey of life. \u003cbr\u003eAnd we may gaze upon the infinite world, undisturbed by anything, surrounding our existence in all directions.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are two kinds of freedom that we can find in the world we live in.\u003cbr\u003e One is freedom of desire, and the other is freedom from desire.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Any place, no matter how comfortable, is a prison to you if you don't want to be there.\u003cbr\u003e This is what the word 'prison' means.\u003cbr\u003e Any situation you don't want to be in is a prison.\u003cbr\u003e If your job is not what you want, then you are in jail.\u003cbr\u003e If you are in a relationship you don't want, you are also in prison.\u003cbr\u003e If you are in a sick and painful body and do not want to be there, that too is a prison for you. \u003cbr\u003eAny situation you don't want to be in is a prison.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's not the work itself that makes us tired, it's our thoughts about it.\u003cbr\u003e I learned this priceless lesson early in my life as a monk in northeastern Thailand: 'What makes something in life difficult is the thought we have about it.'\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is merely an illusion to think that you can be happy by becoming something else.\u003cbr\u003e Becoming something else is merely exchanging one form of suffering for another.\u003cbr\u003e But when you are satisfied with who you are now, whether you are married or single, rich or poor, new or veteran, then you can be free from suffering.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sadness is seeing only what is gone from you. \u003cbr\u003eOn the other hand, the celebration of life is about recognizing all that we have and feeling deep gratitude for it.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since I was a scientist before I became a monk, I decided to conduct an experiment.\u003cbr\u003e The next time I hit my head, I decided to laugh like the Thai monks.\u003cbr\u003e I wanted to know what would happen if I did that.\u003cbr\u003e Do you know what I discovered? I discovered that if I laugh when I hit my head, it hurts a lot less.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.\u003cbr\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e108 Stories to Tame the Drunken Elephant in Your Heart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The reason we struggle in life is not because we can't achieve what we want, but because we can't let go of our desires.\u003cbr\u003e To achieve peace of mind, we must seek freedom from desire, not freedom of desire. \u003cbr\u003eIf the path to happiness I have chosen never brings me happiness, I must make a bold decision about that path.\u003cbr\u003e That is the real choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ajahn Brahma, a Cambridge University graduate and monk, made his masterpiece, [The Taming of the Drunken Elephant], famous in Korea, has been republished with new editing and design after two years out of print.\u003cbr\u003e This book contains 108 stories of enlightenment gained while practicing under the legendary Thai monk Ajahn Chah, who converted to Buddhism at a time when interest in Buddhism was rare in the West.\u003cbr\u003e This book is not written to unilaterally teach someone, but rather honestly contains the process of gaining one's own experiences and enlightenment. \u003cbr\u003eThrough the symbol of the elephant, it tells stories of overcoming fear, accepting pain, anger and forgiveness, and how to not lose heart even in the midst of numerous emotions such as happiness and unhappiness, sadness and joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDon't be led by the elephant, be its master.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A traveler was sitting on the banks of the Ganges River, admiring the surrounding scenery, when he saw a large elephant coming up from its bath in the river.\u003cbr\u003e At that time, he saw a man with a hooked stick controlling an elephant and had a great realization that wild animals can be tamed by humans.\u003cbr\u003e On that path he went into the forest and began to concentrate his mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We love and hate, we are happy and we are dissatisfied according to the script our mind writes. \u003cbr\u003eTaming an elephant is difficult, but taming a drunken elephant is even more difficult.\u003cbr\u003e To that extent, controlling the human mind is a difficult subject in itself.\u003cbr\u003e Until we master our minds, life will bring us pain, unhappiness, sadness, fear, and everything else.\u003cbr\u003e Even though we know that elephant is ruining our lives, we cannot tame it.\u003cbr\u003e Because our minds themselves are drunken elephants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ajahn Brahma's representative book, [Taming the Drunken Elephant], which has also visited Korea, is a good guide for those who want to control the elephant in our hearts that tries to destroy human relationships, makes us angry, jealous, and hateful, and destroys the beautiful house we have built.\u003cbr\u003e This book has received many reviews from readers saying it is 'fun and touching.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOverseas recommendations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe author says that there is only one master.\u003cbr\u003e That teacher is none other than ‘life’.\u003cbr\u003e Each of us is an expression of that life.\u003cbr\u003e After studying theoretical physics at Cambridge University, Ajahn Brahma became a disciple of the spiritual master Ajahn Chah and lived as a Buddhist monk in the forests of northeastern Thailand for many years.\u003cbr\u003e But his stories touch the heart and soul so deeply that even someone who has never spent a single day in a temple can understand them.\u003cbr\u003e - New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e True happiness begins when you stop clinging to it.\u003cbr\u003e Ajahn Brahma is a master storyteller and soul healer.\u003cbr\u003e The 108 stories he tells are woven together like a beautiful fabric, giving peace and enlightenment to the heart.\u003cbr\u003e - Shambhala Zen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ajahn Brahma is certainly one of the most powerful and charismatic spiritual teachers alive today. \u003cbr\u003eHis weekly 'Friday Night Sermon' is now world-renowned.\u003cbr\u003e This first book is filled with stories of spiritual growth, surprising events, delightful humor, and fascinating yet instructive stories from my 30 years as a practicing monk.\u003cbr\u003e - John Roberts (Northwest Buddhist Association)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ajahn Brahma is the one who gives proper names to the happiness and unhappiness, joy and sorrow that we feel.\u003cbr\u003e Only a few people, including the Dalai Lama, can explain the true meaning of life and the value of happiness as easily and clearly as Ajahn Brahma.\u003cbr\u003e - 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