阿姜查聽到他的一位弟子在誦心經，當他結束後，阿姜查說：「無空亦無菩薩。」他於是問：「那經從何來？」弟子回答：「據說是佛陀說的。」阿姜查說：「可是沒有佛陀啊！」後來他說：「心經是在談甚深的智慧，超越一切的世俗。沒有了它們（世俗），我們哪還能教導他人呢？對事物而言，我們必須給它名字，不是嗎？」
Ajahn Chah listened to one of his disciples recite the Heart Sutra. When he had finished, Ajahn Chah said, "No emptiness either... no bodhisatta." He then asked, "Where did the sutra come from?" "It’s reputed to have been spoken by the Buddha," the follower replied. "No Buddha," retorted Ajahn Chah. Then he said, "This is talking about deep wisdom, beyond all conventions. How could we teach without them? We have to have names for things, isn’t that so?"
Biography / 簡介
阿姜查（1918年—1992年），南傳佛教大師，泰國現代最有影響力的佛教僧人，他依循佛教森林比丘的傳統，進入森林地區修行。阿姜查的修行方式有兩大特色：頭陀行與禪定體驗，兩者都是延續迦葉尊者重視苦行的精神而來。他的教導方式簡單直接，吸引不少西方人士前來學習。
Ajahn Chah (1918 – 1992) was an influential Thai Buddhist monk. His teachings contain elements related to Forest tradition, focusing on a simple and rigorous lifestyle, discipline and moral conduct, meditation, and an emphasis on inner experience rather than a reliance on scholarly knowledge. Ajahn's lectures are simple, direct and deep, so his teachings attract many western followers in the 80s and 90s.