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Now let's set into glass Specifically listen Dhamma. As he preached, Specifically please listen attentively to the words of the Master is like Buddha sitting in front. Close your eyes and keep themselves comfortable, settle your mind dwell on one point. To express revered him Omniscient Instrument to be patient to give wisdom, truth and purity state of Jewels and calm down into specific focus.
Today I have brought gifts donated material Specifically, only Dhamma, the teachings of the Buddha. Please listen intently. In particular, should be aware that even the Buddha himself away - with great virtue treasure which he had stored from countless lifetimes - are the inevitable death of the physical body. When old age comes, he does not cling to the body that go, put down the burden. Particularly now, too, have to learn lessons correspond with how many years have passed, depending on your body. You should feel that how much it was enough.
Specifically the body can compare with items used in the home that particular procurement was long - the cup, plate, bowl, bowls etc ... When I first bought it clean glossy splendor. But now, after a long time it has been started using the old vanity. Some are already broken, some missing, lost, and the remaining items are gradually disintegrates, it does not have a permanent shape stability, and the nature of it is. Your body is the same - always changes from the moment you were born and through childhood and adult, but even to this day reached old age, it is still constantly changing. You must accept this. Buddha taught that the organic material smuggled [*], the oil belongs to the physical body, because the conditions exist inside conditioned, or oil on the outside, due to external conditions conditioned, are very falls. Its nature is always changing. Visualize this truth until it sees a clear way.
[*] Organic contraband materials, "Sankhara", onions, plants are composed, or belongings that, as things exist only due to conditions. In fact, it is all things in the world of phenomena. Everything is conditioned by birth.
The very lump of flesh that lies here in decline is Dharma ( saccadhamma ), is the truth. The truth of this is the Dharma body, and it is the unchanging teaching of the Master Services. The Buddha taught us to look at the body, to contemplate and meditate until comprehend its true nature. We must be able to live at peace with the body, whatever it is in any state. The Buddha taught us to ensure that only the physical body locked up in prison, and not let the mind be imprisoned along with it. Now the body starting to decline and decay with time. Do not resist, but do not let your mind deteriorate with it. Be detached, kept apart center. Make energy to the mind by realizing the truth of things. The Buddha taught that it is the nature of the body, not the other way: was born it must go down to old age, sickness and death. This is the eternal truth that is experienced specifically in this present moment. Specifically look at the body with wisdom and realize this truth.
If the particular house was flooding washed away, or burn a fire blight, oil flooding threats or any threats of fire, leave the house worry. The only threat was related to the house. If there is a flood, do not let it overrun and attract attention. If a fire occurs, do not let it burn your heart. What is the material on the outside, specifically let it dragged along by the flood waters, or burn to ashes in the fire. Let the mind to let go, do not cling to the house. The time is ripe.
Specifically lived in a pretty long time. Your eyes have seen any number of forms and colors, ears have heard so many sounds, you've had much experience. And all they were - just experiences. Specifically ate delicious food, and the taste was just as sweet sweet taste. Nothing more. The bitter taste is just the bitter taste. Just like that. If the eye sees a beautiful form it is, just a beautiful form. All there is to it. An ugly shape, too. Just as ugly shape. Headphones are ecstatic mellow tune and it is just that, nothing more. A grating, disharmonious sound is simply so.
Buddha said that rich or poor, young or old, man or beast, no living being in this world can maintain itself in any state in a long time. All must change and become something else. This is a fact of life that we can not how to save. However, the Buddha taught that what we can do is to contemplate the body to see its impersonality, to recognize that both the body and mind, none of which is "I" or " My ". It exists only temporarily. Just like this house, it's just nominally. You could not take it away with you anywhere to be. Likewise, possessions, relatives of the Instrument, all's just nominally, in words, not really belong Instrument. It belongs to nature. This truth is not applicable to particular alone. All of them share the same fate, even the Lord Buddha and his enlightened disciples also. Perhaps the only difference is that he accepts that it is the nature of things; He found that the natural way of things is so. There is no other way.
So the Buddha taught us to scan and examine this body thoroughly from the feet up to the top, and from the top down back foot. Try looking. Specifically see what? Is there anything intrinsically clean there? Steady the whole body approaching disintegration, and Buddha taught us to see that it does not belong to us. Of course, this body must be so, because all the illegal phenomena are ways to change nature, change. We can do no less than to be? Yes indeed, the nature of the body is then nothing is wrong. Not the body makes us suffer. When specifically looking at the right thing in the wrong way, then of course specifically to confusion.
Like water in the river, flows naturally from high to low, never flows against. It is its natural characteristics. If a person were standing on the riverbank saw water flowing from the top down again foolishly want it to flow back up the gradient is high, of course, he must be disappointed, heartbroken. Though he had to do what, the way his erroneous thinking nor let his mind be calm, peaceful, serene. He would be unhappy because his opinion is wrong, and he thought backward. If there is a correct view, you will see that natural water must flow from the top down, and even when aware and accept this situation, he was still confused and upset.
The water of the river to flow from high to low on the slope, just as the body of the Instrument. There has a been young. Specifically become old, and now it's meandering towards its death. Should not wish it to be like any other. It is not something that specifically have the ability or power cure. The Buddha taught us to find ways insight of things and then let go, do not cling to it. Specifically should get rid feelings does refuge.
Please continue to meditate, even if you feel tired and exhausted hear. Let your mind dwell with the breath. Few deep breaths, and then establish the mind on that. When you breathe, silently recite, "Bud", exhale, silently recite, "Dho" [*]. Learn to have a habit of such practices. Specifically increasingly exhausted you feel, the more so try to focus more subtle and thus adapted to meet distressed condition developing. As he began to feel fatigued, stop all thinking and concentrating solid understanding of breath. Always thought to myself, "Bud-Dho, Bud-Dho" while the breath.
[*] It used the word "Bud-Dho" (Pen-crude), which means Buddha, or enlightenment, like a mantra (mantra), a vehicle for the mind into the breath
Let go away, ignoring everything outside. Do not cling to the idea of their children or relatives. Do not cling to anything, no matter what. Let go. Let the mind focused on a single point and use mind dwell with the breath. Only knowing the breath. Breathing is the only object of interest. Also breath unaware else. Such concentration until the mind becomes increasingly subtle, feeling increasingly insignificant, and until then you'll see the interior provinces become sensory and incredibly bright. Then when painful sensations arise, in itself will gradually vanish. Finally you'll look on the breath as she come to visit.
When kinsmen leave, we offer door to ballistic leg and watched until he's walked or driven out of sight and then we go back into the house. We watch the breath likewise. If the breath is coarse, we know that it rough. If it's subtle we know that it's subtle. As it becomes more and more subtle, we continue to track, always feeling the provincial center. By a breath always seem lost, and all that remains is the feeling of awakening. It called meeting the Buddha. We have that clear in the conscious state called "Buddho", who knows, the people vigilant and who is bright. It is meeting and dwelling with the Buddha, with wisdom and enlightenment. Because only the historical Buddha entering Nirvana ( Parinibbana ), flesh-Buddha. But the true Buddha, Buddha radiant knowing, today we can still experience and reach, and at that time only one center.
So, let's go, put down all, all ... except the knowing. Do not be fooled or if any images or sounds arise during meditation. Please put down everything. Do not hold anything. Only reside in waking state was second to none. Do not worry about the past or future, only in still and you will reach the place where there's no advancing, no retreating and no stopping, where there is nothing to clinging or attachment. Why? Because there's no self, no "I" or "mine". All were abandoned, lost. Buddha taught us so, in this way, make yourself become empty, nothing, not carrying anything. To know, and have known, let go.
Realizing the Dhamma ( Dhamma ), the path to liberation from the cycle of birth and death, is the work that we all have to do alone, each man for himself. So try to let go specifically and fully receptive to the teachings of the Master, really paddle contemplation. Do not worry about your family. In particular the descendants present how they are so, and in the future they will be like you. On earth no one can escape this fate. The Buddha told us to put down everything does not contain substance. If you put everything down you will see the truth. If not, will not. It is so, and it is the same for everyone. So do not be anxious or particular attachment to anything.
Whether particular find themselves thinking they are fine so long as lucid thoughts. Do not be thought mad. If you think of our children, keep in mind with wisdom. Do not miss a crazy thought. Whatever the mind turns to, then think and know that thing with wisdom, he realizes the nature of it. If you know something with wisdom will you let it go and would not suffer, the mind is bright, joyful and peaceful, not agitated, not disperse. Right now, what you can look to for assistance and support is your breath.
It is the job of the Instrument, not of anyone else. Let others do their job. Specifically there is a duty and responsibility of their own and can not embrace the part of anyone else in the family. Do not take someone's job, but let go. The letting go will make your mind becomes quiet. The only mission now is to focus your mind and bring it to dwell in tranquility. Everything else, let others worry. Visible forms, sounds, smells, tastes - let others worry. Put everything behind you and do your job. Whatever arises in the mind, be it fear of pain, fear of death, anxiety for the people or anything else, specifically tell it: "Let no persecute me! The person is not my job anymore. "Just say so specifically with the particular, when the method ( dhammas ) was triggered.
The word "dhamma" approach, implies what? All of them are legal. There is nothing that is not legal, dhamma . As for the "world" is what? The world is the state of mind that is making current agitating. "This man will do?" When I die, who will look after them? They will manage to like? All these things are just "world". Oil mere arising of a thought fearing death, or fear of pain, as well as the world. Dispose of the world! The world is so. If you allow it to arise in the mind and eventually dominate consciousness, particular attention will become blurred and does not see itself. So then, whatever appears in the mind, specifically just say: 'This is not my job. It is impermanence, suffering, and selflessness. "
Thinking you'd like to live for a long time will make you suffer. But thinking you'd like to die right away, or soon die for it, it is not right. It also makes you suffer, does not it, sir Instrument? The organic contraband materials not owned by us. It must progress according to its natural laws. On the way the body to how specifically can not do anything. Specifically may make it a little nicer more, or make the outward appearance of it is somewhat attractive and clean for a while, as the makeup girl, watch the carmine, so long nails , but when old age arrives, all of them share the same chance a boat, a fate. The body is. You can not do anything else. But what you can improve and beautify is the mind of the Instrument.
Anyone can build a house of wood and bricks, but the Buddha taught that that sort of home is not really belong to us, it's only nominally ours. It's a home in the world, and it follows the ways of the world. "The house is really our" peace is the inner state. A foreign material home may well be pretty, but it is not very peaceful. It is this cause for anxiety to other worries, concerns the other thoughtfully to other anxious sadness. So we say that it is not our real home. It is outside us, and sooner or later we have to leave. It's not a place where one can live permanently in it, because not really mine which is part of the world. Our body, too. I accept the ego, the "I" and "mine", but the reality is not so. It was a different house of the world. Your body has followed its natural course from birth until the time is now, old and sick and you can not forbid it changes, because its nature is. Wanting it to be different would be as foolish as wanting a duck like chicken. While recognizing that this is impossible, the duck is a duck, chicken is chicken, and relatives have to get old and die, you will restore health and capacity. Even if you earnestly desire to survive this body how long, it will not do so. The Buddha taught:
"Vata sankhara anicca
Uppadavayadhammino
Uppajjitva nirujjhanti
TESAM vupasamo sukho. "
"The object is formed is impermanent
must arise and pass away,
that have arisen with instant annihilation -
Stop being it is happy. "
The word " sankhara ", translated here as the object is made, or the tangible worldliness - implying that this body and mind - are impermanent, unstable, unstable, newly constituted instant tan turn, arise and pass away. Nevertheless, everyone wants it permanent. That is madness. Look breath. Move in and go out, that's the nature of it, it must be so. Breathing in and breathing out to alternate continuation, breathe in and breathe out, exhale, breathe in, there must be a change. The material is formed, sankharas , exists due to change, You can not prevent it. Only the following thoughts: Could breathe in without breathing out is reasonable? If exhaled without breathing in, have not heard of comfort? Or could you just breathe in without breathing out? "We want things to be permanent, but it can not survive long. It can not be. Once the breath going in, it must come out, when it comes out right at the back, and that's natural. Have not we, sir Instrument? Forums are born, that we have to get old, sick, and dying. This is completely natural and normal. That is because the material is formed has acquitted itself. Also because of breathing in and breathing out successive alternating regularly so that mankind exists to this day.
As soon as they are born is that we die. The birth and the death of us are one. Like a tree, the roots must be twigs. There are twigs with roots. This instrument can not have one without the other. Europe also is strange! The advent anybody melancholic and deeply disappointed, saddened and wept bitterly over the death of a loved one, and everyone extremely delight, joy welcoming a baby is born into the world. It's delusion. Never had anyone seen clearly. I think if you really want to cry, it is better to cry when someone's born. Because in fact, the birth is death, death is birth, the root is the twig, the twig is the root. If you have to cry, cry at the root, cry at the birth. Please Instrument Look closely: Without birth there would be no death. Can you understand this?
Specifically should not bother thinking much. Only think, "This is the way of things. The nature of things is that ". It's your work, your duty is. Right now nobody can help you, nothing but family and business assets of particular can make particular. All that can help in the current Instrument just waking state, the explicit knowledge, true. So do not hesitate Instrument. Let go, discard all.
Whether you do not let go anymore, and here they all go away Instrument leave anyway. Specifically conceivable that him? All the different components of the body has gradually crept separated out Specifically, Look Hair Instrument. Childhood and shaggy black hair, now it's falling. It's leaving. Your eyes before clear, visible and seen far weaker now, only see vague. When the parts of the body to feel tired, then it leaves. The body is not its home. As a child your teeth healthy and firm, now have holes, and not specifically brought about dentures. Eyes, ears, nose. tongue, all trying to leave, because this is not their home. You can not use these materials are composed ( sankhara ) for permanent residence for themselves. Instrument can only temporarily in it for a short time and then had to leave. Like the tenant looked at his small rented house with increasingly blurred eyes. Teeth are not so good as the old, not so healthy body, all gone, leaving Instrument.
So you need not bother worrying about this physical body, because it is not a real home which is just shelter. Having come into the world, you should contemplate the nature of the world. All things here are about to vanish. Look at your body. Is there anything there that still keep intact its initial form it? Is your skin as it used to? Is your hair too, is no longer the same as before, have not we? All go? This is nature, the way things are. When the time comes, the material is made quietly go the way of it. In this world there is nothing that we can rely on. Just an endless round filled with distractions and turmoil, joys and sorrows, and suffering. No peaceful.
When we have no real home, we like an aimless traveler out on the road, going this way for a while and then turned to the other intersection, stop a while and then back off again. Until we return to our real home, the oil has to do everything, we feel less comfortable listening always, like people leaving their native villages to embark on a journey far away . Only when he gets back home he can feel comfortable and relaxed listening.
Nowhere in the world that one can find true peace. The poor have no peace, rich people, too. Adults have no peace, and the children were peaceful. The rustic serenity ignorant, and know many well-educated people are not peaceful.
Nowhere peaceful. Such is the nature of the world. The few possessions suffer, who much money pool is also suffering. Children, adults, the elderly, people suffering. The suffering of being old, the suffering of being young, rich suffering and misery of being poor - all are suffering.
When you've reflecting and contemplating things in this way you will see impermanence ( anicca ), and unsatisfactory ( dukkha ). Why are things impermanent and unsatisfactory? - Because the thing is selfless ( anatta ).
Both - the body is lying here, sick and suffering, and the mind that is aware of his illness and pain - are called dhammas , legal. Ingredients are not formless, the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, is called nàma dhamma , nomenclature. And what with aches and pains is torn, it is called rupa dhamma , material. Is a legal matter, dhamma . The spirit is also legal, dhamma . Thus, we live in dhammas , we are dhamma . In fact, no matter where and no ego. Only those methods are constantly being destroyed. Its nature is. In a very subtle moment we arise and pass away. This is the way of things.
Whenever we commemorate Blessed One, remember His teachings true exactly how extremely grateful we stated that he is indeed worthy of salutation, deserves worship and frosted glass can be. Whenever we see the truth of what we see his teachings, even though we never practice Dhamma. However, if we have knowledge of the teachings of Buddha, has learned and commit but never see the truth of things, we still are homeless.
Therefore, understand this point that all people, all creatures, are about to leave. When beings have lived full time, they must adapt their departure, according to his way. The rich, the poor, the young, the old, all beings must undergo this change.
When perceived world is, you'll feel that this world really boring. Seeing nothing stable or substantial you can rely on, you'll feel wearied and disenchanted.
Nevertheless, disappointment here does not mean depression or hate. Specifically mind was clear and that can not be done to remedy this situation. The way of the world is just that. Understanding how particular he will be able to let go of any attachment to pass through and leave it all calmly mood, not happy, not sad, but peaceful with the law is made, sankhara , by thanks lucid wisdom, see the impermanent nature of all things.
Anicca vata sankhara , all compounded things are impermanent. To put it simply, impermanence is the Buddha. If you really see clearly an impermanent phenomena we see that it's permanent, permanent in the sense, "features to its change never change." It is the permanence that living beings be there. There is a constantly changing from childhood, through adolescence, to old age. Main impermanent state of nature to change is permanent, irrevocable translation. If you look at things in perspective that particular attention will calm, comfortable. Not only has to go through this, but all beings.
When you consider things so you'll see depressed, tired and disgusted of worldly things and you feel extremely disappointed. Your delight in the sensual will disappear. You'll see that if there are a lot of assets, you have to leave a lot behind. If you have less, you have to leave at. Money is just wealth, long life is just life, nothing special.
An important factor is that we should follow the teachings of Buddha to build my own house, building houses under the method that has been explaining to you. Keep up the house for the Instrument. Let go. Let go until the mind reaches forward Specifically peaceful state that no longer forward, not regress, and not stop standing still. Pleasure is not our home. Suffering is not my home. Both - pleasure and pain - must decline and deformation.
Lord Master had realized that all law is made ( sankharas ) impermanent. That is why he taught one should not cling to the law was that letting all. By the time we reach the end of life, we no longer have any choice, do not take anything with us. Thus it is better to give affordable to all prior periods came? It's just a burden, why do not we throw away now? Why even bother to drag drag drag it goes around here and the other? Specifically let go, just resting and let the family looking after you.
Those who nurse the sick grow in goodness and virtue. As for patients, while giving others the opportunity that good, should not create difficulties for the farmers themselves. If you have pain, aching, or some other instability, tell your nurse know and keep the mind clean. The nursing parents should do duty pain himself with hearts full of love and warmth and gentle, not unpleasant or frustrating. This is a unique opportunity that pious children can repay part of being a nurturing grace, cover their debts to their parents.
From the womb to the age-old children, and long-term maturity over time, always to lean on them where their parents. I was like this today is because our parents had countless hardships to help us in every way. For parents that have to carry in my heart really can not measure.
Today all the children and relatives of Instrument gathered here, seeing your parents become your children like. Before you were their children, now they become your children. People growing up and getting older more, more elderly, until becoming children again. Lost memory, the eyes no longer see, and ears no longer hear as before, sometimes inarticulate speech, language was not English, not smoothly clear. Do not be to the things that make you uncomfortable. Nursing the sick, all you have to know how to let go without clinging. Do not cling to things, just let go and let it go the way of it. A child is disobedient, sometimes the parents blindly ignored to keep the peace, and for it amusing. Now your parents are like that child. Memory and perception of particular were obscure. Sometimes mistaken your name, or there are times when you ask for a particular cup to give the dish. This situation is normal, you do not be upset, annoyed.
Let the patient attitude recalled the kindness of those who nurse and patiently endure the painful feelings. Specifically trying your best to not let the mind scattered and agitated, and should not cause a loss of comfort and discomfort for those who care specifically. Let those who nurse the sick fill their minds virtue and kindness, not to make them unhappy because of the unattractive as to cleaning up mucus and phlegm, or urine and excrement. Please make every effort tools. In the family each person give a hand.
For your children in the house, two particular the single parents. The Instrument for your life, the Instrument is your teacher, the nurse, the doctor of you, is all for you. The Instrument was nourished, taught you, shared scratched assets for you and whether you are the continuation of the particular industry - the great part of the patrimony of parenthood. So the Buddha taught the virtues katannu and katavedi - knowing deep debt of gratitude means thick, and tried to favor his deep heavy meaning. This supports two qualities complement each other.
If the parents are in a situation liable to sickness, or encounter difficulties, then we do have to make special efforts to take care of the elderly. That is katannu-katavedi , virtue can help support and preserve the earth. It prevents any cracks and make lasting family existence, stability and peace.
Today the French mission to give as gifts this particular sickness in. I have no gift to give you material. Apparently the house was full of material. So just give particular Dharma Master, that particular gift may never easing up. Having received it, specifically can pass it on to as many others are, it will never be worn or disintegrates. Such is the nature of Truth.
Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah was born in a wealthy family in the countryside north-eastern Thai land. He joined Sarah Di in childhood and life Bhikkhu World in 20 years. As a young monk he diligently learned basic Dhamma, Discipline and scriptures, and then into the forest to meditate under the guidance of many meditation teachers in the region. During the years that the school went here, he practiced way of practicing the Taoist hermit living between mountains and forests, just sleeping under the tree, deserted, desolate caves, or on the graveyard. At that time he was undergoing opportunity briefly but extremely useful to study with Ajahn Mun, the master with many prominent and respected reputation in Thailand in this century.
After years of wandering and practice, he accepted the invite to dwell in a dense forest near his hometown. It is uninhabited and is well known that many poisonous snakes, tigers and ghostly. According to him, it is the perfect place of residence, is well suited to a monk living in the forest. Soon after, a large monastery was built around that place for some people - monks, nuns, and laypeople - to hear him preach and stay with his practice grew east. So far there are more than forty temples were established in the hills or in deep forests, and all the land of Israel as well as in Britain and Australia.
When entering the area Wat Pah Pong common pilgrims monks drawing water from the well and saw the little hand, a sign inscribed the words: "Behold you, please keep quiet! We are trying to meditate ". Although each day are two of meditation exercise, the core of administrative measures is the lifestyle always dwell in mindfulness. Monks do manual work like dye or medical patch, or custodians take care of most of the necessities and keep in addition to the net loss somewhere neat and clean. The monks here live very simple, just follow the precepts of the monks in the forest, on real life only once in the bowl. Bourgeois and costumes very limited. Scattered everywhere throughout the forest there are enough tents individual cups for a resident monks and peaceful meditation. Outside Net loss monks walking meditation on the small trail under the trees bare.
Extremely strict discipline helps the practitioner in self simple lifestyle and clean in a smooth mass and conditioning, it can easily cultivate virtue, meditation and intellectual development, a smoothly and continuously.
The way teaching simple but very profound but Ajahn Chah's special appeal to Westerners. A good number of people have to learn and practice with him for years. In 1975 monastery Wat Pah Nanachat is set next to Wat Pah Pong root temple, dedicated as a place to practice for Westerners like the monastery life. Since then a large number of disciples had studied many years with Ajahn Chah began propagate the Dhamma in the West. He himself has traveled twice in Europe and North America, and has established a strong branch in Sussex, England.
Wisdom is a way of life and existence. Ajahn Chah trying to preserve the simple lifestyle of the monks and monks to this day many people can study, learn, and practice of the Dhamma.
The way teaching miraculously simple of Ajahn Chah could make people disappointed. Sometimes, just having heard him preach many times my heart suddenly become ripe, grasp and understand the deep meaning of the teaching. He is very clever ways to organize the teaching adapted to the circumstances, right place, right time, and fit with inborn understanding and emotions of the audience. Truly amazing! Sometimes put down in black and white as it appears incoherent lectures, or even more, mutual self-contradictory! At times like that the reader should remember that the teaching which He speaks honestly express a lived experience. Likewise, if his preaching sometimes seem different from the usual way of preaching, we must know that Ajahn Chah always say the word comes from the heart, from the deepest experience while he meditation.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/10/2015.
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