Overcoming suffering and attaining inner freedom require renouncing comfortable habits, the practice of mindfulness, and cohesion within a spiritual community.
The text tells the story of three monks (Phra Anuruddha, Phra Pathiya, Phra Manon) in the time of Phra Takar Yom, who together receive monastic ordination and go into the forest to practice. It describes the conflict between the accustomed, comfortable life and the decision for the ascetic path, which often meets with resistance from the family. A central point is the significance of the community (Sangha) and karmic interaction, which serves as support for the practice. The text explains various forms of mindfulness, in particular 'Samatha mindfulness,' which holds the mind in the present and protects against despair. It is emphasized that the practice requires effort and that external circumstances such as heat or scarce provisions serve as obstacles that must be overcome. The listeners are encouraged to study the teaching of the Buddha and to practice the seven mindfulnesses in order to attain inner stability.
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In the time of King Prayakarn, there were three monks who decided to go to the forest together. These three have interesting histories or backgrounds. The first is Phra Anuruddha. He was a believer in the Dhamma. Phra Phithiya's parents would only allow him to ordain if he had a companion. So he went to ask his elder brother, Phra Man, to come ordain as his companion. Phra Man came and agreed. But since he himself was a prince, ordaining meant he would have to give up his royal status. He told his younger brother, Phra Anuruddha, that he would have to accept many things. He made a promise, saying he would ordain for a long time, even though in this life he had always lived comfortably, never knowing what it was like to be uncomfortable. So when people asked where his almsfood came from, he would answer that the almsfood came from the granary. Once there was almsfood that came from a farmer, like Phra Anuruddha's, where the almsfood came from a plate. He never forgot. The granary almsfood he had never seen, but after ordaining, his mother would give him almsfood, but he would not accept it. So they all decided to go live in the forest. Living in the forest is also interesting. Phra Phithiya, Phra Sati, and Phra Suk were comfortable. But they heard that a friend who lived not far away had passed away. This caused them to reflect on the Dhamma, that life is impermanent, so they decided to go forth to ordain. There was still strong attachment. Their mother did not want them to ordain. They fasted. This is also a Dhamma practice. When you want something and do not get what you want, you fast. There was a Phra Niswan who made many people afraid, including Phra Sudhin, who at that time was the first to organize the first practice, the first level. He fasted. He was ready. His mother did not want him to ordain. This is ordaining. With true attachment, he wanted Phra A to practice. Do not be angry. Then there is forgiveness. There is diligence in practice. There is also eating almsfood. This is also a story about the younger one with Phra A. They were still living comfortably, so they followed their friends. And when Phra ordained, they also developed the desire to practice and make effort. All three of them decided to go to the forest to practice and make effort at a forest called Khosin Khasa Wan. That is a forest that has a name. There is a name for the forest in the scriptures because important events happened there that are related to them. And many people, all three of them, were here and became arahants. Even though their backgrounds were different, what they had in common was that they had comfortable lives, but they came to live a life of hardship. However, they were not very accepted by people of the same class, because ordaining as a monk was considered abandoning the world and shaving the head, which was a form that people did not value much in those times. In the past, shaving the head was considered lowering one's status. A Brahmin would have long hair. A Brahmin is a Vanda who is Charagant Yogchong. Even a Khasak has long hair. But when becoming a monk, one must shave the hair and live a life of simplicity. But one must be humble. There is also humility. There is always humility. So although they were different, their hearts were one. They were in harmony. And then you ask further: is there still attachment, is there still desire in practice? The three of them, in the end, you ask: do they have any special qualities? You are interested in the question. You ask about their way of life. Then about food. Then you ask about special qualities. Are these connected? Do you have the same thoughts? You ask about practice. Probably because you are a little curious. Now, according to practice, it will be difficult for me to stay. This is also very sticky, very hard, very painful. The muscles hurt. People from the city are not used to it. That day there was a special bowl. There was also a bowl with eggs, which is considered light. So the food for them was not very varied. They had to eat a lot. They had to eat in large portions. Not like eating a little bit at a time like this. They had to eat in large portions. It is said that it is for taking care of the body. But now we are a little greedy. A little bit of greed in the stomach. This is better than being very hungry. It is not called comfortable. About the way of life, it will come from the body. But comfort in the Thai Buddhist tradition will arise and should not be sought. But this comfort is for the sake of generating the practice. If the body is comfortable, it will generate the practice. KAWCHARRA SAM PHRAYACAWCHARRA is the name of the place. It is a place that is organized. Phra Phithiya simply organized it. Phra Uttara organized it. Phra Uttara originally does not do this. At this time, absolutely, it is not too hot, not too cold. The mother has a lot of energy, but it is not a problem. Some places here are very hot, up to 40 degrees, or sometimes it reaches 50 degrees. There is a lot of wind. Sometimes it is very cold, even below zero. Even below zero, two digits. Ours does not reach that level.
It is also called the hand that chops away. The things below the shoe, the things of the practice, the things that we must help bring about together. The person chops away. The person, discosreal, regression, the mummitr, these things, willing to carry, there is no practice. Which also goes away from the matter of the karma. Speaking of the ygilson, you want to win, the things that are hidden, the difference, the tide current, the like, the conversation about the things that arise from the practice. Talking about the things that are many, not talking in order to take advantage, about things outside oneself, or talking to disparage one another. Which then becomes a record like this. If we can do this thing of ours, then the quality of the practice arises. This has been spoken of before: why does the Sangha have the Vinaya or the precepts? At first there were only 150, and then it became 227. This is in order to bring about the group of practice, as a helper. Because if there are people who practice according to the precepts, in order to bring about a community that is worth living in. This is about conflict. Those who cannot conduct themselves properly will be eliminated. Recognize the change, and it moves, the animals, the things that are unwholesome, are expelled. This is also a helper. This, when practiced, what the result will be, that will be discussed separately. This is the question that the Sangha, the Wuchar, will ask about the quality of the karma, of the practice, or the result of the practice. This is the last question. But let us firmly reach the matter of diligence. Let us achieve diligence first. The result comes afterward. In this way, the intention is to seek the result. The four jhanas, or kammaṭṭhāna, in truth there are many. The aṭṭhasālinī, that is also certain. If one studies, one is certain, it reaches 40 methods. But then these methods also have different classifications. In truth, when we come to the monastery, when we come to practice, we practice many things, not just the four jhanas. We also have the recollection of the three recollections. The recollection that is for us is the three recollections: Buddha-nussati, Dhamma-nussati, Saṅgha-nussati. The mind that has faith in the words of the Buddha that we all recite, the Hāmafaḥaḥāvaṭya, is also a kind of meditation, is the recollection of the three recollections. But in truth, there are also recollections, there are seven. For example, the recollection of the good that one has done, sīla-nussati. The recollection of the generosity that one has practiced, cāga-nussati. The recollection of the devas who have practiced the Dhamma until they have gone to be devas in the heavenly realm, deva-nussati. The recollection that we remember that death will certainly arise tomorrow, marānānussati. Let us say that today we change the recollection of death to give us the Moghini. If one truly reflects, even the recollection of the noble ones, upasamānussati. This upasamā is also called a kind of contemplation, is a contemplation that is free from defilements. Even though there is the recollection of the recollection of the path as the main thing, we also do the recollection of the other things as well. It is a part of the method of practice of the practitioner. Break, in a moment, during the entering of the posture. But we should not abandon the recollection of the recollection. The four jhanas, the jhāna that we want, will remain to increase. There is ordinary recollection. When zumo inconvenient, the badgeside, already together. When we think of something, the character, in the name of the practice, vigilance, the activity, the love of the living being, perhaps it is a puff, and there is recollection, alar va. But if we think of the things that survive dead, it is almost beyond the practice. There is suppression, the stillness that we use in the practice of the Buddha, it is still deep, reaching the knowledge that one has previously learned. Sometimes we also think of the muscle, the posters of malls, they are also caring, in truth, manufacture, I can say that the teacher, the elder, taught about what, came to remind the heart, the mother, the teacher, taught a long time ago, and then, but we still remember, bring it to remind the heart. But this samādhi is a deep love that is not like ordinary mindfulness. Deeply knowing what one is doing. This samādhi is important because often, whatever we do, but the mind wanders, not knowing what one is doing. Like me, I am listening to the Dhamma right now, but the mind sometimes wanders and thinks of things that are good, thinks of the alm recondition, and the bed does not arise. But if a moment of grease chromium, we also know, that is, we can say that we are listening to the Dhamma. The body has this samādhi, the mind then will not wander far. If there is no recollection, it can make us go mad. People who go mad because their mind sinks into things that are painful, and then fabricates all kinds of things, until they cannot bring the mind back to the present. People who are depressed, people who are so depressed that they kill themselves, or people who are so sad that they harm themselves. This is all because of the lack of samādhi, making it impossible to bring the mind back to the present, or to arise with a kind of self-awareness. People who reach the point of not being depressed, not being agitated, but we often sink into suffering, sink into sorrow, sadness, hatred, worry, greed. Every time we sink, the body, with the silicone, the OD, that sinks, because the lack of sport that if weight, the strong samādhi, the samādhi that is worthy, will bring the mind out of the sinking, bring the mind, the samādhi, to Kurt Kaw nevergo down, to continue, surrenders, nograph.
But the practice of mindfulness here, I won't talk about the time, some of it, 7 or 5, some thoughts. When talking about concentration, many people will have different approaches. Some will try to keep it still, keep it with the breath, keep it with the breath, or if it's stuck, then go to the breath, the breath, that is the method. But it's different from the method we practice together here. That method is to hold the mind still, not to go anywhere. But the method of learning, wiggle, or not, is not to hold the mind still, not to stop thinking, to think as much as you want to think, but to know, or to know that you're thinking, and then come back, be aware, be present. Actually, another method, equilibrium, the body, the mind, the work, the patient, knowing, listening, thinking, really knowing, thinking, really knowing, and because of the strain, wanting to know, when it will be knowing, being aware, being present, nostalgia, not always when it's thinking, because thinking is like a child, a child has a lot of play, but the play must not be too difficult, and if the play is too difficult, the child will be discouraged, and the body and the child won't arise. But if the play is not too long, the mother can't do it, but the body and the child arise. If there is repetition, there is progress, there is practice, like we say, we are in a hurry, and if we practice and we have good mindfulness, they will... really, there will be mindfulness, knowing the thoughts, the language, being present with the present, doing what, the mind stays with the present continuously, there is self-awareness, and then it will start to know and distinguish that seeing is not being, I've said this many times, performing, and being, and people come to wait, many times being, being is still not seen yet, because it's going forward, not often giving mindfulness a chance to work, how often mindfulness works, or opening up work for mindfulness to work, then it will see, seeing, it will feel that the enemy is being seen, seeing is not being, seeing thoughts but not being the thinker, seeing anger but not being angry, this is very important, if you don't reach this point, it's considered that you haven't yet, the development of mindfulness is still not developed, there is still suffering, there is still pain, not being the one in pain, saying this, people don't catch on because they haven't practiced or haven't cultivated mindfulness, but if you cultivate it, if you... don't reach it, you don't see it, which requires practice over time, and then you'll know that seeing is not being, that's different, what's good, the mind that wants to go down, suffering, not doing it right, before not seeing anything.