..續本文上一頁way. If the breath is coarse, we know that it”s coarse, if it”s subtle we know that it”s subtle. As it becomes increasingly fine we keep following it, while simultaneously awakening the mind. Eventually the breath disappears altogether and all that remains is the feeling of wakefulness. This is called meeting the Buddha. We have that clear wakefulness that is called "Buddho," the one who knows, the one who is awake, the radiant one. It is meeting and dwelling with the Buddha, with knowledge and clarity. For it was only the historical flesh-and-blood Buddha that entered parinibbana; the true Buddha, the Buddha that is clear radiant knowing, we can still experience and attain today, and when we do so the heart is one.

　　So let go, put everything down, everything except the knowing. Don”t be fooled if visions or sounds arise in your mind during meditation. Put them all down. Don”t take hold of anything at all. Just stay with this non-dual awareness. Don”t worry about the past or the future, just be still and you will reach the place where there”s no advancing, no retreating and no stopping, where there”s nothing to grasp at or cling to. Why

　　 Because there”s no self, no "me" or "mine." It”s all gone. The Buddha taught us to be emptied of everything in this way, not to carry anything with us. To know, and having known, let go.

　　Realizing the Dhamma, the path to freedom from the round of birth and death, is a job that we all have to do alone. So keep trying to let go, and to understand the teachings. Really put effort into your contemplation. Don”t worry about your family. At the moment they are as they are, in the future they will be like you. There”s no one in the world who can escape this fate. The Buddha told us to put down everything that lacks a real abiding substance. If you put everything down you will see the truth, if you don”t you won”t. That”s the way it is and it”s the same for all, so don”t worry and don”t grasp at anything.

　　Even if you find yourself thinking, well that”s all right too, as long as you think wisely. Don”t think foolishly. If you think of your children, think of them with wisdom, not with foolishness. Whatever the mind turns to, then think and know that thing with wisdom, aware of its nature. If you know something with wisdom, then you let it go and there”s no suffering. The mind is bright, joyful and at peace, and turning away from distractions it is unpided. Right now what you can look to for help and support is your breath.

　　This is your own work, nobody else”s. Leave others to do their own work. You have your own duty and responsibility and you don”t have to take on those of your family. Don”t take anything else on, let it all go. That letting go will make your mind calm. Your sole responsibility right now is to focus your mind and bring it to peace. Leave everything else to others. Forms, sounds, odours, tastes -- leave them to others to attend to. Put everything behind you and do your own work, fulfil your own responsibility. Whatever arises in your mind, be it fear of pain, fear of death, anxiety about others or whatever, say to it: "Don”t disturb me. You”re not my business any more." Just keep saying this to yourself when you see those dhammas arise.

　　What does the word "dhamma" refer to

　　 Everything is a dhamma. There is nothing that is not a dhamma. And what about "world"

　　 The world is the very mental state that is agitating you at this moment. "What will this person do

　　 What will that person do

　　 When I”m dead, who will look after them

　　 How will they manage

　　" This is all just "the world." Even the mere arising of a thought of fearing death or pain is the world.

　　Throw the world away! The world is the way it is. If you allow it to arise in the mind and dominate consciousness then the mind becomes obs…

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