..續本文上一頁hamma that I had realized. Why is it then that no one can accept it

　　 What is the matter with Thailand these days

　　 That”s what I want to know.

　　 The more self-important people feel, the more arrogant and conceited they become, until they begin to think themselves even more clever than the Buddha, the Supreme Teacher. Doesn”t Thailand realize yet that its situation is growing worse by the day

　　 How stupid its people have become! No one pays attention anymore to Dhamma. Who knows, before long people may stop going to the monasteries altogether. Witness their reaction to what I said recently: they ridiculed me with all manner of sarcastic remarks. This is precisely what happens when the kilesas are all-powerful. When they saw me shed tears the other day, they derided and treated me with scorn. But I remain unperturbed. Let every family in the country criticize me, I have a quarrel with no one. I teach people purely out of loving kindness. Why can”t they accept this

　　 Are the Thai people really so ignorant

　　 Has the Dhamma of the Lord Buddha completely disappeared from the world

　　 Do the Lord Buddha and the Dhamma no longer have supremacy

　　 Are those practitioners—who have realized the Truth by following the Buddha”s teaching—seen merely as pious frauds and enemies of the people

　　 What ails Thai Buddhists

　　 Are they not decent human beings

　　 Why are they behaving like a pack of dogs

　　! That”s the attitude I”m forced to take.

　　 But, I am not angry with anyone. The forceful tone of my remarks derives from the power of Dhamma. Dhamma is imperturbable. It feels no anger or resentment toward anybody. However, Dhamma always expresses itself with its full power. The same can be said for the kilesas: they tend to express themselves forcefully, with the full power in their possession. The difference is that expressions of the kilesas” power causes terrible damage to the world while expressions of Dhamma”s power are like water cooling the world”s fires.

　　 Do you think that I spoke in anger

　　 Where does anger come from

　　 Anger comes from the kilesas. For someone who is completely free of kilesas, you cannot make him angry, try as you will. There is simply no anger left in his heart. If even a small amount of anger remained, he could not be called an Arahant free of kilesas. For anger, greed, and delusion are all kilesas. Do you understand

　　 Investigate this matter well and you will see.

　　 The physical body is a conventional reality through and through. As long as it remains directly associated with the pure nature of the citta, it is bound to be affected accordingly. This is only natural. Where am I wrong

　　 Who here claims to be so superior that they can oppose the Dhamma of the Lord Buddha

　　 Come forward, let”s hear you boast!

　　 Let”s hear you say: “Acariya Maha Boowa is an extremely stupid monk”. I want to hear from all you clever people. So emerge from your toilet holes and try boasting about your attainments in Dhamma. I would really like to see something genuine emerge, but I see nothing of the kind. Wherever I look, all I see are lazy people full of greed, anger, and delusion. What kind of superiority is that

　　 Still, they continue to come forward with their extravagant boasts. There is no end to their madness.

　　APPENDIX

　　Citta—The Mind”s Essential Knowing Nature.

　　The following comments about the nature of the citta have been excerpted from several discourses given by Ãcariya Mahã Boowa.

　　OF FOREMOST IMPORTANCE IS THE CITTA, the mind”s essential knowing nature. It consists of pure and simple awareness: the citta simply knows. Awareness of good and evil, and the critical judgements that result, are merely activities of the citta. At times, these activities may manifest as mindfulness; at other times, wisdom…

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