..续本文上一页Buddha; seeing the Dhamma we will see the Buddha and all doubts will dissolve.

　　To put it simply, it”s like Teacher Choo. 24 At first he wasn”t a teacher, he was just Mr. Choo. When he studied and passed the necessary grades he became a teacher, and became known as Teacher Choo. How did he become a teacher

　　 Through studying the required things, thus allowing Mr. Choo to become Teacher Choo. When Teacher Choo dies, the study to become a teacher still remains, and whoever studies it will become a teacher. That course of study to become a teacher doesn”t disappear anywhere, just like the Truth, the knowing of which enabled the Buddha to become the Buddha. So the Buddha is still here. Whoever practices and sees the Dhamma sees the Buddha. These days people have got it all wrong, they don”t know where the Buddha is. They say, "If I was born in the time of the Buddha I would have become a disciple of his and become enlightened." That”s just foolishness. You should understand this.

　　Don”t go thinking that at the end of the rains retreat you”ll disrobe. Don”t think like that! In an instant an evil thought can arise in the mind, you could kill somebody. In the same way, it only takes a split-second for good to flash into the mind, and you”re there already. Don”t think that you have to ordain for a long time to be able to meditate. Where the right practice lies is in the instant we make kamma. In a flash an evil thought arises... before you know it you”ve committed some really heavy kamma. And in the same way, all the disciples of the Buddha practiced for a long time, but the time they attained enlightenment was merely one thought moment. So don”t be heedless, even in minor things. Try hard, try to get close to the monks, contemplate things and then you”ll know about monks. Well, that”s enough, huh

　　 It must be getting late now, some people are getting sleepy. The Buddha said not to teach Dhamma to sleepy people.

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