..续本文上一页lind attachment, the blind identification with the appearance of the sensory world. You needn”t get rid of the sensory world but learn from it, watch it, no longer allow yourselves to be deluded by it. Keep penetrating it with Buddha-wisdom, keep using this Buddha-wisdom so that you become more at ease with being wise, rather that making yourself become wise. Just by listening, observing, being awake, being aware, the wisdom will become clear. You”ll be using wisdom in regard to your body, in regard to your thoughts, feelings, memories, emotion, all of these things. You”ll see and witness, allowing them to pass by and let them go.

　　So at this time you have nothing else to do except be wise from one moment to the next.

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　　GLOSSARY

　　Anãgãrika:(a-nah-gah-ri-ka)”homeless one”. An Anãgãrika (male), Anãgãrikã (female) still is technically a lay person, lives in a monastery and follows the Eight Precepts.

　　Ajahn: teacher, from the Pãli ãcãriya. ”Achan” is sometimes used.

　　Ãnãpãnasati:(ah-nah-pah-na-sa-ti)a widely used meditation technique: one composes the mind by focussing attention on the inhalation and exhalation of breath.

　　Anatta:(a-nat-tah) impersonal, “not

　　self”, without inpidual essence; one of the three characteristics of all worldly phenomena, according to the Buddha.

　　Aniccã: (a-nic-cah)impermanent, transitory; one of the three characteristics of all worldly phenomena, according to the Buddha

　　Arahant an enlightened being, free from all delusion. In Buddhist tradition, it is the last of the four stages of the realisation of liberation.

　　Bhikkhu : Buddhist monk(s).

　　Bhikkhu alms mendicant; the term for a monk, who lives on alms and abides by training precepts which define a life of renunciation and simplicity.

　　Bodhisattva (Sanskrit) A term from Mahayana Buddhism, referring to one who ”delays complete enlightenment” for the sake of helping other beings reach enlightenment first.

　　Dãna: (daa-na) generosity; hence, often used to refer to an offering, especially of food, to a monastic community.

　　Dhamma: this word is used in several ways. It can refer to the Buddha”s Teachings as contained in the scriptures; to the Ultimate Truth, to which the Teachings point; and to a discrete ”moment” of life, seen as it really is.

　　Dhutanga:(Thai: tudong) special strict monastic observances. Dhutanga bhikkhus are noted for their diligence and impeccability. In Thailand, such monks often undertake the mendicant”s wandering practice of the Buddha”s time - hence the phrase, ”to wander (or ”go”) tudong”.

　　Dukkha: imperfect, unsatisfying, ”hard to bear”; one of the three characteristics of all worldly phenomena, according to the Buddha.

　　Jongrom: (a Thai word derived from cankama from Pali, the scriptural language) means pacing to and fro on a straight path.

　　Kamma: action or cause which is created or recreated by habitual impulse, volitions, or natural energies. In popular usage, it often includes the sense of the result or effect of the action, although the proper term for this is vipaka. (In Sanskrit: karma).

　　Kuti (Pali, Thai) hut; typical abode of a forest monastery bhikkhu.

　　Luang Por: Venerable Father, a title used to address older monks.

　　Mettã:(met-tah) loving-kindness, goodwill, friendliness.

　　Muditã:(mu-di-taa) happiness at another”s good fortune; ”sympathetic joy”.

　　Nibbãna:(nib-bah-na) freedom from attachments. The basis for the enlightened vision of things as they are. (Sanskrit: ”Nirvãna”.)

　　Observance Day: a sacred day or ”sabbath”, occurring every lunar fortnight. On this day, Buddhists re-affirm their Dhamma practic…

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