..续本文上一页contemplate it. When you hear a sound, you contemplate it. You become proficient in the contemplation of mind-objects. Whatever it is, you can let go of it all. You clearly see happiness and let it go. You clearly see suffering and let it go. Wherever you see them, you let them go right there. All mind-objects lose their value and are no longer able to sway you. When these characteristics arise within the mind of the practitioner, it is appropriate to change the name of the practice to vipassanå: clear knowing in accordance with the truth. That”s what it”s all about - knowledge in accordance with the truth of the way things are. This is peace at the highest level, the peace of vipassanå.

　　Developing samådhi so that you can just sit there and attach to blissful mental states isn”t the true purpose of the practice. You must withdraw from it. The Buddha said that you must fight this war, not just hide out in a trench trying to avoid the enemy”s bullets. When it”s time to fight, you really have to come out with guns blazing. Eventually you have to come out of that trench. You can”t stay sleeping there when it”s time to fight. This is the way the practice is. You can”t allow your mind to just hide, cringing in the shadows.

　　I have described a rough outline of the practice. You as the practitioners must avoid getting caught in doubts. Don”t doubt about the way of practice. When there is happiness, watch the happiness. When there is suffering, watch the suffering. Having established awareness, make the effort to destroy both of them. Let them go. Cast them aside. Know the object of mind and keep letting it go. Whether you want to do sitting or walking meditation it doesn”t matter. If you keep thinking, never mind. The important thing is to sustain moment to moment awareness of the mind. If you are really caught in mental proliferation, then gather it all together, and contemplate it in terms of being one whole, cutting it off right from the start, saying, "All these thoughts, ideas and imaginings of mine are simply thought proliferation and nothing more. It”s all aniccam, dukkham and anattå. None of it is certain at all." Discard it right there.

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