..续本文上一页inute they are one way, the next minute another. They exist dependent on change. And all of us here exist dependent on change. The breath goes out then it must come in. It must have this change. Try only breathing in, can you do that

　　 Or try just breathing out without taking in another breath ... can you do it

　　 If there was no change like this how long could you live for

　　 There must be both the in breath and the out breath.

　　Sensations are the same. There must be these things. If there were sensations you could develop no wisdom. If there is no wrong there can be no right. You must be right first before you can see what is wrong, and you must understand the wrong first to be right. This is how things are.

　　For the really earnest student, the more sensations the better. But many meditators shrink away from sensations, they don”t want to deal with them. This is like the naughty schoolboy who won”t go to school, won”t listen to the teacher. These sensations are teaching us. When we know sensations then we are practicing Dhamma. The peace within sensations is just like understanding the monkey here. When you understand what monkeys are like you are no longer troubled by them.

　　The practice of Dhamma is like this. It”s not that the Dhamma is very far away, it”s right with us. The Dhamma isn”t about the angels on high or anything like that. It”s simply about us, about what we are doing right now. Observe yourself. Sometimes there is happiness, sometimes suffering, sometimes comfort, sometimes pain, sometimes love, sometimes hate...this is Dhamma. Do you see it

　　 You should know this Dhamma, you have to read your experiences.

　　You must know sensations before you can let them go. When you see that sensations are impermanent you will be untroubled by them. As soon as a sensation arises, just say to yourself, "Hmmm...this is not a sure thing." When your mood changes..."Hmmm, not sure." You can be at peace with these things, just like seeing the monkey and not being bothered by it. If you know the truth of sensations, that is knowing the Dhamma. You let go of sensations, seeing that they are all invariably uncertain.

　　What we call uncertainty here is the Buddha. The Buddha is the Dhamma. The Dhamma is the characteristic of uncertainty. Whoever sees the uncertainty of things sees the unchanging reality of them. That”s what the Dhamma is like. And that is the Buddha. If you see the Dhamma you see the Buddha, seeing the Buddha, you see the Dhamma. If you know aniccam, uncertainty, you will let go of things and not grasp onto them.

　　You say, "Don”t break my glass!" Can you prevent something that”s breakable from breaking

　　 If it doesn”t break now it will break later on. If you don”t break it, someone else will. If someone else doesn”t break it, one of the chickens will! The Buddha says to accept this. He penetrated the truth of these things, seeing that this glass is already broken. Whenever you use this glass you should reflect that it”s already broken. Do you understand this

　　 The Buddha”s understanding was like this. He saw the broken glass within the unbroken one. Whenever its time is up it will break. Develop this kind of understanding. Use the glass, look after it, until when, one day, it slips out of your hand... "Smash!" ... no problem. Why is there no problem

　　 Because you saw its brokenness before it broke!

　　But usually people say, "I love this glass so much, may it never break." Later on the dog breaks it..."I”ll kill that damn dog!" You hate the dog for breaking your glass. If one of your children breaks it you”ll hate them too. Why is this

　　 Because you”ve dammed yourself up, the water can”t flow. You”ve made a dam without a spillway. The only thing the dam can do is burst, right

　　 When you make a dam you must make a spillway also.…

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