..续本文上一页birth and becoming finish at this point. It can”t happen anywhere else. It was from here that birth and existence came into being — this one was the seed of birth and existence because it originates with the defilements, which were together with the heart. This is the reason why there is the wandering through the various realms of existence. There has been endless suffering, affliction, upset and hardship arising from this seed, that generates and perpetuates these experiences. Once the cankerous shell and fecund kernel can be completely cut out, every difficulty and problem will be removed.
Please take (what I”ve said) up, and make sure you examine it until you realize your situation and achieve the results. Whether woman or man, ordained or lay, the heart of those inpiduals who practice can attain to this insight and realization. All can succeed because it doesn”t depend on gender, or age, or anything else like that.
Therefore, may I conclude this Dhamma talk with this.
Notes
1. A small collection of Dhamma teachings recollected by Ven. Acharn Mun”s disciples. It is now translated into English as A Heart Released.
2. puthujjana
3. ariya
4. sotaapanna, sakadaagaamii, anaagaamii
5. pariyatti, pa.tipatti
6. pa.tivedha
7. Saasanaa
8. Sabbanyuu
9. Svaakkhaata Dhamma
10. recluse, holy one.
11. "Sama.naananyca dassana.m... etam ma.ngalamuttama.m." (From the Mangala Sutta.)
12. Dhamma-cakka-pavattana Sutta
13. "Dukkha.m Ariya Sacca.m... Jaatipi dukkhaa jaraapi dukkhaa mara.nampi dukkha.m, soka parideva dukkha domanassa upaayaasa..."
14. avijjaa paccayaa sa.nkhaaraa
15. "Nandi-raaga sahagata tatra tatra bhinandini seyyathida.m, kaamata.nhaa bhavata.nhaa vibhavata.nhaa."
16. Samudaya Ariya Sacca.m
17. ta.nhaa
18. Magga Ariya Sacca.m
19. kaama-ta.nhaa
20. kaayagatasati
21. Sacca Dhamma
22. abyaapaada sa.nkappo
23. avihi.msaa sa.nkappo
24. nekkhamma sa.nkappo
25. sanyaa
26. sa.nkhaara
27. vinyaa.na
28. A Thai idiom meaning, ”to let nature take its own course”.
29. vimutti
30. citta: See Glossary.
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