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Sometime around 1977, Luang Pu was invited to a celebration at Wat Dhammamongkon on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. During the celebration, he was invited to "sit in protection" as part of a consecration ceremony for Buddha images and amulets. After the ceremony was over, he went outside to rest in a small hut where he spoke with a large number of his monk-students who were studying in Bangkok at the time. One of the monks commented that he had never seen Luang Pu participate in a ceremony like this before, and wondered if this was his first time. He then went on to ask how one goes about sitting "in protection."
Luang Pu replied,
"I have no idea what the other ajaans do when they”re sitting ”in protection” or sitting ”in blessing.” As for me, I simply sit in concentration in my same old style."
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67. "I want to do well in my studies..."
A young girl once said to Luang Pu, "I heard Grandfather Sorasak Kawngsuk say that anyone who wants to be intelligent and do well in her studies should first practice sitting in meditation to get the mind concentrated in stillness. I want to be intelligent and do well in my studies, so I”ve been trying to meditate and bring my mind to stillness, but it”s never been willing to grow still. Sometimes I get even more restless than before. When my mind doesn”t grow still in this way, how can I do well in my studies
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Luang Pu answered,
"Simply focus on knowing what it is that you”re studying, and that in itself will help you do well in your studies. When the mind”s not still, have it know that it”s not still. It”s because you want so much for it to be still that it”s not still. Just keep at your meditation in a calm way, and the day will come it”ll grow still in line with your wishes."
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68. The purpose of wandering
Some monks and novices, after the Rains Retreat, like to go off wandering in groups to various places. Each of them makes a big production out of preparing his requisites and a full set of dhutanga accessories. But many of them go in a manner that deviates from the purpose of wandering for seclusion. For instance, some of them wear their dhutanga accessories on air-conditioned buses. Some go visiting their old friends in company offices.
So Luang Pu once said in the midst of a gathering of meditation monks,
"To make yourself a good-looking wandering monk isn”t proper at all. It goes against the purpose of going out to wander. Each of you should reflect a great deal on this. The purpose of wandering in meditation is only one thing: to train and polish the heart so that it”s free of defilements. To go wandering in meditation only in body, but without taking along the heart, is nothing excellent at all."
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69. To stop you have to know how
A meditator once said to Luang Pu, "I”ve been trying to stop thinking in line with what you”ve taught, but I”ve never been able to succeed. What”s worse is that I”ve gotten frustrated and my brain seems dazed. I”m convinced, though, that what you”ve taught isn”t wrong, so I”d like to ask for some advice on what to do next."
Luang Pu responded,
"That shows that you”ve missed the point. You”re told to stop thinking, but all you do is think about stopping your thinking, so how can the actual stopping come about
Get rid of all your ignorance about stopping to think. Abandon your thoughts about stopping your thinking, and that”ll be the end of the matter."
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70. Similar results, but not the same
The second day of the w…
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