..续本文上一页oble truths
A senior monk of the meditation tradition came to pay his respects to Luang Pu on the first day of the Rains Retreat in 1956. After giving him instruction and a number of teachings on profound matters, Luang Pu summarized the four noble truths as follows:
"The mind sent outside is the origination of suffering.
The result of the mind sent outside is suffering.
The mind seeing the mind is the path.
The result of the mind seeing the mind is the cessation of suffering."
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4. Above & beyond words
A well-read layman was conversing with Luang Pu, saying, "I firmly believe that in our present day and age there are not just a few monks who have practiced to the point of reaching the paths, fruitions, and nibbana. So why don”t they make their knowledge public, so that those who are interested in the practice will know of the levels of Dhamma they have attained, as a way of giving them encouragement and hope so that they”ll accelerate their efforts to the utmost of their ability
"
Luang Pu answered,
"Those who have awakened don”t talk of what they”ve awakened to, because it lies above and beyond all words."
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5. A warning for heedless monks
"A monk who lives heedlessly simply counts his precepts as they”re found in the textbooks, proud of himself that he has all of 227 precepts.
"But as for the number he”s actually intent on observing, how many are they
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6. Real but not for real
It”s normal that when people practicing concentration start getting results, they can have their doubts about what they”ve experienced — for example, when they experience conflicting visions or start seeing parts of their own bodies. Many people came to Luang Pu, asking him to resolve their doubts or to give them advice on how to continue with their practice. And a lot of people would come to say that when meditating they saw hell or heaven or heavenly mansions, or else a Buddha image inside their body. "Was what I saw real
" they would ask.
Luang Pu would respond,
"The vision you saw was real, but what you saw in the vision wasn”t."
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7. Letting go of visions
The questioner might then ask, "You say that all these visions are external, and that I can”t yet put them to any use; if I stay stuck simply on the vision I won”t make any further progress. Is it because I”ve been staying so long with these visions that I can”t avoid them
Every time I sit down to meditate, as soon as the mind gathers together it goes straight to that level. Can you give me some advice on how to let go of visions in an effective way
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Luang Pu would respond,
"Oh, some of these visions can be lots of fun and really absorbing, you know, but if you stay stuck right there it”s a waste of time. A really simple method for letting go of them is not to look at what you see in the vision, but to look at what”s doing the seeing. Then the things you don”t want to see will disappear on their own."
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8. External things
On December 10, 1981, Luang Pu participated in the annual celebration at Wat Dhammamongkon on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. A large number of temporarily ordained women from a nearby teachers” college came to discuss the results of their vipassana practice, telling him that when their minds settled down they would see a Buddha image in their hearts. Some of them said that they saw the heavenly mansions awaiting them in heaven. Some saw the Culamani Stupa [a me…
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