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95. Luang Pu”s habits
Bodily: He was physically strong and nimble, well-proportioned in his features, clean-smelling, with few diseases. He liked to bathe with warm water only once a day.
Verbal: He had a deep voice, but spoke softly. He was a man of few words who spoke the truth, spoke directly, with no scheming to his speech. In other words, he never hinted, never cajoled, never spoke sarcastically, never gossiped, never begged, never asked anyone”s pardon, never talked about his dreams. He never told jataka stories or fabulous tales.
Mental: There was a truth to him — once he had set his mind on doing something, he would work at it until he succeeded. He was always kind and compassionate, quiet, calm, and enduring. He never flared up in anger or showed any signs of frustration or impatience. He was never upset about things that were lost, and was never heedless. Fully mindful, alert, he was cheerful at all times. He never seemed to suffer, and was always unshaken by events. No untoward states of mind overcame him.
He always taught us,
"Try to clearly understand events as events: that they arise, change, and then dissolve away. Don”t suffer or be sad because of them."
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96. Heavy pain, but not heavy with pain
Luang Pu was severely ill at th, e Chulalongkorn Hospital. On the night of the 17th day of his stay, he was very fatigued, to the point where the doctors had to give him an oxygen tube. Late that night, after midnight, a famous monk together with a large following came to pay respect. Seeing that this was a special occasion, I let them into Luang Pu”s room. Luang Pu lay on his right side with his eyes closed throughout the visit. When the monk and his following had bowed down to him, the monk leaned over him and spoke directly into his ear, "Luang Pu, do you still have feelings of pain
"
Luang Pu answered,
"Feeling and body still exist in line with their nature, but I don”t partake of that feeling at all."
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97. A safe shortcut
On January 20, 1973, just before Luang Pu was to leave Chulalongkorn Hospital, his students decided to donate a sanghadana to dedicate the merit to the past generations who had built the hospital and had since passed on.
When the ceremony was over, a number of doctors and nurses came to pay their respects to Luang Pu and to express their happiness that he had recovered. They commented in a friendly way, "Your health is still good and strong. Your face is bright, as if you hadn”t been sick at all. This is probably the fruit of your good powers of concentration. We don”t have much spare time to practice concentration. Are there any methods that are simple or quick
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Luang Pu responded,
"Whenever you have time, use that time to practice. Training the mind, examining the mind, is the quickest, most direct method of all."
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98. Everything comes from action
Throughout his life, Luang Pu never accepted the idea of lucky hours or lucky days. Even when he was simply asked, "What would be a good day to ordain
" or "to disrobe
" or "Which days are lucky or unlucky
" he never went along with the idea. He”d usually say, "All days are good." If people asked him to determine an auspicious time, he would have them go find out for themselves, or else he would say, "Any time that”s convenient is a good time."
He would conclude by saying,
"Everything comes from our behavior. Good times, bad times, lucky times, unlucky times, merit, sin: All these things come from human behavior."
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