..续本文上一页 some gold from the mountain. But when he finally makes it to Bangkok and someone shows him, ”That”s the Jewel Wall; that”s the Gold Mountain,” that puts an immediate end to all his questions and expectations.
"The paths, fruitions, and nibbana are like that."
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102. The safest way to dwell
I remember that in 1976 two meditation teachers from the northern part of the Northeast came to pay their respects to Luang Pu. The way they discussed the practice with him was very delightful and inspiring. They described the virtues and attainments of the different ajaans with whom they had lived and practiced for a long time, saying that that luang pu had concentration as his constant mental dwelling; this ajaan dwelled in the Brahma attitudes, which is why so many people respected him; that luang pu dwelled in the limitless Brahma attitudes, which is why there was no limit to the number of students he had, and why he was always safe from dangers.
Luang Pu said,
"Whatever level a monk has reached, as far as I”m concerned he”s welcome to dwell there. As for me, I dwell with knowing."
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103. Continued
When those two monks heard Luang Pu say that he dwelled with knowing, they were silent for a moment and then asked him to explain what dwelling with knowing was like.
Luang Pu explained,
"Knowing is the normality of mind that”s empty, bright, pure, that has stopped fabricating, stopped searching, stopped all mental motions — having nothing, not attached to anything at all."
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104. The end of stress
Luang Pu was pure in his speech because he liked to talk about the genuine truth. He”d speak only of the highest aims of the Buddha”s teachings, he”d refer only to the Buddha”s words that led solely to the end of suffering and stress. You could tell this from the Buddha”s teaching he quoted most often.
The Buddha said,
"Monks, there that dimension where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind; neither the dimension of the infinitude of space, nor dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, nor dimension of nothingness, nor dimension of neither perception nor non-perception; neither this world, nor the next world, nor sun, nor moon. And there, I say, is neither coming, nor going, nor staying; neither passing away nor arising: unestablished, unevolving, without support. This, just this, is the end of stress."
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105. His last illness
When Luang Pu returned from the hospital in early 1983, it didn”t mean that he had fully recovered from his illness, simply that he had to use an extreme level of endurance to survive for eight more months, to the special merit-making celebration that had been planned for his 96th birthday. As the day of the ceremony approached, his symptoms started getting erratic: He”d be very tired, uncomfortable, and feverish from time to time. I asked him if we should take him back to Chulalongkorn Hospital, but he said, "There”s no need to." And then he added, "I forbid you to take me, for even if I went, I wouldn”t recover."
I replied, "Last time your illness was heavier than this and you still recovered. This time it”s not heavy at all. You”re sure to recover."
Luang Pu said,
"That was last time. This isn”t last time."
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106. Approaching death
On October 29, 1983, Luang Pu”s condition was no better than stable after 1:00 p.m., but his complexion was abnormally bright. His followers — lay people, town m…
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