..续本文上一页. A truth in line with the truth
A Chinese lady, after paying her respects to Luang Pu, asked him, "I have to move to Prakhonchai District in Buriram Province to set up a store near my relatives there. The problem is, my relatives have been recommending that I sell this, that, and the other thing in the store, in line with their opinion as to what would sell well, but I can”t make up my mind as to what would be good to sell. So I”ve come to ask your advice as to what would be good for me to sell."
Luang Pu answered,
"Anything is good to sell, as long as there are people to buy it."
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26. That wasn”t his aim
On May 8, 1979, a group of ten or more army officers came to pay their respects to Luang Pu quite late in the evening before heading on to Bangkok. Two of the members of the group had the rank of Lieutenant General. After conversing with Luang Pu for a while, the members of the group took the amulets from around their necks and placed them in a tray for Luang Pu to bless with the power of his concentration. He obliged them, and then returned their amulets to them. One of the generals asked him, "I”ve heard that you”ve made many sets of amulets. Which of them are famous
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Luang Pu answered,
"None of them are famous."
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27. Worlds apart
A group of three or four young men from a distant province came to see Luang Pu as he was sitting on the porch of the meeting hall. You could tell from their behavior — in the casual way they sat and spoke — that they were probably familiar with a rogue monk someplace. On top of that, they seemed to believe that Luang Pu was interested in talismans, for they told him of all the great tantric ajaans who had given them talismans of extraordinary magical power. Finally, they pulled out their talismans to display to one another right there in front of him. One of them had a tusk of a wild boar, another a tiger”s fang, another a rhinoceros horn. Each of them claimed extraordinary powers for his talisman, so one of them asked Luang Pu, "Hey, Luang Pu. Which of these is more extraordinary and good than the others for sure
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Luang Pu seemed especially amused and said with a smile,
"None of them are good, none of them are extraordinary at all. They all come from common animals."
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28. One thing only
Luang Pu once said, "In the Rains Retreat of 1952 I made a vow to read the entire Canon to see where the endpoint of the Buddha”s teachings lay — to see where the end of the noble truths, the end of suffering, lay — to see how the Buddha had summarized it. I read the Canon to the end, contemplating along the way, but there was no passage that made contact deeply enough in the mind that I could say for sure, ”This is the end of suffering. This is the end of the paths and fruitions, or what”s called nibbana.”
"Except for one passage. Ven. Sariputta had just come out of the attainment of the cessation, and the Buddha asked him, ”Sariputta, your skin is especially bright, your complexion especially clear. What is the dwelling place of your mind
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"Sariputta answered, ”My mind”s dwelling place is emptiness.”
"That”s the one thing that made contact with my mind."
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29. What to study and what not to study
Ven. Ajaan Suchin Sucinno received his law degree from Dhammasaat University a long time ago and held the practice of the Dhamma in high regard. He was a student of Luang Pu Lui for many years and then, after hearing of Luang Pu Dune”s reputation, came to practice with him. Eventua…
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