Forest Path - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

some dhamma for my heart 89
something like… “there is coffin in the sàlà”… I just get the coffin,
but I can get the coffee. After tea we go to the sàlà and get a coffee,
and I think, ‘Oh! We get coffee’. So about… with Tan Ajan Vipassi,
about a week ago Tan Ajan Vipassi asks me in Thai, antarai — we
walk pass the window and he said, “antarai”, which means ’it’s
dangerous’ in Thai. ‘Anta-rai’ but I thought ‘an-tow-rai’, which
means, ‘how much’ and I said, “I don’t know Ajan, you have to ask
Paiboon”.
About language I have lots of mistake but I really like to stay here. I
think it’s a good opportunity to stay here, so many people want to
come and stay here but cannot make it — cannot stay. I think I have
enough boon [merit] to stay here and I can learn more and more
about the nationalities and about relationships to contact with different
cultures, people from other cultures. When I stay in Korat I
never contact many people like this. Staying with Tan Ajan Jayasàro
I really love the way he talks to people, he is a very good story teller.
When he tells story, even when it’s not a good story, he tells it well.
And with our friend so many people I can learn from him a lot — no
need to come and ask them to teach me about language or about culture.
It’s very helpful for me.
Also, I remember Tan Ajan Jayasàro when he tolds us about Tan
Ajan Sumedho told him that: “Do not find the best or perfect monastery”.
I really love this teaching: ‘Do not find the perfect monastery’.
It is true isn’t it?
TP: This was when Tan Ajan Jayasàro was in England and very
idealistic and wanted to find the perfect monastery where everybody
is enlightened.
TK: Actually, it’s true because nobody like that. Even when they
have a good Kruba Ajan but not good community, nobody interested
in the practice or sometimes the Kruba Ajan not interested in
teaching and if everything good then the food is not good. I am very
lucky to have opportunity to stay here and to thank everybody, my
friends, for teach me how to act, for show how to develop my mind.
TP: Thank you Tan Kongkrit. And may you bring the Dhamma
to America and bring many people much peace.