Luang Por Liem: The Ways of the Peaceful - Wat Pah Nanachat

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are aspects of our being samanas, being ones who have Gone Forth. Some of our views may lead us into ways of thinking that aren’t right or appropriate. Then we should remind ourselves of nature, seeing things in a way that accords in with nature. In the words of the Buddha “having wisdom and all-around knowledge of this heap of sankharas”. Sankharas are compounded things. This needs to be understood on the basis of the experience of impermanence (anicca). Certainly, there are states that are hard to endure, but there are also the states where there isn’t anything at all. We try to focus on seeing things in this way, letting our understanding be a factor that influences our way of living. We also need to be aware of the conventions that govern the way that we live together with other people. If that’s not the case, we won’t attain freedom. To like certain people one moment and later hate them is like a virus causing damage to us and keeping us from a state of peace. That’s why we need to know, watch and observe things that are related to us. Bit by bit we have to put our hearts into those things. If there are times when our behaviour or our actions aren’t good, our friends in the Dhamma might caution us or criticize us. Then we have to know how to accept it, not just taking our own feelings as a basis, or taking self (atta) as our principle. We need to know how to relax, whether the criticism is right or wrong. We need to be humble and lower ourselves first. If the criticism is right, we really need to accept that there are still parts of ourselves that we have to face with humbleness. 100
Our practice relies on following certain ways that uphold the training. Our lifestyle needs to be supported by the activities of a samana. Getting up early we recognize straight away that we need to change our attitude towards things, not giving them too much importance and not grasping onto them. We remind ourselves that the days and nights are relentlessly passing. What does this mean? It is a way to see that the passing of time very clearly reveals the truth. It really speaks for itself: the days and nights are passing, relentlessly. Even the parts of us that we understand as the physical world are still going to end and deteriorate; changing into a state where there is nothing that belongs to oneself. What can we expect from something like that? So, taking up contemplations like this is done for the sake of uprooting the conceit “I am” (asmimana), a view that seems to be controlling us all the time. We really have to pull it out through living as One Gone Forth. One who possesses guidelines for his behaviour and practice. The way we lead our lives has to be like this. We understand that living like this involves changing our character and habits towards seeing the disadvantages and dangers in the round of rebirth. All of us already know that this danger isn’t anything far away. It is in fact the danger of ignorant mind states that are associated with greed, hatred and delusion. Just this is the danger. And just this is what forces us to live in a state where we are tortured, unable to experience freedom. That is why the application of effort is considered something so good, a valuable quality that we can derive great benefits from. It eliminates the problem of getting lost and heading for dukkha. 101
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The Ways of the Peaceful Teachings
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Information about the Ajahn Chah Tr
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Foreword “The Ways of the Peacefu
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In this book, besides general outli
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“Following in the Footsteps of th
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Day by day our lives come closer to
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pleasure. We should maintain that i
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endurance, resolute strength and di
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“Practising One’s Duties” 13
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elies on nothing else but the human
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knowledge of how to improve things
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“Ordination: Going Forth” 19
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Ordination: Going Forth Going Forth
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Now I will tell you the basic medit
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permanent. All these are just state
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We develop peaceful bodily conduct.
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In our training there is the topic
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good or that thing is better or the
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“Ordination: The Announcements”
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Ordination: The Announcements After
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where we naturally have to rely on
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“Contentment” 39
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Contentment During his visit to Mal
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Don’t go and follow the thoughts
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45 “Restraint”
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Restraint Luang Por Liem gave the f
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Page 57 and 58: “Gentleness, Humbleness and Patie
Page 59 and 60: Gentleness, Humbleness and Patience
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Page 67 and 68: Wealth and Fame Excerpt from Luang
Page 69 and 70: nature of animals to live in consta
Page 71 and 72: “Advice on Robe Washing Day” 65
Page 73 and 74: Advice on Robe Washing Day From Lua
Page 75 and 76: But still, the Buddha wanted us to
Page 77 and 78: “Creating Benefit” 71
Page 79 and 80: Creating Benefit On April 25 th , 2
Page 81 and 82: - One should teach the Dhamma in a
Page 83 and 84: The way Luang Por Chah lived. it wa
Page 85 and 86: “Reflections after the Patimokkha
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Page 89 and 90: Practicing mindfulness of the body,
Page 91 and 92: nine types of higher knowledge aris
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Page 113 and 114: “Different from Ordinary People
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Page 117 and 118: unenlightened people would maintain
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Page 123 and 124: “From the Darkness to the Light
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Page 127 and 128: Until the state of perfection is re
Page 129 and 130: wear out. They don’t consider the
Page 131 and 132: Feelings are just feelings, happine
Page 133 and 134: someone is just a product of the de
Page 135 and 136: People who have no problems, who do
Page 137 and 138: modern terms. This provides the abi
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Page 141 and 142: goodness towards me. With such thou
Page 143 and 144: of the body as attractive and beaut
Page 145 and 146: Over long periods of time, our expe
Page 147 and 148: journey together. May this be usefu
Page 149 and 150: 143 Look and figure it out Try and
Page 151 and 152: hojane mattaññuta (Pali): Knowing
Page 153 and 154: saddha (Pali): Confidence, faith or
Page 155: About Luang Por Liem Luang Por Liem
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