Luang Por Liem: The Ways of the Peaceful - Wat Pah Nanachat
Luang Por Liem: The Ways of the Peaceful - Wat Pah Nanachat
Luang Por Liem: The Ways of the Peaceful - Wat Pah Nanachat
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He really laid good foundations. For example, our practices<br />
toward material gains or fame and reputation that arise from<br />
<strong>of</strong>ferings made, <strong>Luang</strong> <strong>Por</strong> Chah wouldn’t let <strong>the</strong>se fall to any<br />
individual. He always tried to designate <strong>the</strong>m for communal<br />
purposes.<br />
We also need to recollect his spiritual practice and <strong>the</strong><br />
qualities <strong>of</strong> Dhamma that he realised. Even in <strong>the</strong> time when his<br />
conditioned physical body deteriorated, he never showed such<br />
symptoms visibly, or displayed a state that gave rise to aversion. It<br />
is noticeable that those who were involved in looking after him<br />
and nursing him during his illness never experienced feelings <strong>of</strong><br />
being weary or fed up with it. He also never showed any extreme<br />
reactions. All this is part <strong>of</strong> vasana.<br />
Also, <strong>Luang</strong> <strong>Por</strong> Chah possessed an aspect <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four<br />
analytic insights ( patisambhida ), which are; ready wit, initiative,<br />
creative and applicable insight ( patibhana ), and he was skilled in<br />
using speech in all kinds <strong>of</strong> ways. This definitely enabled great<br />
benefits to arise.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n <strong>the</strong>re was his relationship to his fellow monastics. All<br />
<strong>the</strong>se are factors <strong>of</strong> vasana, <strong>the</strong> gifts <strong>of</strong> an individual person. So<br />
when we train, things are similar. We need to see that <strong>the</strong> practice<br />
also depends upon each and everyone’s individual qualities.<br />
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