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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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