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

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world. In fact, the world has a tremendous thirst for truth and happiness. Are we going to lie down and wait for our habits to change by themselves, or are we going to try and do what can be done by human strength and effort, the way the Buddha has taught us to? If studying Buddhism by the books was all we needed to do, leading the Holy Life of a Buddhist monastic wouldn’t be anything very profound. Nevertheless, to study the books with the motivation to find a way out of suffering seems worthwhile. But if our primary motivation to study is based on ambitions for gain and fame, we begin the Holy Life in the wrong way and are likely to go astray. So, can we see the danger in this? Isn’t it obvious, which path leads towards the world, and which one leads beyond? How can we hope to be able to pick up the fruits j the “noble science of spiritual qualities” if we only study the books? Our teacher, the Lord Buddha, was born on the bare earth under a Sala-tree in Lumbini. He was enlightened sitting on the bare earth with just a thin cushion of grass, under the Bodhi-tree in Bodhgaya. He entered final nibbana lying down on the bare earth, under a Sala-tree, with merely his outer robe beneath him. Nothing more than that. His whole life the Buddha spent on the earth and under trees. This tells us how withdrawn the Buddha’s life was. He didn’t get involved with using extravagant dwellings. That he was able to realize the truth about the world of the mind is due to just this dwelling in seclusion. If we have never given it an honest try, to live in places of seclusion, we shouldn’t just assume that we lack the opportunity to cultivate the wonderful qualities that the Buddha taught about. We should cut off the fetters in our hearts that bind us to seeking company, entertainment and a life of 8
pleasure. We should maintain that it is an honour to frequent the kind of places of retreat that the Buddha himself used with great results and recommended to all of us. We should hold our being samanas of the Sakyan clan in honour, through our wholehearted determination to act with honesty towards ourselves and towards other people. Then we will reach the fruits of this noble science of the mind, an unchanging truth. Our hearts will be liberated, free from slavery to anything in this world. We will experience a power mightier than the sciences of the physical world – a power that is capable of bringing the world to lasting peace and coolness. Isn’t the constant lack, hunger and thirst of the world aroused by the temptations and stimulations that modern technology constantly keeps inventing anew? Modern science constantly causes people to suffer in all kinds of ways because it keeps stimulating the wish for more and more without knowing an end. Just like when somebody is actually full after having eaten, and along comes something that he likes even more to tempt him. Taking it, he experiences suffering burning him from inside. The wealthy and poor suffer all the same in this matter, until they eventually get a taste of this noble science, a taste of the way of life of the Enlightened Beings. Why is it that people don’t take this wonderful medicine that can ward off the various diseases which arise in the mind? The suffering of the mind really is like a disease. Desire, never being satisfied, never knowing enough, is the virus which causes it. Peace and seclusion are the medicines which cure the illness. Those who lead their lives according to the practices of the Enlightened Beings are the ones who provide others with the medicine, helping them, after they have cured themselves. 9
Page 1: The Ways of the Peaceful Teachings
Page 4 and 5: Information about the Ajahn Chah Tr
Page 7 and 8: Foreword “The Ways of the Peacefu
Page 9 and 10: In this book, besides general outli
Page 11 and 12: “Following in the Footsteps of th
Page 13: Day by day our lives come closer to
Page 17 and 18: endurance, resolute strength and di
Page 19 and 20: “Practising One’s Duties” 13
Page 21 and 22: elies on nothing else but the human
Page 23 and 24: knowledge of how to improve things
Page 25 and 26: “Ordination: Going Forth” 19
Page 27 and 28: Ordination: Going Forth Going Forth
Page 29 and 30: Now I will tell you the basic medit
Page 31 and 32: permanent. All these are just state
Page 33 and 34: We develop peaceful bodily conduct.
Page 35 and 36: In our training there is the topic
Page 37 and 38: good or that thing is better or the
Page 39 and 40: “Ordination: The Announcements”
Page 41 and 42: Ordination: The Announcements After
Page 43 and 44: where we naturally have to rely on
Page 45 and 46: “Contentment” 39
Page 47 and 48: Contentment During his visit to Mal
Page 49 and 50: Don’t go and follow the thoughts
Page 51 and 52: 45 “Restraint”
Page 53 and 54: Restraint Luang Por Liem gave the f
Page 55 and 56: current. They never give way to the
Page 57 and 58: “Gentleness, Humbleness and Patie
Page 59 and 60: Gentleness, Humbleness and Patience
Page 61 and 62: espectful starts to feel smoother a
Page 63 and 64: follow the principle of being happy
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“Wealth and Fame” 59
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Wealth and Fame Excerpt from Luang
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nature of animals to live in consta
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“Advice on Robe Washing Day” 65
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Advice on Robe Washing Day From Lua
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But still, the Buddha wanted us to
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“Creating Benefit” 71
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Creating Benefit On April 25 th , 2
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- One should teach the Dhamma in a
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The way Luang Por Chah lived. it wa
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“Reflections after the Patimokkha
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spiritual qualities that we have ac
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Practicing mindfulness of the body,
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nine types of higher knowledge aris
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attitude of practice and willingnes
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him to recite principles of the tea
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So, at this time, as we are about t
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“The Ornaments of One Gone Forth
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laypeople or householders 37 , who
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We should be determined to look, to
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eauty to arise. Walking - one is be
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Our practice relies on following ce
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to cover ourselves. If we stay far
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of the heart is damaged, simply tha
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“Different from Ordinary People
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Dhamma; we are prejudiced. If one s
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unenlightened people would maintain
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existing, and ceasing to be. From t
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didn’t want us to study anywhere
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“From the Darkness to the Light
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From the Darkness to the Light Exce
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Until the state of perfection is re
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wear out. They don’t consider the
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Feelings are just feelings, happine
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someone is just a product of the de
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People who have no problems, who do
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modern terms. This provides the abi
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133 We sometimes wonder where purit
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goodness towards me. With such thou
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of the body as attractive and beaut
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Over long periods of time, our expe
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journey together. May this be usefu
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143 Look and figure it out Try and
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hojane mattaññuta (Pali): Knowing
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saddha (Pali): Confidence, faith or
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