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

So all of you that are to fulfil these duties, be well motivated to
do so, even if you are living alone – then there shouldn’t be many
problems, nothing to spoil. Please always do your duties
according to our fundamental, essential principles. Always keep
to the ideals, and have personal standards of practice for the way
you lead your lives. These standards will serve as our
reinforcements, bolstering us and warding off problems. They will
be a refuge for us to rely on. If we take such standards of practice
as our basic principles, our actions will give us strength and a
feeling of being at ease.
What I have just spoken about are things which are not too
profound, but are the underlying principles that I have practiced
with in this monastery. Having come together to this meeting
here, you probably realize that this monastery is a place that we
should protect and keep functioning in every aspect: the material
objects, the human resources, and even all the different religious
ceremonies within the monastery. Let us keep them in line with
the fundamental principles of the Dhamma-Vinaya, within the
Buddhist religion.
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