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

More documents

Recommendations

Info

possesses a mind that goes beyond the nature of the world. Let us take this as our attitude in meditation, helping ourselves work towards freedom from the power of delusion, wrong view and unwholesome mind states, so that we can attain a state of mind that is pure and clean, see the usefulness of our being born as a human being and the practice of Dhamma, and experience how beneficial it is to relate to ourselves in the correct and appropriate way. Now I will hand the yellow robes to you, for you to go and put on. Then you can come in again and take the precepts, so that the ceremony of Going Forth will be complete. “…Come here…!” (Luang Por says in English) *** After the postulants have put on the yellow robes and taken the ten precepts of a novice, the talk continues: From now on, being novices, it is your duty to correct and develop yourselves. You need to constantly recollect that now you belong to a different group than the householders and the common people in the world. Here, we are leading our lives in order to see the danger and disadvantages of samsara 8 , the round of death and rebirth. It is our obligation to make the qualities of a samana arise in us – being somebody whose ways of life are peaceful. 8 samsara (Pali): the (endless) round of birth and death. 26
We develop peaceful bodily conduct. Our body – each and every part of it – should not be used in the manner of a fool. Our conduct needs to be that of a wise man. That means to have humility, an attitude of respect, and live in a subordinate way, not getting carried away with our sense of self – one can say, guarding ones body. Likewise, our speech also needs to be guarded, as it can be the source of all kinds of good and bad things. We need to know how to use speech in a good way. If our speech is grounded in humility, it won't get us into trouble. In our practice we need to keep observing ourselves for the sake of protection – in every form, both in our bodily and verbal conduct – applying mindfulness and keeping ourselves within the standards of the monastic training. In this way we won't get into confusion or low and vulgar mind states. Low-mindedness is a trait of worldly beings that are capable of doing all kinds of bad things or behave in degenerate ways. They are following the ways of the unwholesome: anger, desire, and delusion. Our becoming samanas should gradually give rise to changes in a good direction. Having taken up the training we will have to practice the lifestyle of one who sees how life can be beneficial. We will have to give great attention to ourselves, developing the qualities of honesty and straight-forwardness in our minds. We should maintain good ethical conduct, and possess a sense of shame towards doing bad (hiri). When one possesses a sense of shame towards bad actions, one will also show fear (ottappa) and be cautious, because one sees that bad deeds won’t lead to freedom. These are some things to keep in mind when we start training ourselves. We follow the intention to keep sila and develop purity 27
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 and 14: Day by day our lives come closer to
Page 15 and 16: pleasure. We should maintain that i
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: permanent. All these are just state
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
Page 65 and 66: “Wealth and Fame” 59
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
Page 87 and 88:
spiritual qualities that we have ac
Page 89 and 90:
Practicing mindfulness of the body,
Page 91 and 92:
nine types of higher knowledge aris
Page 93 and 94:
attitude of practice and willingnes
Page 95 and 96:
him to recite principles of the tea
Page 97 and 98:
So, at this time, as we are about t
Page 99 and 100:
“The Ornaments of One Gone Forth
Page 101 and 102:
laypeople or householders 37 , who
Page 103 and 104:
We should be determined to look, to
Page 105 and 106:
eauty to arise. Walking - one is be
Page 107 and 108:
Our practice relies on following ce
Page 109 and 110:
to cover ourselves. If we stay far
Page 111 and 112:
of the heart is damaged, simply tha
Page 113 and 114:
“Different from Ordinary People
Page 115 and 116:
Dhamma; we are prejudiced. If one s
Page 117 and 118:
unenlightened people would maintain
Page 119 and 120:
existing, and ceasing to be. From t
Page 121 and 122:
didn’t want us to study anywhere
Page 123 and 124:
“From the Darkness to the Light
Page 125 and 126:
From the Darkness to the Light Exce
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
Page 139 and 140:
133 We sometimes wonder where purit
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
show all

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

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?