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

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of heart. Sila in fact means purity. It is the intention of loving kindness and friendliness (metta), or the intention to respect the rights of other people, being considerate in whatever one does. We should start relating to our environment in a way that examines and investigates it, for the sake of seeking saccadhamma, the truth of reality. These are some things that you need to develop an understanding of and educate yourselves in. Another aspect is how we use our faculties for communicating and relating to the world. We have got eyes, ears, a nose, a tongue, a sense of touch and a mind. Having eyes, we need to know how to guard them. These eyes we have can give rise to both good and evil. The same is true for the ears, etc. If there is both good and evil, we need the skills to differentiate, and choose what is good. For example, if the eye sees something that causes feelings of getting carried away by emotions or sensual desire, we need to know how to control ourselves. If this happens, we need to use meditation techniques such as investigating the body. Or we contemplate our feelings in relation to the two faces of the Worldly Dhammas: those wished-for and unwished-for phenomena. We see them as things that simply arise and cease. They are merely temporary states of existence, and the qualities of stability and durability can not be found in them. This is why the Buddha warns us to be cautious and restrained whenever the eye sees a form, the ear hears a sound, the nose smells an odour, the tongue tastes a flavour, the body senses something touching it, or there are thoughts arising in the mind. He advises us to have mindfulness and not be careless, not allowing experiences to come up that we didn't filter wisely. This is another aspect in which you will have to train in as samanas: you constantly need to be filtering. 28
In our training there is the topic of how to relate to the requisites of a monk (robes, food, dwelling, and medicines) and the necessities of life. Following the example of the Enlightened Beings, we live as somebody who is content and has few wishes. We walk the safe path of those who dwell in states of mind that are beyond the world. The way to practice with regards to our requisites is by knowing what is enough. If we get a little, that's enough. If we get a lot, that's enough. Even if we don't get anything at all, that's enough. We train to become somebody who always has enough. That means, somebody who is happy with whatever comes. In this way, our monastic life will be free from worries about these things. We have all the opportunity to continue with our studies without obstructions, educating and observing ourselves further, supported simply by peace and seclusion. We rely on all the opportunities given to us in this lifestyle. We really don't have to bother about anything else. Even concerning the world and society: we don't have to worry. We aren't living in conflict with anybody. We are living for the sake of creating benefits for ourselves and others. When we are not in conflict with others, qualities arise in us that others find acceptable. This is our task. You will always need to put forth effort in this practice. It is the quality of diligence that will enable us to experience perfection in ourselves. Perfection means to be completely mature, ready and prepared 9 . Complete preparedness means that there are no longer any problems. This is the case with somebody whose mind is fully enlightened and awake, somebody who has 9 in Thai: prom, a word colloquially meaning “ready” or together and used by Luang Por often in the sense of attainment, perfection, fulfilment etc., but it also carries the connotations of maturity, being ripe, or being fully prepared. 29
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 and 32: permanent. All these are just state
Page 33: We develop peaceful bodily conduct.
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
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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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