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

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passing on and beginning again. Ignorance causing proliferations to arise is like darkness causing people to have doubts and uncertainty. It is like being in the dark, where all we can rely on is making assumptions and our suspicions. Walking in the dark one is anxious about all kinds of things. One doubts that one will arrive at one’s destination, one is fearful of all kinds of threats. Avijja has got these qualities. Therefore we should live with vijja (knowledge), or vijjacarana, both knowledge and appropriate conduct. *** We undertake this study and practice together – now it is almost time for entering the rains retreat, which we will spend together with the study of Dhamma and vinaya. Those monks who are still young and physically strong – please try to do your duties. In relation to this, we have just been informed that the Sangha authorities of Ubon would like to know how many patimokkhachanters there are in each monastery in Ubon-province. To have memorized the patimokkha is a quality that will lead to benefit in many ways. So they asked how many “patimokkha-holders” each monastery has. If you are not physically disabled and your body is still in a state that allows you to learn the patimokkha, you should try. There’s nothing wrong with giving it a try. Chanting the patimokkha is also a means to overcome the hindrances. If we experience obstacles in the development of the qualities of a samana, we can revert to reciting the patimokkha. The Buddha once gave Venerable Maha-Moggallana this advice. While Maha-Moggallana was practising in Kallavalaputtagama and his progress was hindered by some obstacles, the Buddha told 88
him to recite principles of the teachings that he had learned in order to dispel the hindrances. In this way the patimokkha can be helpful to our practice. We should also try to do some further studies. One of the qualifications mentioned by the Buddha of a monk who fulfils the duties of a senior member in the Sangha is to know what constitutes an offence, and the method of resolving it. Further, the Buddha stated very clearly that a senior monk needs to be one who is possessed with a sense of shame and fear of wrong-doing (hiri-ottappa). One can’t do without these qualities – to be equipped with a sense of shame prevents one from proceeding with incorrect actions, and from transgressing the rules of ethical conduct. This is what is meant by “sense of shame”. We must continue educating ourselves. This occasion of chanting the patimokkha is an opportunity to demonstrate our skills and show how much dedication we have toward these duties. We don’t just let our lives pass senselessly. We should build up things that benefit us. The skills we have developed won’t be wasted. For sure, there will be situations where we need them. It is like having a good immune-system warding off obstacles. We should make an effort in this area. Now that the rains retreat is about to begin, there is also an opportunity for some of us to move to other monasteries that offer good facilities for the development of the Samana-Dhamma, and spend the rains retreat there. We change places in order to 89
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The Ways of the Peaceful Teachings
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Information about the Ajahn Chah Tr
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Foreword “The Ways of the Peacefu
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In this book, besides general outli
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“Following in the Footsteps of th
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Day by day our lives come closer to
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pleasure. We should maintain that i
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endurance, resolute strength and di
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“Practising One’s Duties” 13
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elies on nothing else but the human
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knowledge of how to improve things
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“Ordination: Going Forth” 19
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Ordination: Going Forth Going Forth
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Now I will tell you the basic medit
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permanent. All these are just state
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We develop peaceful bodily conduct.
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In our training there is the topic
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good or that thing is better or the
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“Ordination: The Announcements”
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Ordination: The Announcements After
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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
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Page 67 and 68: Wealth and Fame Excerpt from Luang
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Page 73 and 74: Advice on Robe Washing Day From Lua
Page 75 and 76: But still, the Buddha wanted us to
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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
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Page 91 and 92: nine types of higher knowledge aris
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Page 113 and 114: “Different from Ordinary People
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Page 123 and 124: “From the Darkness to the Light
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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
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Page 135 and 136: People who have no problems, who do
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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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