ศึกษาธรรมกับท่านอาจารย์ธีรธัมโม (4)
ปีนึงผ่านไปเร็วจริงๆ ท่านธีรธัมโมกลับมาจัด one-day meditation retreat ประจำปีให้พวกเราอีกครั้งค่ะ
อ่านบันทึกเกี่ยวกับบรรยากาศงานและคำสอนของท่านเมื่อปีที่แล้วได้ที่นี่ค่ะ (คลิก)
ปีนี้ก็คล้ายๆกับปีที่แล้วคือ ท่านเทศน์สลับกับนั่งสมาธิและเดินจงกรม ทั้งหมด 4 set
ผู้ร่วมงานมีประมาณ 60 คน เป็นชาวต่างชาติ 80% คนไทย 20%
ส่วนมากเป็นคนขาว คนศรีลังกา คนลาว แล้วก็คนจีน รวม 5 - 6 คน
ฝรั่งพวกนี้กราบเป็น ไหว้มืออ่อน นั่งสมาธิที่พื้น เห็นแล้วก็ิอดที่จะชมไม่ได้ค่ะ
วันนี้จะมาลองบันทึกคำสอนของท่านที่น่าสนใจนะคะ (ต้องขออนุญาตไม่แปลเป็นภาษาไทยเพราะเวลาน้อย ไว้ส่งงานแล้วจะมาแปลให้นะคะ)
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1.
Wisdom is an direct experience.
You only have wisdom when you live it; be it; not just say it.
Aj. Cha said, "or else you're just a dirty wise man.
2.
Meditation is an ongoing developmental process.
3.
Problem would be resolved only when you get to the very source of it. This is when insight meditation come into play. Calm meditation has a beneficial effect too and sometimes you feel that the problem is no longer there but it is still there because the root not yet cut off.
Deep concentration alone can be dangerous because your mind can go anywhere. It's a bliss but it's an indulgence.
During insight medication, stoping the wandering mind is not the point. The point is you are aware that the mind if off or on your breath.
Breath is a point of reference so that you can compare whether your mind is on or off this point of reference.
Think of your breath as a friend you can trust. A friend you can call up and ask for support. A friend who is always there for you. Breath is like that in many ways.
Busy mind is like a sticky paper, you grasp it and it stuck. You want to get rid of it but throwing it but it's stuck in your palm. Busy mind is sticky mind. But once your mind is calm enough...things would just come in and roll out...very easy going.
When the sensations come, be aware of it, then drop it and go back to breath.
If you don't grasp, don't cling to it. Once you become aware, you will see the issue from a more peaceful or more wise place.
4.
You will see if it's your issue or it's just an issue that involved many people...it's nothing personal. Many times you will find that it is you that's the source of suffering. If it's not, you will see what it is and how to wisely deal with it.
Many times you will see that there's no problem. It's just the way it is. It's phenomena that happens.
When the issue is right in your face, it's too close. You often don't see it clearly. We see the world filtered through ourselves and we have automatic reaction to the issue. You have to step back to get a wider perspective. To see things clearly what they actually are. See it directly not just concept about it or thinking about it.
5.
Meditation is mental health. It is a diagnosis of your mind just like when doctors Dx patients. So that you'd know what to do with the challenges.
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When you have challenges and you rationalize it trying to explain things from thinking level, the problem is still there. You have to investigate yourself
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Fear and Sadness = fuldamental sensation....when you investigate your anxiety, frustration, irritation, anger.....it tells you about yourself.....and the deeper you investigate, you'd boil it down to fear and eventually just this mass of energy that he calls life-force (Siva)
It's not even yours. It's not personal. It's just there.
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You become aware of unitary conciousness momentarily and that point you're selfless.
Full presence of mind is also selfless. That's a glimpse of buddha.
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Buddha = the one who knows
Dhamma = the Truth
Sangha = the community of practitioners (around the world or even universe.)
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The enlighten one is not a person. Just mindfulness and wisdom operting there. No fixed person there. No fixed personality.
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Very nice krab. I can find myself coming back to this page again and again :)
thank you ja P'Big!