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For his 80th "Age Teasing Day" (birthday), Tan Ajarn
prepared a souvenir book of Dhamma photos,
proverbs, sayings, riddles, and legacies for his
students.
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The five pillars on our roofs are symbolic of the five hindrances
(nivarana), the five groups of clinging (upadanakkhandha), the
five powers (bala), the five sovereigns (indriya), the five Dhamma
essentials (dhammasara), the five paths & fruits & nibbana
(magga-phala-nibbna). Even the five fingers on your own hand are
just reminders of the matter of eliminating dukkha for us all.
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The standard followed at Suan Mokkh of not welcoming people
who can't wash their own plates, who must have someone else
clean up after they eat, is a standard which doesn't conflict with
Buddhist principles. We use it to select which people are fit to
stay in the monastery for the sake of practicing Dhamma because
their hearts are in harmony with the principles of unselfishness
and not taking advantage of others. Please help to maintain this
as a continuing legacy.
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Having Dhamma all night and all day is not so hard to do. When
about to do any of the duties of daily life, become aware of the
fact that "Duty itself is Dhamma." Because duty is able to
eliminate every type of problem and brings only good, desirable
results, its meaning is exactly that of the word "Dhamma," that
which helps the practitioner avoid falling into dukkha. So when
duties are done all day long, there is Dhamma all day long. Even
resting is a duty that must be performed as much as any other,
that is, in order to have the necessary strength for doing one's
Duty.
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May we all cherish one special aim, that whether sooner or later,
there will be an era in which the world is perfect in Dhamma
through everyone performing their duties, through everyone being
clearly mindful in their hearts that the correct duty is itself the
Dhamma that will help keep us above all problems. This is
possible because the world is always changing. You ought to
support the conditions for such change in this world.
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If all people in the world object to bringing Dhamma into the
world, because they think it's impossible, that's up to them. We
alone, if need be, ought to make ourselves quench all dukkha with
Dhamma that's up to the mark. Never be disappointed that so few
people are interested in Dhamma.
Footnotes
Updated © Evolution/Liberation
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The true principles of practice need not extend over the kind
of lifetimes that end in coffins. They are exclusively sanditthiko
and akaliko, that is, immediately apparent to the mind that acts
and receives the results of the actions. The later aspects are just
material by-products experienced by ordinary Thicksters.
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The thing which is called "Self" is merely an illusion (maya),
that is, merely a sensation that arises in the mind when concocted
by tanha (desire influenced by avijja, ignorance), through which
it appears in the mind naturally and automatically. It is merely a
misperception caused by the thing called "upadana" (clinging)
which comes from tanha. It is not a real or true self, but is only a
sensation blowing hot and cold, yet with an intensity such that
the experiencer takes it to be "self."
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You ought to turn every piece and particle of your work into
Dhamma through the mindful clarity and awareness (sati-
sampajañña) that Duty itself is Dhamma, fulfilling Duty alone is
practicing Dhamma. Then you will have Dhamma with you in all
movements, at all times, in all places. All your work will be as
enjoyable as playing sports. Already happy in the moments you
work, you need not indulge in pleasure houses, night life, and
addictions.
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Dhamma is the thing called " the Duty of all living things," that
which they must do to survive both physically and mentally, both
for their own sake and for that of society. Even when translating
this word as "teaching," "learning," or "practice," the important
understanding is still in its being the duty of salvation. Whenever
duty is done, that is Dhamma practice.
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The Dhamma in the temple and the Dhamma in the rice field is
the very same Dhamma when they are carried out as rightful
duties for genuine survival-salvation.
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Dhamma exists to help us live in the world victoriously above
the world. It’s not for us to flee from the world, but to be above
any influence of the world, so that we no longer drown in the
world. Being "above the world" is usually taught in such a way that
everyone misunderstands and thinks we must flee the world,
abandon the world, and throw away the world, in a way that has
no value for anyone.
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Don’t long after the past and don’t worry about the future, just
do your own duty correctly in the present. That’s enough to avoid
dukkha and won’t be the basis for sassataditthi, a lasting self that
spins around within the vattas (cycles of birth and death).
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The ABCs of Buddhism don’t start off with the Triple Gem, but
begin with studying the stimulation of eyes, ears, nose, tongue,
body, and mind and how this causes the arising of consciousness,
sense-contact, and feeling in such a way that craving, clinging,
and then dukkha occur. Control these births and you can quench
dukkha. Then Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha will appear by
themselves.
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The practice that looks like not practicing anything is the inner
practice of being content in one's own lack of self, doing every
duty in harmony with the Law of Nature, and working for duty’s
sake rather than for the benefit of "me" and "mine."
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Updated © Evolution/Liberation
Source:
http://www.suanmokkh.org/archive/asiti/leg1.htm
http://www.suanmokkh.org/archive/asiti/leg2.htm
http://www.suanmokkh.org/archive/asiti/leg3.htm
http://www.suanmokkh.org/archive/asiti/leg4.htm