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Context: Throughout this transcript, Bhante Vimalaramsi is the speaker unless otherwise indicated.

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thus if I heard on one occasion the

blessed one was living in Swati in

jeta's grove anathapindika's park there

he addressed the monks this monks

venerable sir they replied the Blessed

One said mint monks the Blessed One said

this monks whatever fear arise all arise

because of the fool not because of the

wise man whatever troubles arise all

arise because of the fool not because of

the wise man whatever calamities arise

all calamities arise because of the fool

not because of the wise men just as a

fire that starts in a shed made of rush

or grass burns down even houses with

peaked roofs with walls plastered inside

and outside shutoff secured by bars with

shuttered windows so to whatever fear

arises all arise because of the fool not

the wise men any time you hear the word

wise or wisdom it's talking about how

you recognize the links of dependent

origination many times people have fear

rising and they get so involved in the

fear they disguise themselves a lot of

frame and that is being foolish

thus the fool brings fear the Wiseman

brings no fear the fool brings trouble

the Wiseman brings no trouble the fool

brings calamity the wisemen brings no

calamity no fear comes from the wise man

no trouble comes from the wise man no

calamity comes from the wise man

therefore you should train thus we shall

be wise purpose people we shall be

Enquirer's how does fear arise what

happens first what happens after that

what happens after that you want to

start seeing everything that arises as

part of an impersonal process nobody's

going to say well I haven't had any fear

arise for a while I might as well be

afraid

but once that feeling arises if you

indulge in that it's going to get worse

you're feeding it so that's why the six

R's are so important you recognize that

your mind is distracted you release the

distraction if the distraction is fear

you don't keep your mind on it you let

it be there by itself and relax now

you've let go of that false idea and a

personal self that I am afraid

then you bring up something wholesome

smile now this is a smiling meditation

as odd as it sounds this is something

that you don't hear from other

meditation teachers I think I'm the only

one in the country that tells you this I

want you to smile all the time why

because it improves your mindfulness and

your progress and the meditation is much

better I want you to laugh with yourself

if you get caught by an attachment if

you get caught in fear the fastest way

to let fear go is laugh because your

mind is being dumb its indulging in that

fear and I want you to have fun now this

is a silent retreat when I say laugh I

just mean kind of chuckle in your mind

at how mine how your mind can be so dumb

and gets caught up in this stuff

so when this was the venerable ask the

venerable Ananda asked the blessed one

in what way venerable sir can a person

be called a wise man and Enquirer when

Ananda a person is skilled in the

elements skilled in the basis skilled

and dependent origination skilled in

what is possible and what is impossible

in that way you can be called a wise man

and inquire

dry hands there now we're gonna go to

the elements but venerable sir in what

way can a person be called skilled in

the elements here Ananda these 18

elements the eye element the form

element the eye consciousness of element

the ear element the sound element the

ear consciousness element the nose

element the odor element the nose

consciousness element the tongue element

the flavor element the tongue

consciousness element the body element

the tangible element the body

consciousness element mind element the

mind object element the mind

consciousness element when he knows and

sees these 18 elements a person can be

called one skilled in the elements so in

order to see you have to have a good

working eye there has to be color and

form and then eye consciousness arises

now with the meeting of these three

different things from the eye this is

called eye contact and that's one of the

links of dependent origination this

contact when that contact arises right

after that feeling arises feeling is not

emotion feeling is these

pleasant or painful or neither painful

nor pleasant right after that feeling

arises craving arises craving is that

tension and tightness that comes in your

head in your mind craving is the I like

it I don't like it mind if it's a

pleasant feeling I like it if it's a

painful feeling I don't like it if you

don't relax right then then clinging

arises clinging is all of your stories

all of your thoughts all of your

opinions and concepts about why you'd

like or dislike that that feeling that

arose clinging is where you really

strongly take things personally you know

identify with that this is me this is my

thought this is my opinion and I am

always right right after that arises

then your habitual tendency arises this

is where your emotional states arise

the strong desire to control things

arise now you just heard me say that

whatever sense door that arises it's an

impersonal process it happens because

conditions are right for it to be there

right when the eye hits color and form

that consciousness arises the meeting of

these three is called eye contact with

eye contact as condition I feeling

arises with I feeling as condition

craving arises

that's the eyes I like it I don't like

it that's the very beginning of taking

things personally which later manifests

as emotional attachments now you're made

up of five different things you have a

body you have feeling pleasant painful

neither painful nor Pleasant you have

perception that's the part of the mind

that puts a name with the fet feeling

okay it says if these are pleasant or

it's painful so feeling and perception

are always conjoined they're always

together right after that craving arises

that's where you start taking it on

personally

now

this is your brain around this brain is

a membrane called the meninges every

time you have a thought every time a

feeling arises every time a sensation

arises the brain expands a little bit

and it causes tension and tightness to

arise in your head so every time you see

this or recognize that there's tension

and tightness relax let it be so

right after perception there are

formations that arise

I call these formation mostly you're

thinking and then there's consciousness

so there's these five aggregates when a

feeling arises and it's a painful

feeling and you don't like it the

natural tendency is to try to think the

feeling away but feelings are one thing

and thoughts are something else the two

never get together and the more you

think a feeling the more you try to

control the feeling with your thoughts

the bigger and more intense that feeling

becomes until it turns it into an

emergency and you can't stand it so it's

real important for you to understand the

necessity to use the six artists you

recognize when your mind is distracted

away from your object of meditation you

release the distraction you don't get

involved in thinking about it you don't

get involved in anything except let it

be there by itself

don't keep your attention on it if you

keep your attention on it if you make it

a big deal guess who's going to have a

lot of distractions because of that

because I don't like it I don't want it

to be there

the truth is whatever arises in the

present its there if it's a painful

feeling

the truth is it's painful but what are

you supposed to do with this you will

allow it to be there by itself most

people when they have a painful feeling

they do this with their mind I don't

like it I want it to stop I want it to

go away

it's disturbing my meditation and the

tighter you squeeze around it the more

the hindrance really turns into a

problem now the truth is when the

feeling is there it's there that tight

mental fist around it as you're

identifying with it and trying to make

that feeling go away with your thoughts

and that only makes you squeezed tighter

now I say it's a painful feeling any

kind of emotional upset is a painful

feeling this meditation you will be

teaching yourself major lessons by

direct experience you'll see that as as

you go deeper how do you cause yourself

pain by trying to control the present

moment but the truth is when whatever

happens in the present moment it's there

anytime you try to fight with it anytime

you try to change it any driving anytime

you try to control it you're fighting

with the truth and as a result a lot

more suffering so when you open up and

allow that painful feeling to be there

by itself and you don't make a big deal

out of it in your mind it will take care

of itself it'll eventually fade away by

itself because you're not feeding it

with your attention so you allow it to

be there by itself you relax the

tightness caused by that you smile

return to your object of meditation stay

with your object of meditation for as

long as you can that's the six hours you

can't use the six RS as some kind of

stick to make it at stop happening

that's not the function of the six RS I

had somebody tell me today that they

relax relax relax relax relax no that

doesn't work why doesn't it work because

you're not doing the whole process that

needs to be done you have to use all the

six hours

oh but I have this tightness and I don't

like it I don't want it there who's

fighting with the tightness who doesn't

want it there who's causing themself

suffering because they're trying to

control see the whole thing comes down

to your job is simply to observe to

allow whatever arises to be there by

itself but don't keep your attention on

it smile when you smile your mind

becomes light when you relax that

tightness in your head even if it

doesn't go away right away never mind

bring back that wholesomeness of the

light mind and stay with your object of

meditation for as long as you can it

doesn't matter how many times your mind

gets distracted what matters is what you

do with it when you are distracted

why do distractions arise because in the

past you have broken precepts

every morning I ask you to take the

precepts not as some kind of right and

ritual but as a reminder that you want

to keep these precepts as closely as you

can all day and when you get off retreat

keep the precepts as closely as you can

and your mind will naturally become more

peaceful in calm now every time a

hindrance arises it is your teacher

what is it teaching you where your

attachment is when you break up up

precept you kill something you steal

something you have wrong sexual activity

you have tell lies

and curse or curse or gossip or use

speech to divide people up when you

break those precepts as soon as you do

it that little quiet mind in a little

quiet voice in your mind tells you I

shouldn't have said that I shouldn't

have done that

and that's where you start taking things

personally and that starts clouding the

way you see the world now what you're

going to be learning here is how to let

go of that how to purify your mind every

time you use the six R's you're making

your mind pure every time you let it be

and relax and smile and bring that

smiling light mine

that's pure because you've let go of the

craving back to your object of

meditation stay with your object of

meditation as long as you can the six

R's are a guideline in what to do

you don't well now I recognize that now

I'm gonna release this no you don't do

that in your mind you roll your R's

together so it's a very fast process

so it's a real interesting thing that

whenever any kind of disturbance pulls

your attention away from your object of

meditation it is because you've broken a

precept at some point you might not know

what it was that you broke it doesn't

matter what matters is what are you

going to do with that right now

you will allow it to be relaxed you

smile you come back to your object of

meditation that's how you purify your

mind

that's how there's personality

development excuse me

so every time a hindrance arises it is

showing you exactly where your

attachment is and you can let it go and

be there by yourself smile come back to

your object to meditation stay with your

object of meditation for as long as you

can your object to meditation is your

home base always go home now you can be

with your object meditation and it

doesn't really pull your attention away

when some thoughts come up if you can

stay with your object to meditation they

ignore those thoughts just ignore it

never mind

release them relax smile and come and

stay with your object to meditation so

when when you're you have distracting

thoughts arise but you're still staying

with your object of meditation they

ignore those thoughts this is doing it

to me again so it's important that you

understand the only time you need the

six hours is when your mind is

distracted away from your object of

meditation when you're caught thinking

about this or that I've had some

students they've even been some advanced

students and they tell me well I had

this hindrance come up and I released it

and I relaxed and I released and I

relaxed and I released and I relaxed and

it didn't work well of course not you're

only using half the formula you have to

smile you have to bring that smiling

pure mind back to your object of

meditation if you're just relax relax

relax or release relax release relax

there's somebody that doesn't like what

arose in their mind and they're trying

to control it

so when you follow these directions

closely as you smile more your

mindfulness gets better and I mean all

the time I don't care if you're taking a

shower you're doing a job around here

whatever you're doing smile if you

follow that simple direction your

progress will be very fast smile into

everything don't take things personally

when you're walking stay with your

object of meditation and smile

don't walk slowly walk at a normal pace

some people I even have them walking

quickly because they if you sit for a

long period of time the blood settles

and you need to get it moving again but

stay with your object of meditation but

venerable sir might there be another way

in which a person can be called skilled

in the elements yes there is an under

there are these six elements the earth

element water element fire element air

element space element and consciousness

element when he knows and sees these six

elements a person can be called skilled

in the elements the water element is

very it's an easy simile to show you

what I'm talking about when water is

running in a stream and it hits a rock

does it try to move that rock out of the

way or does it just go around it that's

what you do with all distractions just

let it be there by itself relax

smile

back to your object of meditation so

treat everything like the water runs

into a rocket runs into a tree does it

get upset because that tree or rock is

there no I've just accept that it's

there and let your mind let it be by

itself don't try to control it but then

árbol sir might there be another way in

which a monk can be called skilled in

the elements yes there is the six

elements the pleasure element the pain

element the joy element the grief

element the equanimity element and the

ignorance element when he knows these

six elements a monk can be skipper s'en

can be skilled in the elements okay

this is talking about having accepting

mine no matter what element arises the

ignorance element is not understanding

how the Four Noble Truths actually work

there is suffering there is a cause of

suffering there is a cessation of

suffering and the way leading to the

cessation being able to see this not

intellectual lies about it not analyze

it see it as it actually is will lead

you to a very quiet peaceful mind but

sir might there be another way in which

a monk can be called skilled in the

elements yes Ananda there are these six

elements the sense desire element the

renunciation element renunciation air

means letting go of craving letting go

of that tension and tightness in your

head in your mind the ill-will element

the non ill-will element the cruelty

element and the non cruelty element so

this is talking about lust renunciation

letting it be relaxing not getting

involved in it

the ill-will element I don't like it I

don't want it to be there what's the non

ill-will element loving-kindness

the cruelty element the non cruelty

element what is the cruelty of a non

cruelty element compassion

loving-kindness and compassion are very

close together but they're not exactly

the same when you do this meditation

like I'm showing you as you progress

further you'll be able to see that

directly for yourself when he knows and

sees these six elements among can be

called a person can be called skilled in

the elements but venerable sir he really

has a lot of the same questions might

there be another way in which a person

can be called skilled in the elements

yes Ananda there are these three

elements the sense fear element the fine

material element a fine material element

means getting into a jhana now there's a

lot of misunderstanding about that kind

of word jhana

it's a Pauline word and almost everybody

translates it as concentration but it's

not it is a stage or level of your

understanding the first jhana you have a

certain kind of understanding you get to

the second jhana it's a different kind

of understanding because your experience

is different and it goes all the way to

the fourth jhana

these are called the material L fine

material element and then there's the in

material element that means infinite

space infinite consciousness nothing

neither perception nor non-perception

these states are only experienced

through mind when you get into these

states you don't have a body anymore

you're in a fine a super fine material

or immaterial realm whereas just mental

when he knows and sees these three

elements among can be called skilled in

the elements but venerable sir might

there be another way in which a person

can be called skilled in the elements

there might be there are these two

elements the conditioned element that

means everything that's in the world and

the unconditioned element the

unconditioned element is nirvana

there's no conditions there so you have

trouble talking about it because you

only talk in concepts you only talk in

condition things it's something that has

to be experienced by yourself

when he knows and sees these two

elements a person can be called skilled

in the elements but venerable sir and

what way can a person be called skilled

in the basis there are Ananda six

internal and external basis now we

already talked about that here that's

the eye and color and form color and

form is the external base the eye is the

internal base and it's the same with the

ear the nose whatever that is the eye

and forms the ear and sounds the nose

and odors the tongue and flavors the

body and tangibles mind and mind objects

when he knows and sees these internal

and external bases

a person can be called skilled in the

basis but venerable sir and what way can

a person be called skilled in dependent

origination here when this exists that

comes to be with the arising of this

that arises so you have color and form

in the eye consciousness they make

contact

then there's feeling Pleasant painful

neither painful or Pleasant

then there's craving now each one of

these things they won't arise if

conditions aren't arise right for them

to

right so as soon as feeling starts to

come up and you recognize that feeling

as there and you relax you use the six

hours right at that moment then craving

wanna rise and if craving authorized

clinging won't arise if clinging on

arise a bit redundant see won't arise if

a bitch'll tendency doesn't arise a

birth of action doesn't arise if birth

of action doesn't arise there is no

sorrow lamentation pain grief or despair

arising so you get to see how incredibly

important it is to use the sex ours

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when this does not exist if you let go

of that craving or that that feeling

then craving won't arise how your mind

is pure and when you let go of that

there's no more clinging no more

opinions no more ideas now you're

starting to see how this process

actually does work without taking it

personally everything in this world is

actually part of an impersonal process

but because we've been raised to think

that everything is me it's mine it's all

I am and we're not taught to keep the

precepts so closely so we break up and

then we get caught up in emotional

upsets and and arguments and and all

kinds of problems and all kinds of

suffering

when you start going from one jhana to

the next which you will if you follow

the directions the way that I give them

and these aren't my directions by the

way they are the Buddha's if you follow

these directions closely you will

progress very quickly and to be quite

honest I'm used to people going very

quickly in the meditation I'm used to it

if you don't follow the directions then

your progress is going to slow down and

I get grumpy so please listen closely to

what I've been talking about with the

cessation of this that ceases so with

the cessation of craving cream clinging

ceases with the cessation of that

habitual tendency cease and the

meditation starts to get to be real fun

I've done a lot of meditation sometimes

people come and they think that there

were I don't really know what I'm doing

with the meditation I've done a lot I've

done roughly twelve three-month retreats

I did an eight month retreat I did it

two year retreat and I've done a lot of

one month retreats I really do

understand how mind works

when I started going to the suitors and

examining what the suitors were talking

about it changed the way I did the

meditation because I was just a dumb

American I followed the instructions of

whoever was teaching the meditation and

I wound up suffering a lot for the first

20 years of my practice the last 22 or

23 years have been a lot more fun

and what I found out is if you don't

have this relaxed step then what happens

is your with your object of meditation

it gets distracted you're supposed to

let that be and immediately come back to

your object to meditation that's what I

was basically taught or I was taught

there is something as is a distraction

then I note that distraction until it

goes away and then come back to my

object to meditation both of those

methods are bringing the craving back to

your object of meditation so it leads

you off of the path of the Buddha's

teaching

with what I'm showing you now your mind

is on your object of meditation that's

the same you get distracted that's the

same but you use the six hours and you

relax

and smile and come back to the object of

meditation now what happens in your mind

when you smile or when you relax your

mind becomes clearer your mind becomes

bright you don't have any distractions

in your mind and you bring that mind to

something wholesome smile come back to

your object of meditation your mind is

pure at that time because you've let go

of craving the other kinds of meditation

they don't tell you about craving so you

don't even notice that you have it as a

result there's no real personality

change when you start letting go of the

craving when you let it be and relax

your mind starts to lose more and more

old habitual

ways that cause suffering you start

losing that right now your roller

coaster mine is going I like this I

don't like that

because I don't like that and when you

do that for a whole day go home and

you're exhausted you need to get a lot

of sleep but as you learn this as you

learn to relax that tension and

tightness in your head you still have

some highs and some lows but they're not

so so radical and you catch them more

quickly you see that you're causing

yourself pain you take responsibility

for causing yourself pain and you let go

of that and you start developing more

and more equanimity in your mind so

stuff can happen but you don't get so

excited with it anymore so it's a real

interesting thing that other people

around you when you go home you're gonna

they're gonna start saying you're

different you have more balance in your

mind now I want some of that

so it's a real interesting thing that

you understand that this is a process

that will lead to your happiness and

well-being for a long time there's a lot

of benefit in practicing this Oh

okay when it does not exist that does

not come to be with the cessation of it

that ceases that is with ignorance as

conditions formations come to be with

formations as condition consciousness

comes to be with consciousness as

condition mentality materiality comes to

be with mentality materiality as

condition the six fold vase comes to be

with the six fold basis condition

contact comes to be with contact as

condition feeling comes to be with

feeling as rendition craving comes to be

with craving as condition clinging comes

to be with clinging as condition

habitual tendency comes to be with a

virtual tendency as condition birth of

action comes to be with birth of action

as condition sorrow lamentation pain

grief and despair comes to be such as

the origin of this whole mass of

suffering this is why it's called

dependent origination because this comes

up then that's that's the condition for

the next link to come up but with the

remainder less and fading away cessation

of ignorance comes cessation of

formations with the cessation of

formation cessation of consciousness

with the cessation of consciousness

cessation of mentality materiality with

the cessation of mentality materiality

cessation of the six fold base with the

cessation of the six fold based

cessation of contact with the cessation

of contact cessation of feeling with the

cessation of a feeling cessation of

craving with the cessation of craving

cessation of clinging with the cessation

of clinging cessation of habitual

tendency with the cessation of habitual

tendency cessation of birth with the

cessation of birth sorrow lamentation

pain grief and despair cease such as the

cessation of this old mass of suffering

in this way and a person can be called

skilled in dependent origination you'll

be able to see all of these and you're

going to hear a lot more and the Dhamma

talks about these but venerable sir and

what weight can a person be called

skilled in what is possible and what is

impossible here Ananda monk understands

it is impossible it cannot happen that a

person possessing right view could treat

any formation as permanent there's no

such a possibility

everything is a seder chain it's in the

state of flux I tell you I want you to

sit without moving your body can you do

that no because your Bloods moving

molecules are moving around your atoms

and electrons and protons and all the

Cork's and all of that kind of stuff is

moving the earth is moving nothing is

permanent everything is in a state of

change and everything is part of an

impersonal process it's not you it's not

yours it just is the way it works and he

understands it is possible that an

ordinary person might treat some

formation as permanent there is such a

possibility understands it is impossible

it cannot be it cannot happen that a

person possessing right you could treat

any formation as plausible there is no

such personality he understands it is

possible for an ordinary person might

treat some formation as pleasurable

there's there is such a possibility he

understands it is impossible that cannot

happen that a person possessing right

you could treat anything as theirs

personally

there is no such a possibility person

with right view sees things as they

actually are they're arising and passing

away continually and that happens while

you're in each of the dramas and he

understands it is possible that an

ordinary person might treat something as

theirs personally there is such a

possibility but they're not seeing

things as they truly are they're taking

everything as being me mind this is who

I am and the truth is that is just an

arising and passing away of phenomena

it's all impersonal he understands it is

impossible that cannot happen that I

preserve a person possessing right view

that could deprive his mother of life

there is no such possibility this is

keeping your precepts without killing or

harming living beings and he understands

it is possible that an ordinary person

might deprive his mother of life there

is such a possibility if they don't

truly understand the way these things

work you would never even consider

harming your mother or father

or relatives or any other person you

just wouldn't consider it it is

impossible it cannot happen that a

person possessing right view could

deprive his father of life or an arhat

of life there is no such possibility and

he understands it's him it is possible

an ordinary person might deprive his

father or in our heart of life there is

such a possibility it can happen but

they really suffered for it for long

long periods of time he understands it

is impossible it cannot happen that a

person possessing right view could have

a mind of hate shed to toccatas blood

there is no such possibility and he

understands it is possible for an

ordinary person with a mind of hate it

is possible they could shed the target

is blood there is such a possibility he

understands it is impossible it cannot

happen that a person possessing right

view that means keeping your precepts

without breaking them

can cause a schism in the Sangha could

acknowledge another teacher now that's

hard to do when you are your own teacher

you don't need to acknowledge other

people there's I just got through

watching a thing on YouTube about

Rajneesh and they all know he is my

teacher and I have to be around him and

I put him above anything that I want to

do know that that is wrong and in India

and in Tibetan Buddhism you've got to

follow the Guru

they are your teacher no you are your

own teacher you can follow advice if it

helps your mind to be more peaceful in

calm he understands it is possible that

an ordinary person might cause a schism

in the Sangha or might acknowledge

another teacher there is a possibility

that's our people with weak minds that

they want to give all their power away

to the teacher a true teacher isn't just

going to truly show you how you use your

own power I can't give you any power I

can help you to understand how to use it

but you're not getting it for me you're

getting it from yourself he understands

it is impossible that cannot happen that

to accomplished one's fully awakened

ones could arise at the same time in one

world system there's no such a

possibility Buddha and Buddha's only

appear every now and then sometimes

there's a long period of time between

the this Buddha and the next there's a

false belief out there that oh this

Maitreya Buddha he's he can appear right

now no he can't

Maitreya cannot appear right now it's an

impossibility because this is a Buddha

era where the Gautama Buddha has still

has the dispensation still have the

teachings of the Buddha they don't ever

overlap and he understands it is

possible that one accomplished one fully

awakened might arise in one world system

there is such a possibility he

understands it is impossible it cannot

happen that two will returning monarch's

can arise together in one world system

the will turning monarch is somebody

that they stay a layman but

they turn out to be a world though in

their world wherever that world happens

to be they are the ruler

this this is one of the things that gets

a lot of women upset he understands it

is impossible it cannot happen that a

woman could be a wheel-turning monarch

or a fully awakened being why is that

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it's much easier to be a man than it is

a woman women have their own aches and

pains they have their own that they just

have it out body that does not tend to

being healthy all the time that's and

that's as far as I'm going with that I'm

not going anymore it's just easier being

a man than it is a woman and you know

that it's true when you're when you're

growing up and it's time for the

bleeding to start men don't have those

kind of problems they don't have those

emotional times when their body really

hurts men don't have that problem and he

understands it is possible well there is

I'm not going to be that he understands

it's impossible cannot happen that a

wished for desired agreeable result

could be produced from bodily misconduct

from verbal misconduct or from mental

misconduct it just you don't get what

you're after when you break the precepts

there's a saying in Buddhism that when

you take care of dama dama takes care of

you and it's really true you keep your

precepts don't break them for any reason

at all and after a few years there's a

necessity for something that would be

nice to have around it would be some

kind of tool that you need it will

manifest itself

I mean I'm a mom I'm poor but how can I

build this how can I build all of these

different cabins inside I don't have any

money but people think well enough of

the Buddha's teaching and keeping

precepts as closely as I can these

things just start to manifest by

themselves don't have to think about

money isn't that sweet don't have to get

involved with it it is possible that an

unwish fort undesired disagreeable

result can be produced from bodily

misconduct verbal misconduct and mental

misconduct there is that possibility so

be careful and keep your precepts he

understands it is impossible it cannot

happen that a nun wished for undesired

disagreeable result can be produced from

good bodily conduct from good verbal

conduct from good mental contact there

is no way that bad stuff is going to

happen for you keeping your precepts is

a kind of protection you will know what

to do at the right time when you get in

a stressful situation you don't know

what to do how to help without having to

think about it you'll just see the

situation you know that how to fix it

okay then you fix it right then but

people would get overexcited they don't

know what to do I was a probably as high

as a pinnacle of this roof and I slipped

and fell off the roof and I made the

mistake and I was really dull then I put

my hand down to catch myself and I broke

my wrist one of the people that I that

was working for me at the time he was

short lived he didn't work there very

long he came running up to me and he

said are you hurt and I said yeah I

think I broke my wrist

so you know what he did he took my hand

and did this and I told him in no

uncertain terms that he better move away

but I did break my wrist but it could

have killed me and I didn't I could have

landed on my head that would have done

it right there I was it was a long ways

up

okay it is possible that a wish for

desire

wished for desired agreeable result

might be produced from good bodily

conduct good verbal conduct a good

mental conduct there is such a

possibility he understands it is

impossible that cannot happen that a

person in engaging in bodily misconduct

engaging in verbal misconduct and vegan

engaging and mental misconduct good on

account of that for that reason on the

dissolution after body after death

reappear in a happy destination there's

no such a possibility and he understands

it is possible that a person engaging in

bodily misconduct engaging in verbal

misconduct engaging in mental misconduct

on that account for that reason on the

dissolution of a body after death reap

reappear in a state of deprivation in an

unhappy destination even in hell there

is such a possibility he understands

it's impossible that cannot happen that

a person engaging in good bodily conduct

engaging in good verbal conduct engaging

in good mental conduct would be on

account of that for that reason on the

dissolution of the body after death

reappear in a state of deprivation so

what does that tell you keep your

precepts don't break them

practice your generosity the thing

that's real interesting about generosity

is almost everybody thinks that

generosity has to be with money and it

doesn't and you smile can you give your

smile to someone else can you have happy

thoughts and which other people

happiness that's practicing your

generosity and he understands it is

possible for a person engaging in good

bodily conduct verbal conduct and mental

contact on that account for that reason

on the dissolution of the body after

death reappear in a happy destination

even in a heavenly world in this way and

a person can be called skilled in what

is possible and what is impossible when

this was said the venerable Ananda said

to the Blessed One it is wonderful

venerable sir it is marvellous what is

the name of the this discourse on the

Dhamma you may remember this discourse

on the Dhamma and on

as the many kinds of elements and as the

four cycles and as the mirror of the

Dhamma and as the drum of the deathless

as the supreme victory in battle that is

what the Blessed One said the venerable

Ananda was satisfied and delighted in

the Blessed ones words so this gives you

an idea more what you're doing and the

importance of keeping the precepts and

not taking whatever arises as being

yours personally I'm afraid I'm mad i

won who who wants it I do who's taking

it personally and being unhappy because

it doesn't happen the way they wanted to

I do who's causing themself pain I am

you can't blame anything else you can't

blame any other situation sometimes

people will come and they'll oh they

give me all kinds of excuses I don't buy

excuses

there's some forbidden words that I

don't let people use yes but that's just

an another way of saying I'm taking not

taking responsibility for myself I have

an idea of the way I want it to be and I

don't get it and I'm not happy but it

hurts

okay so there's pain sometimes sometimes

there's pleasure pain and pleasure same

coin different sides you have to allow

it to be use the six hours relaxed smile

come back to your object of meditation

okay I've been talking for a long time

okay me suffering ones be suffering free

and the fear struck fearless be me the

grieving [ __ ] all grief and may all

beings find relief all being fear this

merit that we've thus acquired for the

acquisition of all kinds of happiness

may beings inhabiting space and earth

divas and not as a mighty power share

the spirit of ours and they'll protect

the Buddha's dispensation that is a hot

you

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