From: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BkBlrSdoGgk

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

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me

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foreign

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dear

friends today july

5th

20th 22nd

at dhamasuka meditation center

i would like to

deliver dhamma talk

the man from

52

sutra number 52

attaga

so that meant he was living in the place

the name of that taganagara

so i'm going to read the suitors

in this sutta you will see all the

journals

first jhana second jannah third journal

or journal so i am going to explain all

of this

so let me read the sutra first and then

i will give you some

comments thus have i heard on one

occasion the venerable ananda was

leaving at

viluva

gamaka near visali

so thus if i

heard in the sutra

you will see most of the suta does say

by her does every heart who said that

this one said by the ananda

so

when the buddha passed away after three

months the first buddhist council health

in india

so

mahakasab was the senior monk

so during at that time

among

whose name is

he he actually when he got the old

he got the higher ordinations

and when the buddha saw

something wrong

and he gave one discipline rule

and he saw another one he get another

discipline rule

and here's another one another

discipline rule so that's why monks have

227 rules now

all the buddhist monk

so when you get the high ordination

you must know 227 rule

before getting the high ordination

so

one

the guy who got

who became the old and he got the high

ordinations and buddha said okay don't

do that don't do this

so when buddha passed away

the monks who didn't get the

attainment

there was they were crying

they said our great teacher

bante is leaving us

so we didn't get the attention yet

so that time the guy the monks

who was old he said

why are you crying

because the buddha is

going to pass away this is the great

news for us

so we are now we have the freedom

so whatever

we want to do we can do it

then mahaka sapa

when he heard that word

he said no no no

we have to purify the discipline rule of

the buddha

and then

after three months

he called the buddhist council first

buddhist council

in india and mohammed said in this first

buddhist council

the 500

arahant will be present

all of them are

and ananda must be present there

and upali also

upali was the arahant that time but

ananda didn't

he got the sutapanna

stream mantra

so

as the mahaka shiva said

ananda must be present

tomorrow will be the first buddhist

council

and ananda was thinking what should i do

i am not

so he was thinking okay i have to

practice meditation today

so whole day he was practicing

practicing practicing meditation

and then whole night

so early morning he was thinking i am so

tired now

whole day whole night

still i couldn't attain

aram

the highest beast

so

very mindfully

he's he's going to sleep

just lying down slowly with just a

little bit touch with the pillow then he

got the attention he became around

so

everybody present in the first buddhist

council only one seat empty

for ananda

so we were waiting for him

he was thinking okay

well how can i show

that i became

now

so that

he went there and

he said that chair and everybody

had to say

everybody says sadhu that means well

done well done well done

then in that first buddhist council

ananda said because ananda

memorized all the dhamma

wherever buddha went for giving dhamma

talk so he went with him

and ananda said

bhante

i can be your attendants

but i have some condition

so what condition

do you have

so wherever you'll go you have to take

me

because i have to listen your dharma

talk

and if i don't go there

after coming back

at the temple

you have to preach

again to me

then i can be your attendance otherwise

no he said well

no problem

i'll do that

so that's why all the dhammas

ananda could memorize

in the first buddhist council he said

thus have i heard

so he heard from the buddha

in the first book this way you'll see

all the sutras at the beginning thus

have i heard that's hip i heard

okay

so i heard on one occasion the venerable

ananda was living at veluva

gamaka near visali

now at that occasion the householder

dasama of atakanagara

had arrived at

pataliputa for some business or

other

then he went to a certain monk

in a kukuta's park and after paying

homage to him he sat down to one side

and asked him so he is a householder

dasama

of ataka nagara he's the person

so who was very religious

he would like to know

the teaching of the buddha so he went to

one monks

and he is asking where is banara

bhananda where is penelope

so that one said

you see where is the banner banana leave

now venerable sir i wish to see the

venerable ananda the banarabananda is

living at veluva gamaka near visali

householder

when the householder dasama has

completed his business at pataliputta he

went to the venerable ananda and

valuable gamaka near visali

after paying homage to him he sat down

at one side

and asked him so now he is going to ask

the teaching of the buddha

he will ask the few questions

then banaraba ananda is going to answer

venerable ananda

has any one things been proclaimed by

the blessed one

who knows and sees

accompanied and fully enlightened

wherein if a monk

averts diligent

ardent

and resolute

his unliberated mind

comes to be liberated

his understood things

come to be destroyed

and he attains the supreme security from

bondage

that he had not attained before so this

is

atakanagara

dasamata nagar asks these questions

now venerable anand is going to answer

yes venerable yes householder

one such things has been proclaimed by

the blessed one

what is that one thing's vulnerable

so now he's going to explain janas

all the genres

so before explaining the journal

i would like to

say what is the meaning of the jhana

we have to understand the meaning first

the jana means

the stage of meditation

or level of understanding so i use the

stage of meditation because this is very

clear to me you know

so stage of meditation

so there are four kinds of journals

first jhana second jhana third jana and

fourth jana

so venerable anand is now going to

explain the first jhana

so when i teach to the meditators at the

beginning

i teach

the sixers

and then five hindrances so i want one

all of them

to know five hindrances what are the

five indices

so number one

sensual desire

number two

aversion

number three

sleepiness and dullness

you you can see that magimanic slot and

topper but i use sleepiness and dullness

and number four

restlessness and anxiety

and number five doubt

so these five hindrances you must

memorize

you must keep in your mind

this is the first things and the second

thing you have to know

the sixers what we use usually it's

called right effort

but i always say harmonious practice

because we are harmony with us

i am the practitioner so i am the

harmonious with me

so these two things you have to know one

is the five hindrances

another one is the

harmonious practice or

sixers right foot

here householder

quite secluded from sensible pleasure

secular flame on wholesome states

among enters upon and awards in the

first jhana

which is accompanied by thinking and

examining thought

with joy

and happiness born of seclusion

so here you see the five factors

we call him poly

thinking thought

examining thought

the joy

pity

happiness

sukha

and unification of my

mind we call akagata

so these five factors

when arise in your mind

the five hindrances

absent

not right in your mind

so you'll think that you attain first

jana

so i repeat again

thinking thought

examining thought

joy

happiness

and unification of mind

when these five factors arise in your

mind

five hindrances

never rise

sensual desire aversion sleepiness and

dullness

restlessness anxiety doubt

never arise

so you attain first jana

you no need to go to

nelson

okay

my teacher

did i didn't first journal

can you tell me

no need to work

you will know yourself because in this

suit is very clear

you'll understand yourself

so

means

wholesome

so means wholesome so that's why i use

the polytraumas

thinking thought savichara

examining third

joy pretty

happiness

sukha

and unification of mind

so most of the meditator asks me

what is the difference between joy and

happiness

sometimes very confused you know

so when i was teaching in brooklyn in

other

places you know they asked me this that

questions so joy means excited you feel

so

excited delighting

when you practice

you feel that

and happiness means you feel so

comfortable

light

you know when you practice one hour two

hours three hours sometimes you'll feel

that oh

my mind and whole body looks so

wonderful

so good

i've never experienced that feeling

before

this is sukkah

okay

so he

consider this and understand understand

it does

the first jhana

is conditioned and intentionally

produced

but whatever this condition and

intentionally produce is impermanent

subject to cessation

so this is the first jana

if he is steady in that

he attain the distractions

of the things

so this sentence is very important

so when you attend the first jana

if he is steady in that

you have potential to attain ibana

in the first journal

so india suta is very clearly mentioned

that

right but

if it doesn't attain the destruction of

the thing

because of their desire

for the dhamma

that delight in the dhamma that means if

you have little bit craving in your mind

you'll

attain anagami

the non-eternal

particular you will not attain arahant

that's is in this suture set

then with the distractions of the five

lower faders

he becomes one to the reappear as

spontaneously in the

pure abodes

so pure abuse means

the one of the realm in the brahma world

it's called sudawasa

so when you become anagami

attend once returner

when you passed away you'll reborn in

the sudda vasa realm it's called pure

abuse

so that place

that realm

you'll attend nibana

you'll never come back in human world in

heaven

so from there you'll go to nirvana

you will attend nibbana so what is the

meaning of the nibbana

knee

plus

near plus or now we call in the sanskrit

there's no very well sasuke i don't know

what else

i know pali and

i didn't study sanskrit actually

so

in pali we call nirvana

in sanskrit

craving

or fire

no fire at all in your mind

no craving

in your mind so when you attain

our hardship the highest peace

no great

no hatred

no delusion in your mind

so you are you feel happiness peace all

the time

so according to the scripture

buddhist scripture

there are two kinds of nirvana

one is

a s

means when you become arahant in this

very life

especially delay people

when you become arahant

you have to get the high ordination

within seven days

why

because this

rope

this is called the arahat

the flake of the raham

this is very powerful

you know

so when you get

when you attain the arahantship in this

as a human as a layperson

within seven days

if you don't

get the high ordination

you'll pass away

because the arahata

qualities is very very strong

so if you get the

higher

ordination

then you will find

so that moment

if we so happiness so peace

that one is called sauvadhi says nibana

you'll feel that you'll enjoy the

southeastern ibn you're still alive

when you passed away

then you'll feel another happiness

another peace that one is called anub

after passing away

right so you got an the meaning of the

nibbana and two against the nibiru this

is according to the scripture

according to the buddhist scripture

so

when you get

anagami

two things will destroy completely from

your mind

one is the greed

another one is the

hatred

aversion

no hatred at all

no greed at all in your mind

just little bit craving because

here in this suta said

because of that desire for the dhamma

that delight in the dhamma

then the distractions of the five lower

failures

he becomes one due to reappear

spontaneously

in the pure abodes and there attain

final nibbana

without ever returning from that world

he'll never return from there

so he or she attained ibana that place

suddawasa

in the brahma world

this is one thing is proclaimed by the

blessed one

who knows and sees completive and fully

enlightened

wherein if a man aborts diligent

ardent and resolute his unliberated mind

comes to be liberated

his understood things come to be

destroyed and he attained the supreme

security from bondage that he had not

attained before

he had not experienced before

so this is the the first jana

right

so it's become very clear right first

anna

now he is going to explain venerable

anand about the second jana

again with this stealing of thinking and

examining thought

a man

enters her opponent awards in the second

jhana

which

has self-confidence

and stillness of mind

with a thinking and examining thought

would joy happiness burn of

collectedness

so when you attend the second journal

thinking and examining thought

stop arising

and examining thought will not arise

anymore

so how many characteristics will arise

three

joy

happiness

and unification of mine

so even that time

five hindrances will not arise

if five indians arise

you drop from the second jhana or you

drop from the first journal so what do

you have to do

you have to use the

sixers

recognize it

release it

relax

tension and tightness in your head and

in the whole body and mind

the buddha

explained in the sati patana sutta is

called suta number 10 from ajime nakiya

the full foundation of mindfulness

when i saw this one

they relax

you see

so relax in pali called pasambaya

so pasambaya you'll you'll see the

majimene case with the number 10

translation tranquilize

so what does meantime call this tan

quality relax

i practice 14 years in

burma and thailand i never heard this

word

you know

i never heard

just

i

practiced the mahasi center and other

places

they said okay well sit down

close your eyes

and

when

you feel that pain arise you are very

lucky

you are very fortunate

just you focus pain pain pain pain pain

pain until pain disappear

but they never go away

it's become strong you know stronger

and

i could sit only one hour

and nobody said okay please sit on the

chair nobody said that

everybody have to sit on the floor

so i cannot see more than one hour

because my knees become very very strong

pain

you know

so when i came here after 14 years i was

searching a good teacher listening the

dhamma talk from the youtube

my

first time

uh then searching listening to dhamma

talk from the different teachers

and

i heard from the

talk then i wake up

wow what he's talking about

and i was thinking that he's reading

just a sudda

this is not a namata

and first time second and third time

when i listened and he gave the

beautiful comment

very good comment

then i contact with david david i want

to come

[Laughter]

okay

he said okay let me talk with devante

see

then he talked with bantay want to allow

me and i came here

and i became very friendly so i am the

one i'm the person who

we smile all the time that's why you see

my picture is there

you see

so one guy came from chicago he said

ponte

i never see the monks always happy like

you

you know

so here

a smiling is the most important

when i came here i asked the bante

many times

why are you talking about a smiling

smile buddha never said to a smile

but he said

buddha said

bring up the whole some thought

bring up the whole sum that how

when you smile

you feel in your mind

your mind is so

pure clear

and light

so that way you understand this smiling

is really work

some

students

you know say that

when i practice loving kindness

meditations i cannot bring it

when i came here and i i said that place

the corner

the chair one sitting four hours

never moved

and then another guy he came from hong

kong he was there

i still remember

and he saw me wow

that mother never moved he slipped only

four hours

the another bikini came from australia

australia

and

they were talking

and then i

break up my meditation what are you

doing here

i am practicing meditation

so you should go out and talk

she said no one

he cannot practice meditation

what happened

he said he cannot bring up the loving

kindness

is very difficult for him

well

you should go to the bante

he'll teach you

he said

he give me the forgiveness meditation

even forgiveness meditation i cannot

improve

i decided to leave

i'll go back tomorrow

he said hey calm down calm down

can you tell me how do you practice

forgiveness meditation

he said you know when i close my eyes i

remember my ex-wife

and then how i am fighting with her

[Laughter]

this is not the way to

this is not the way to practice the

forgiveness meditation

okay

let me teach you

so we went to the

dining hall

took the tea everyone

and i told him okay

when

he was

a very good friend

with your girlfriend

so you went to the restaurant

you took the food together or you went

somewhere

so try to bring out the happy feeling

your girlfriend

smiled with you

she was very friendly with you

bring up that feeling

to your mind and forgive her

my

friend my ex-girlfriend be happy

i forgive you

you forgive me

just do it that way

i forgive myself

you forgive me i forgive you

you forgive me so

do

continuously

within 10 minutes

his meditation

developed very quickly

and

i went to the restroom

and he came immediately

he said

i got it i got it

what happened

he said

what you taught me

is really work now

then he didn't live

he continue to practice 10 days i think

he came back 10 days or 12 days or maybe

15 days

he finished his retreat

and i told him well this is the good

sign go to the bante

tomorrow he'll change your meditation

he'll give the loving kindness

and then he went for interview for

month and then the change his

meditations so this is the practical

things that happen in at the center

right

so when you attain the second jhana

you'll have the self-confidence

this meditation really work

so i should not leave

know that that guy didn't leave

he was so upset now i came from hong

kong i want to leave tomorrow i'll go to

the debate david i want to leave

she was so angry

please calm down come out

i i call him and then go outside and

explain him

so that's why sometimes you have to be

very patient if you

you when you practice meditation here

so everything go away about your family

every job other things just let it go

just

you came in for for 10 days retreat

just do it

i always thought that because i stayed

here about four months continuously

at the center

before

rainy retreat

i was thinking that okay

i came from far away

two hours flight

two hours drive

and then i arrived here so i have to

practice meditation

so that time i didn't establish

meditation center in new york

so i'm going to give the my

my card to all of you after my talk

so that you can visit my center

in new york so that time i was free i

was staying at the cambodian temple in

bronze

so what you have to do

you

have to know five hindrances very

clearly and then six years very clearly

keep in your mind

when

five hindrances anyone arise use the

harmonious practice

aversion sleep

sensual desire rise

is the harmonious practice the six hours

and aversion arise is the six hours

and then sleepiness dullness arise is

the

sixers there

and then restlessness and anxiety of

rice

is the sixers

doubt rise is the sixers without what

does mean doubt

what

our teacher dalson is teaching here

is not the right things

what the buddha said

this is not the right things it doesn't

work

so if any doubt

what the

karma karma

you don't believe that some people don't

they don't believe

in this country most of the people

no religion

you know

but they want to practice meditation

they want to get the inner peace

so that's why when the people come

you see in this center

some people have other religions in some

most of them no no no buddhist

even my center many people come

they have another religion so i told

them you human being i'm also a human

being

so you practice this meditation try to

experience

you need to

think okay this is buddhist meditation

this is christian meditation this is

other meditation no

don't think that way

think we are human being

that's why buddha said

ahi pasiku

come and see

he welcome everyone

everyone can come and see my teaching my

dhamma

and

please

try to understand

when you understand it practice it

after practicing when you get the truth

experiences within yourself

then

you can continue

you can continuously practice so when

you attend the second jana you'll have

the self-confidence

okay this meditation is real work i have

to continue i have to practice it

so

thinking and examining thought stop

rising

only joy

happiness and unification of mind arise

three characteristic in your mind

sensual and the five hindrances

don't rise

then you attend second jana

right

if

he consider this and understand it does

the second jhana is conditioned

and intentionally produced

the second jana is conditioned and

intentionally produced but whatever is

conditioned and intentionally produced

is impermanent subject to

cessation everything is impermanent

whatever rising

and disappearing

rising

and disappearing

rising and

cease you know

so

if you think okay

my mind should be here

don't move

your mind never listen to you

there is no control

you cannot control it

it's automatically arising but you have

to know

okay

you have just watch it

and you have to understand

and

how is passing away so when you know

that

everything is impermanent so i am going

to explain the later on here

if he is steady in that

he attains the distractions of the tin

that means when you attend the second

jana

if you study in that position in that

jhana

you have potential to attain nibbana

there

okay

but if he does not attain the

destruction of the thing

because of that desire for the dhamma

that

delight in the dhamma

then the distractions of the five lower

fighters

he becomes one due to reappear

spontaneously in the pyramids and they

attain final nibbana without ever

returning from that world

that means

if you donate 10

nibbana there so you will become anagami

non-returner

so again

when you passed away you reborn

suddawasa

the pure abodes

and there you latin nibana

these two is one thing proclaimed by the

blessed one

who knows and sees accomplished and

fully enlightened

when if a man avoids diligent urgent

resolute

his unliberated mind becomes to be

liberated

he is

the

undestrains come to be destroyed

and he attains the supreme security from

bondage that he had not attained before

so this is the second jana

the second and also very clear so when

you attend fourth jana and you continue

doing

continue practicing then you will see

that thinking and examining thought not

arising joy happiness and unification

money rise you know yourself this is the

characteristic of the second jana

so

you'll understand yourself i attend the

second jana now

so that time please don't announce to

anyone

only you can share to the teacher

see if you share hey

i got now second jana

i am so happy now

so you're proud too much

maybe you cannot if you do that

to

others who never practice meditation

who never have experiences about the

second jana they will understand what

he's talking about i don't know he said

he ate in second channel

so that way

you will not be able to

progress your meditation

the pride arise in your mind

this is the pride is the one of the

hindrances

it's not good things

so what do you have to do

that time you have to use again the

sixers

so the six hours

or a harmonious practice

you have to use

again and again again and again again

and again

until you attend arahant

when you become arahant the highest

peace

your job finish you need to do any more

no need to use the sixers

okay so you got the second jhana now we

are

going to talk about the third journal

again with the fading away of joy among

a words in

equanimity mindful and fully aware still

feeling happiness

with the body he enters upon and abide

it in the third journal

on account of which noble ones announce

when you attend the

third journal

joy stop rising

joy will not rise

so you have two characteristics that

time one is the happiness

and another one is the

unification of mind

so that time also hindrances will not

arise

only happiness

and unification of mind

then you know okay

i am in the third journal right now

right

he has a pleasant abiding who has the

equanimity

and is mindful

so your

mindful will be more sharper than before

you know more clear than before

he considered this and understand it

does

the third jana

is conditioned and intentionally

produced

but whatever his condition intentionally

produces is impermanent

subject to cessation

is everything it's impermanence

it's passing away

i cannot control any things there is no

control

if you can control you can

attain the nirvana within short time oh

i can control i

might

never listen to you

mine is

like monkey

you see

it's around everywhere

you see

some

some of uh some people told me

you know when i practice meditation

my mind go everywhere

i cannot control

what should i do

so here one things we have to know that

when we practice meditation hindrances

arise again and again again and again

again and again why

but some people when they close their

eyes

and within five minutes ten minutes

they can

develop their meditation very very well

so some people cannot even fight

a few seconds

they cannot

control their mind

they cannot

focus in their meditation hindrances

arise again and again use the six shares

arising six years arising

excerpts because in the past

we

broke the precept

so that's why

so i give him today i ordained him

actually

and i gave him new name

so he'll give you the

eighth precept

so what is the meaning of mathananda

matha means loving kindness

mata plus ananda

ananda means enjoy

so one who enjoy the loving kindness is

called matananda

beautiful name right so he'll give you

the

he give every morning

eight precept

so when you didn't retreat

please don't break up the precept

if you break up go to him

please give me

a precept again

i broke up one precept

then he will give you again so that way

you will not feel guilty

okay when you feel the guilty

what will you feel

for example you are practicing

meditation one sitting two hours three

hours

so when you

think that oh

i broke up one meditate one precept

you will not be able to see it even 30

minutes

you feel restless

hindrances arise again and again again

and again again and again because you

already know you broke up the precept

so that's why you have to be purify

again

so all the meditate every meditation

center

we talk about you know keep the precept

first

in the buddhist scripture

we call dhana

gibbons generosity

sila

is called

meditation

so

gavin's generosity why we are doing that

our mind very strong strong of craving

very very strong

so when we give up something

you know

then all that your craving will reduce

slowly your greed will reduce slowly

and second things you keep the precept

that means you purify your mind

you understand your mind is so clear

so pure

you know

very clean

then you practice meditation you'll see

my meditation will progress very very

fast

very quickly

that's why the

precept is most important at the

meditation center

so whenever we teach to the others

please keep the precept

don't break the precept

the precept is very very important

so

in the third journal the same things you

see the repetition

a lot here

why did the buddha repeat repeat repeat

first time second time third time why

in the sutures you'll you'll find that

repetition first time second time third

time

because during the buddhist time

the buddha

was teaching

to the uneducated people to the farmer

and to the some people who never have

education

you know he used very simple language

first time

he

delivered talk to them

they couldn't catch it

and second time he said again

they understood little bit

and third time he said again

it's become clear

you see that's why you'll see most of

the suitors in majima nikaya sanyo

tanika

he

repeat one time he said one time and

second time again repeat third time

again he said

so this is the reason yes every surah

you get it

so if he is steady in that he attain the

destruction of the tents but if he does

not attain the destruction of the tent

because of that desire for the dhamma

that delight in the dhamma

then with the destructions of the five

lower feathers he becomes one due to the

reappear spontaneously in the

pure abodes and they attain the final

nibana

without

ever returning from that world

these two is one things proclaimed by

the blessed one who knows and sees

a con

please stand fully enlightened

wherein if a man awaits delusion ardent

and resolute

his unliberated mind comes to be

liberated

his undisturbed things come to be

destroyed

and he attains the supreme security from

bondage

he had not attained before

so this is the second

third jana when you steady on that

you have potential to attain nibbana

there

okay

now he's talking about the fourth jana

so you got now three jhanas already

become very clear right

so you have to know all those jhanas you

know if you know

very clearly

you can when you finish the retreat here

you go back at your home you can

practice

at your room you know in any room

you practice yourself oh

now

every day

i usually practice early morning early

morning is the best everybody quiet you

know just wake up early morning

and practice at least one hour so this

practice

not

less than 30 minutes

some people said okay i practice only

five minutes no not enough

five minutes not enough

you know my center in new york

when people come during the ceremony

because death center is brahmavihira

meditation center loving kindness

compassion joy and equanimity

so i given that center name

brahma we had a meditation center

because when i was here my caving named

brahmavihara

so i took from here to new york

so now that cabin niruda

so

people come lot of people 100 people

you know

and then i gave this some religious

services to them

i think okay well everybody close your

eyes

you have to practice meditation now

then they're close

and they don't know what they are doing

so i give some instruction to them

you know when they close their eyes okay

remember a time when you are happy

when that happy feeling right at the

center of your chest

you feel warm and glowing feeling

then you make wish

may i be happy

may i be calm

may i be peaceful

may i be full of joy

may i be content

and so on whatever you want to intend

you can

make wish you can radiate to yourself

so it doesn't mean that you just

memorize it like words and then you

repeat again repeat again repeat again

no

don't do that

when you are radiating

to yourself

you have to feel it

and you have to smile

all the time

some people say that

pante you know

loving kind is not rising in my mind

what should i do

that means you are not smiling

so you have to smile more more and more

then you'll see

loving kindness will arise in your mind

more your smile

more you can develop your loving

kindness

otherwise no

so

every friday

my center have retreat at 7 00 pm

so some people come

hi hello

there

their face look like full of anger

okay how are you i am fine okay come

so i smile even i smile with them but

they're not smiling

so

but i give the talk 30 minutes to them

and i told them okay well

you come here for practice in meditation

you have to smile

i don't want you to like angry face you

know i don't want to see that

so when

30 minutes talk and 30 minutes practice

and 30 minutes q a

so when they

leave

make a smile rise in their face

so that's why they're smiling is the

most important here feeling

and smiling

you have to feel how you are radiating

loving kindness to yourself

if you don't feel that means you are not

follow following our instruction

you are not following my instruction

so when you feel that how when you

radiate loving kindness to yourself you

see how radiation is going on

you experience that

10 minutes only

10 minutes you radiate loving kindness

to yourself and you must feel that

with smile

and then after 10 minutes

you have to choose a spiritual friend

so some people said

how can i find a spiritual i don't have

anyone

and i told okay you can choose me i'm

the spiritual person

you can choose bante oh this is the good

things yeah

i can choose you yeah

okay then

one guy said one day you know when i

radiate loving chemistry you i saw that

you are smiling very much

you see

your face

appear in front of me

this is a good sign right

so

when you did it

loving kindness to yourself

if you still cannot bring loving

loving kindness

remember

that you

when you were talking with your friend

you smile with your friend

who you

you smile with your friend bring up that

smile in the center of your chest

and when you feel that

you warm and glowing feeling you feel

here

then you will start radiating loving

kindness to yourself

then when you radiate to your spiritual

friend okay you did already 10 minutes

done how do you understand

because you're close to your eyes you

you didn't see that the clock right

so how do you understand it just guess

it

okay now 10 minutes done

so now

after 10 minutes i have to radiate love

incarnates to a spiritual friend

so those who are men choose the men

those who are

women choose the women

why

because you are the beginner

so when he issues the women

the five hindrances among the five

hindrances anyone can arise again and

again again and again

so that's the way

you

your your your meditation will not

develop

very well

so choose only men

when you attend the fourth jhana

then you can choose your wife

you can choose your girlfriend you can

choose your mom

you know your sister no problem

your family members

so this practice

at the beginning

when you choose a spiritual friend

no any family member

that will be your best friend

your close friend

who really help you

who really like you

choose that person

if you cannot find just remember

just remember

right a spiritual friend

so that way you can develop your

meditations well

so when you radiate loving kindness to

the spiritual friend

your friend friend smile with you

bring up that feeling the center of your

chest

when you feel warm and glowing feeling

the center of your chest

then you start radiating loving kindness

to your spiritual friend

may my friend be happy

may my friend become

may my friend be full of joy

may my friend be

content

you see how your radiation is going to

your friend

you feel that

how is radiation is

spreading to him

so yesterday she what is her name she

asked these questions

when i radiate loving kindness to the my

friend

how

he or she

understand

let me let me give you one example

after practicing here at

tamasuka meditation center when i return

back in new york

i choose a spiritual friend

one cambodian monk with who i live

he's very kind and very respectful for

person you know he's like my elder

brother

and

i ran up his face his smiling face in

front of me

and i started writing loving kindness to

him

when i returned back to new york and i

said bante

i chose you as a spiritual friend

and i

started relating loving kindness to you

did you feel it

he said yeah yeah i feel that

i felt that

he said it

i don't know how did he feel it

but i just asked him he said i felt it

and now you look very different

so

this is the two example yesterday i gave

an one example

today another example right so when you

radiate loving kindness to a spiritual

friend

so you'll see

this is the good for you

and good for your spiritual friend

and also you attend the jhana

so jhana

is

if you don't continue practice

you may drop

so you have to again

practice then it will come again

pretty quickly

right

so this is the

the third jana now i am going to explain

the fourth jana

again with the abandoning of pleasure

and pain

with the previous disappearance of joy

and grief

among enters opponent's abides in the

fourth jhana

which is which has never pain never nor

pleasure and purity of mindfulness

due to equanimity

he considered this and understand it

does

again he's going to repeat

the same sentence

the fourth jana is conditioned

and intentionally produced

but whatever is conditioned and

intentionally produced

is impermanent

subject to cessation

if his steady in that

he attain the destructions of the things

that means if you study in the food

jhana

you have potential to attain nibbana

there

you see

but if he does not attain the

destructions of the tent because of that

desire for the dhamma

that delight in in the dhamma

then the destruct with the destructions

of the five lower fetus he becomes one

due to the fps spontaneously in pure

abouts

and they are attained finally panna

without ever returning from that world

so again he attained

anagami

and reborn in the sudha wasa realm

brahma world and there he ate a nibbana

if you have a little bit crabbing

you know

then with the destruction

this too is one thing proclaimed by the

blessed one who knows and sees

accomplished and fully enlightened

wherein if a man abides in diligent

ardent resolute his unliberated mind

comes to be liberated

his undestrained terrains come to be

destroyed and he attains the supreme

security from bondage

that he had not attained before

so here one things he explained very

clearly among others diligent urgent and

resolute

that means you have to practice

continuously

every day

so if you think okay i

i went to damasuka i did a tennis

retreat

done

i became surprised i ate into janus no

need to do any more

so if you think that way you'll never

hurt anybody

so he has said

among average diligent

ardent

resolute

please practice continuously even if you

go back at home

at least one hour right

at least one hour

so when you attend the food channel

you'll see you're feeling here

not anymore

your friend it will go top of your head

you'll experience that

some people think where is my feeling

i cannot feel any more here

but if you look at you pay attention

very clearly

your feeling is not here well what is it

top of your head

some people can experience when they

practice working meditation

so how do you practice working

meditation

you sit here one hour two hours

ten minutes radiate loving kindness to

yourself and

20 or 20 minutes or 30 minutes or one

hour two hours you radiate loving

kidneys to a spiritual friend

so when you

break up and then you went outside

so how do you do

how do you practice working meditation

you walk in normal pace don't look at

left side don't look right side

two hands away

just look at there and walk normal pace

stay with a spiritual friend

radiate loving kindness to a spiritual

friend that time when you are practicing

loving when you are practicing walking

meditation

you have to stay with your spiritual

friend

you are taking shower whatever

activities you are doing stay with the

spiritual friend

so this practice all the time

not only just only come here and then

you see it practice and when you go

outside no

no mindful not like that all the time

whatever activities you are doing

so when you come back again

and again sit radiate loving kindness 10

minutes to yourself and then the rest of

time

to a spiritual friend

so some people when they do walking

meditation outside

their mind their feeling is not here

they feel that their feelings here

that mean that in the food journal

you see

so that's why

some people cannot attend for jhana or

first jana second jana third jana

when they do sitting meditation

but when they practice working

meditation

they can get it

it's deep in other people

you know

so when you think that your feeling is

not here in the center of your chest you

it's already good top of your head

then you wait in the at that moment that

time your mind will be so balanced

you know the more equanimity arise in

your mind

so

that time

you will be the advanced meditator

so when you become advanced meditator

then how do you practice

you do the same things no

will change your meditation

so you have to do the sixth direction

so buddha always talk

to the monks

about the brahma vihara

he started from the sixth direction

because those monks are advanced

meditator

you know

so when you

practice loving kindness

through the loving kindness meditation

you can attend first journal second

channel third jana and food janna

when you become advanced meditator you

attain the fourth jana

then we change your meditation you have

to practice sixth direction

so forward

we call the one quarter second quarter

third quarter and fourth quarter do you

listen that

so what does it mean one quarter

one quarter means

you radiate loving kindness forward may

all living means it's from here because

your feeling is not here right this will

improv your feelings here

may all livings being

all living beings

be happy

peaceful

free from suffering then you see your

radiation will go from here to the

forward

you'll see it will go slowly

but

not too fast okay

don't be a hurry

everything is you have to follow the

middle away

majjima

middleweight you see

just study it and you see how your

rotation is going on forward it's called

one quarter

second quarter

from that side

back side

third quarter

from here

left side

it will go directly that way

and

fourth quarter

right side from here will go that way

above

from here go

up

below

go down

and then all direction

so how do you practice the all-direction

meditation

even me i was very confused

i went to david dabbit

tell me how to do all direction

meditation i don't know

he said well

remember candle

okay so when you light the candle

so candle is

lighting the all direction right yeah

yeah this is a very good example

i follow that

it's really work

and i bring up the candle in front of me

the all radiation is going to all

directions

it's so beautiful

okay so do that way so you'll see when

you do the all direction like that the

irradiation will be expansion

from here to go all directions slowly

so

when you practice that

your loving kindness meditation

because you are still practicing loving

kindness

it will change

automatically

into

karuna

compassion

right

so how do you understand your meditation

from loving kindness it change

automatically to the compassion

you feel that your mind will be so soft

like cotton

you feel that

and then you feel like you were on the

sky

like on the oceans you sit down already

oh

you don't feel nobody at all

only mind

so that stage

called

the base of infinite

space

the base of infinite space

so that time you understand that this is

the characteristic of the compassion

meditation already changed from loving

kindness to the compassion

so you just

that time you radiate six direction

again comparison

for forward one quarter second quarter

third quarter fourth quarter above below

and all direction exactly the same

do the compassion

so when you do that

actually everything is here but i i know

all these things that's why i'm not

reading here

okay

so that way

okay let me read again among avoid

perverting one quarter with a mind

imbued with loving kindness like with

the second likewise the third like with

the food so i already explained that

right

you understood

so above below around and everywhere and

to all as to himself he avoids

perverting

the all-encompassing world to the mind

immediate loving kindness abandoned

exalted immeasurable without hostility

and without ill

he considered this and

understand it does

this is the deliver and deliverance of

mind

through loving kindness is conditioned

and intentionally produced but whatever

is conditioned and intentionally

produced is impermanent subject to

cessation

if he is steady in that he attain the

destructions of the things

but if he does not

attain the destruction of the things

because of that desire for the dhamma

the delight in the dhamma then with the

distractions of the five lower faders it

becomes one due to reappear

spontaneously in

the pure abodes and they are in final

nibbana

without ever returning from that world

this too is one thing proclaimed by the

blessed one who knows and sees

accomplished and fully enlightened

wherein if a man avoids a diligent

ardent resolute his unliberated mind

comes to be liberated

his undestrained

come to be destroyed and he attends the

supreme security from bondage and he had

not attended before

so that one i already explained that so

when you your meditation will

change actually this is still loving

kindness

and

what i explained earlier that one is the

nest amongst

abide pervading one quarter with a mind

in brutal compassion

so your meditation will change into the

compassion

likewise the second likewise the third

like with the fourth so if you know how

to radiate the sixth direction loving

kindness compassion easy

the same way you just radiate compassion

you just feel that that time

no form

only mind

you feel that

so i don't say that one is the

fib jhana

in the sutures you'll find first jana

second jana tarjana for journal so i say

ayatana in pali

ayatanam is

the base of infinite space

the base of infinite consciousness

the base of nothingness

the base of neither perception

nor non-perception

so we call impali

akasa nancy

the base of infinite space

the base of infinite consciousness

we call this one

and then

the base of nothingness akincinayatana

and the last one is neither perception

nor non-perception

so when you practice the karuna

compassion the sex direction like the

loving kindness

so you'll see

that your meditation will develop

from that stage

to the basis of infinite consciousness

so how do you understand that

you will see

the consciousness

the series of the consciousness

you may see little bit the dependent

originations what the

david explained the dolphin explaining

study

you can see the link

of dependent origination

the consciousness the series of the

consciousness

you see is rising passing away rising

passing away rising passing is very

quickly

then you'll feel that wow

i am not saying to rise

it's rising

and

you see strong joy will rise in your

mind

that's why it's called

this is the joy meditation

karuna

is called compassion

right muditya

impali joy so that is the basic infinite

consciousness we call mudita

so within joy

so you see

uplifted joy will rise in your mind

that joy is not not the same what you

ate in the first and second generation

and four

this is the uplifted joy

so you feel that can you see

wow

this concerts the house arising passing

we're rising passing we're getting

passing away then in your mind you feel

that

everything is impermanent

there is no nothing controlled here i

cannot control anything okay stop don't

rise

never listen

everything is impermanence and passing

away

rising passing away rising passing way

so when your mind is more sharper

then you may see the

the dependent origination that that time

so that stage is called the base of

infinite consciousness mudita

right

so

when you think that okay now i am the

stage of mudita let me stage of the joy

the base of infinite consciousness

so what do you have to do again you do

the sixth direction mudita meditation

joy meditation six direction forward

backward left side right side above

below ener all direction

when you do that then you'll see

you're practicing practicing practicing

when your mind just little bit

unbalanced

just

watching that time

just use the

six hours

harmonious practice

practice practicing practicing

then you will see that

you'll not see anything there

buddha said the base of nothingness

right

you will not see anything

everything empty

then you know some

the meditator

that think that okay

i said one hour two hour three hours

four hours but i cannot see anything

i should break up meditation because i

cannot see anything it doesn't work

and break up and then go away

let me explain one thing

this is very funny actually

i

practice meditation my cabin right now

neruda cabin

you know i wake up at 3 00 am

and start practicing meditation from

four to seven four hours

when i was practicing practicing

practicing i couldn't see anything

you know

four hours gone couldn't see anything

and i broke up my meditation

and after finishing breakfast i went to

one day

how about you meditation

my heart is not so good what happened

i woke up at 3 am

and i started practicing from 4 to 7.

so i couldn't see anything so i broke up

don't do that next time

he said why what happened

this is the good sign for you

buddha already said here

the base of nothingness right

yeah well he said

so what

just watching your mind

you should not do an s time like that

okay

it's fine

yeah

oh i read the suit again

and practice continuously

okay

i never forget that

he scolded me

you know

so that's why

when you attain that stage

just watching your mind

just watching watching watching

so when your mind is

it will be unbalanced

just use the sixers there

then again

watching your mind

even though nothingness

nothing exists it's okay no problem

still just watching watching watching

so from that stage

you may attain the base of neither

perception

nor

non-perception so that time

feeling

perception a feeling

perception is

and consciousness

we call vedana

perception

and consciousness

these three

i

things

rising

everything will stop

then you feel the huge strong joy rise

in your mind

that you never experienced before

right

you never experienced before this is the

first time

so that joy

is

it's called the

nobel joy

so you may that time you will be

sutapana

the path of history mantra

so

that joy to

one week

two weeks one month three months

to be with you you see

so when you continuously practice you

see

you will experience that

so these

are called brahmavihira

loving kindness

so through the loving kindness

meditation you get in first genera

second generation and food

and then karuna compassion

no form

mudita joy

the base of infinite

consciousness

only

and the base of nothingness

and the last one is the base of neither

perception

nor

non-perception

so you got a brahma over here right

loving kindness

compassion

joy and equanimity

so that's why we are practicing loving

brahma we are here everyone

so

here buddha said again among a words

perverting one quarter with a mind

imbued with loving compassion likewise

the second likewise the turret like with

the food

so above below around and everywhere to

all as to himself he avoids perverting

the all-encompassing world with the mind

immediately compassion

abandoned exalted immeasurable without

hostility and without illegal he

consider this and understand it does

this deliverance of mine true compassion

is conditioned and intentionally

produced

but what is it

conditioned and intentionally produced

he is impermanent subject to cessation

if he is steady in that he attain the

destruction

of the time that means even though

in the compassion when you practice if

you study in that

you have potential to attain ibana there

that stage

but if he does not attain the

destruction of the tent because of that

desire for the dhamma

that delight in the dhamma

then of the destructions of the five fed

five lower fates

he becomes one due to reappear

spontaneously in the pure abodes

and they are attained final nibbana with

their ever returning from that world

these two is one thing proclaimed by the

blessed one who knows and sees

accomplished and fully enlightened when

if a man appears diligent ardent and

resolute his unliberated mind comes to

be liberated

his

undistrictings come to be destroyed and

he attains the supreme security from

bondage

that he had not attained before so these

are the

karuna

right

and now

he's going to explain mudita

again among others pervading one quarter

with the mind inbuilt loving kindness

like with the second likewise the third

like with the food

you see

the same things

so above below around and everywhere to

all as to himself here words perverting

the all-encompassing world to their mind

imbued with joy

abandoned exalted imaginable without

hostility and without illegal

he consider this and understand it thus

this deliverance of mind true joy is

conditioned and intentionally produced

but whatever is conditioned and

intentionally produced is impermanent

subject to cessation

if he is steady in that

he attained the destructions of the tent

even

the base of

infinite consciousness

if you study in that you have potential

to anyone at that stage

but if it does not attain the

destruction of the tense because of that

desire for the dhamma

that delight in the dhamma

then with the destructions of the five

lower fighters

he becomes one due to reappear

spontaneously

in sudha

brahma world

and they attain finally panna without

ever returning from that world

you let in the anagami

these two is one thing proclaimed by the

blessed one

who knows and sees

accomplished and fully enlightened

wherein if a man avoids diligent

argentine resolute his unliberated mind

comes to be liberated

he is

understood mind

come to be destroyed

and he attained the supreme security

from bondage that he had not attained

before

so this is the

mudita right i will explain that

now

banana is going to explain

equanimity

again among about perverting one quarter

with the mind inverted

equanimity

likewise the second likewise the third

like was the fruit

so above below around and everywhere and

to all as to himself here words

perverting the all-encompassing world to

the mind embedded equanimity

abandoned exalted immeasurable with a

hostility and without will

he considers this and understand it thus

these

deliverance of mind through equanimity

is conditioned

and intentionally produced

if he is steady in that

he attains the destructions of the tense

so you see when he attain

the base of nothingness

if he is steady in that

he has potential to attain a bana there

but

if he does not attain the destruction of

the thing because of that desire for the

dhamma

that delight in the dhamma

then with the destructions of the five

lower feathers

he becomes one due to reappear as

spontaneously

in the pyramids it means they again in

the suddawaza

in brahma world so he'll he become

anagami and he'll reborn there and from

there he can attain

nibbana

and they are attained finally banner

with the rival returning from that world

this too is one things proclaimed by the

blessed one who knows and sees

accomplished and finally enlightened

when if a man avoids diligent ardent and

resolute

his unliberated minds

comes to be liberated his undisturbed

things come to be destroyed and he

attains the supreme security from

bondage that he had not attained before

so this is the base of nothingness it's

called upekka so you got a brahmavihira

right

[Laughter]

loving kindness compassion joy and

equanimity

when the venerable

ananda

has had spoken

the householder the summer of

nagara said to him

you know the householder was very happy

he knew all the journals

he understood very clearly

wow

i have to give something to him

i have to offer some special to him to

venerable ananda

banara

just as if if a man

shaking one entrance

to a

hiding treasure

came to all

at once upon 11 entrances

to a

hiding treasures

so too

while i was shaking

seeking one door to the deathless

i have come to all at once to hear

of 11 doors of the deadliest

justice if a man had a house with 11

doors

and

when that house caught on fire

he could flee to safety by anyone of

that 11 doors

so too i can flee to a safety by any one

of these 11 doors to the deadliest that

means

this is one house right in this house

have 11 doors

when

in this house

fire

so you can

go away

you can any door right

so he's going to say that

so when you have 11 doors 11 exist

exit right exit

so you can you can go anyway you can use

anyway anyone

then go out

so you can save yourself

so venerable sir these

sectarians

will even

seek a teacher's fee

for their teacher

you are my good teacher

i have to acknowledge to you

i have to give you something special

you know

so he was thinking that

why shouldn't i make an offering to the

venerable ananda

because he learned

all the genres brahmavir

i have to give you something

then the household assam of atakanagara

assembled the sangha of monks

from pataliputa

sangha means community

one

man

two monk three monks

anga

we call pugola

pogla means ordinary

ordinary monks you know

sangha went four months one place

four to up

four five six seven eight nine

we call sangha

so there are two kinds of sangha one is

the lay sangha

another one is the monastic sangha

so according to the vinaya discipline

role

so when four monks will be present here

so we say sangha

so he said

they assembled the sangha of monks

from pataliputta and visali he invited

the sangha more than four monks

and with his own hands he served and

satisfied them

with various kinds of good food

delicious food

you know

very very

delicious so i am very fortunate i am

very lucky you know i live in new york

people invited me every saturday sunday

i every day

a lot of food you know sometime i cannot

eat

see i no no no don't give me i put my

hands like that

because they really really want to offer

you

my people like for

serving you know but here you have to

take yourself

okay

please take this one

you know i work very hard i i really

make it

special for you please take little bit

no no i don't want okay please stick

take it

they'll push you

you know

so

he present

he presented a pair of clothes

to each monk

so pair of clothes means

upper rope and is this one is called

is there is another loop here

it's called lower rope

okay

so here one set

sphere of clothes or ropes to each monk

every monk he offered to one set one

said one sec

and he presented a triple rope

to the venerable ananda especially

so what does mean the triple

upper rope

lower rope another one is called outer

group

we put here

when you get the high ordinations you

must have it

so how many treated

so he donated he offered to ananda

triple groups

and he had a

dwelling or dwelling worth

500 core

built for the venerable ananda so one

core equal to

10 000 pieces of bolt

so ananda was very lucky

he got a big temple

you know so you're not lucky i'm not

lucky i bought myself

i spent

i i bought the house 355

in new york

300

355 000.

i'm unfortunate man right david

[Laughter]

so he was very lucky so see only one

tomato

he got triple ropes and big

monastery

so

he stood there he lived there

right

so this is the sutta for today

52

attaga nagarasuta

right

okay so do you have any question

you can ask me now

so if you don't ask me

i'll understand that you understand all

the genres

right

okay okay okay go ahead

as i said in my talk when you have

little bit

little bit craving

just little bit

little bit crabbing means

you have little bit delusion there

little bit delusion as i said when

greed

hatred destroy

only delusion he didn't mention there

did he mention did he no

so you'll have little delusion there

because of that you will attain anagami

but will not attain

arahant

so when you at when you destroy greed

hatred and delusion that means you are

on

right

so you have to understand when someone

attain anagami

you'll

see you speak

differently to him

to make him angry

okay i have to judge him whether he

attained an argument or not

so you can use the hearts speech

or

you can say something

that is not proper

see even if you see

immediately angry that means he is not

anagami

he is not an argument person

and how do you know

someone get around

how do you understand suit number one

one two

from majimek ajimenikaya

you read that sutra

let me give you one example at dhamasuka

one guy came here for practice

meditation

everybody's sleeping he came here he's

practicing practicing practicing he said

don't stop me i want to stay alone i

practice practice practice

he came here for 10 days or maybe 8 days

disenter so retreat finish

he want to leave david i want to leave

okay well

so he took him

to the airport

so he went to the farmington i think

maybe he passed the form into

he said go back tamasuka

hey what happened

what happened

david said what happened what

you want me to go back to masuka yes go

back tamasuka

tell me what happened

i became arahant now

okay that's fine david said that's fine

okay then he was angry he said i already

passed who drive to two hours and then

now you are saying to return back to

dhamasuka

okay again brought him here

david guthrante

you know

the guy who want to leave i took him

on the

to the airport he said go back namazuka

okay i brought him here what should i do

now

okay call everyone

i'm coming to give them a talk

okay

everybody came

and bounty open the suit number one one

two

okay i am going to read this suta

you have to answer

i am going to ask the questions you have

to answer okay he read read it okay do

you have this experience to you

he said no you are not around

finish

so what you have to do you have to

understand suit the number one one two

and second thing

you have to stay

with that monk or that person at least

five months

you have to see how he's working

how he is behaving

how he's talking

how he's eating

all the time you have to stay with him

at least five months

if

little bit

anger rise

he's not around anymore

so you you know because the suta is here

already

you have just you have to study and

understand it

you got it

okay next

it was family

as soon as he asked him

do you have any feelings

[Laughter]

i forgot that

i forgot

so this example i give all the time when

i give the dhamma talk in new york when

the we have the retreat

so i gave most of the time i get this

this example you know

you know it sounded

like things were happening but then the

rest of the story was

after

how long it was a few days

he was here and

looking at him

and he

got his

flight to the airport and then he went

to the airport

and he left all his luggage and forgot

things and

got home and ship

[Laughter]

this is the good things yeah

so that's why

you have to have knowledge

about the sutta

and also you have to have experiences

don't believe what others said

so some people you know just listen okay

you know that guy become marahan they

become sutapanna sakadagami

try to understand yourself

i don't believe you know that's why some

monks they don't like me

because i am very practical

my mom was very pious

very religious

i am the youngest in my family

we have five brothers

i am the number five

so

he took me many many many bullies

ceremony because she is very religious

lady you know

okay son my son go go go we want to go

we have the one sarah buddhist ceremony

over there this temple that temple this

temple that temple she go

she went everywhere she took me there

so that time i don't know about buddhism

because i was the science student

you know

i studied chemistry biology mathematics

all those things i don't i i i never

have i don't have any idea about

buddhism that time you know

so

when she took me many many religious

places

she believed what the monk said

okay monk said this one we should follow

this

that monk said that one we should follow

this

well because she is my mom i have to

follow you know

and then

when i finished the

the highest secondary education a

secondary certificate we call

intermediate

then i went to burma

for studying buddhism

so i got a scholarship from

international buddhism university in

myanmar

so i studied there about three years

that taught me

buddhist scripture

vinaya discipline rules

discourses of the buddha

and abhidharma

is called

the

philosophy is philosophical thinking you

know

so all that this teaching they taught us

at the university

and i was thinking about my mom

what did she

what did she do in the past she took me

many many places

and after i think

six or seven years

i went back

to

my country because i went to burma from

burma

after finishing my education

diploma in buddhism bachelorette in

buddhism

i went to thailand

for studying my master master degree

and i studied at dhamma mahatullah

alankom buddhist university so i i

finished the master degree there

in buddhism in buddhist studies

so i went return back to my country

my my mom is still doing the same thing

and i said wait a minute

you should not do do this one

he said why no no

this is not the right things

before you taught me now i teach you you

should listen to me now

[Laughter]

this is the right things what i'm saying

to you

mom he should listen to me

okay well well

but you know still he think that this is

my son

still she doesn't listen to me let me

explain another practical story during

the buddha's time

the sariputta was the chief disciple

of the buddha

sarikuta was 10 years older than buddha

you know

he was very intellectual monk

very intellectual monk

so

he when

the the mugalana

went to the

one monk

he said in the five ascetic

the last one is assassin

so

he

was practicing meditation the tree

he was very calm very quiet

very gentle

the mughlana

saw

from far away

and he went to

when

him

was sir

i saw you were practicing meditation

who is your teacher

he said

gotama buddha

he just

heard that word

okay how do you practice meditation

can you tell me

yeah my teacher

buddha taught me

you have to practice like that you have

to practice like this

whenever you are walking you have to be

aware of it

you have to be mindful of it

all the time

he just heard that word

and

he understood

dhamma

he became

a spiritual

person you know

he became

extreme mantra

and then that message

he

when he returned back

to the sariputta

magulana said okay i made one aesthetic

today

his name is asadi

and i questioned him

and he answered very well

so whatever he learned from galana from

asajji

magulana said to the saributa saribik

buddha became mr mantra

so both of them decided to go

to see the buddha so they went to the

buddha and buddha gave dhamma talk

and they became

you know

they understood all the teaching of the

buddha and they requested to me benevole

sir please ordinance

we want to be hmong

and both of them become

buddhist monk they got a high ordination

then they practice practice practice

meditation

attender hanship

and

he he got the psychic power

he can go everywhere

he can fly everywhere

muglana

so the other disciples didn't attend

that

so sariputta

one day buddhist was giving a dharma

talk

a lot of people listening to his dharma

talk

venerable saree put this

just panning

you know use you see

like this

and he experienced that

wow buddha is giving dhamma talk

to the people

so i'm going to answer your question

again

he doesn't have any craving even he is

in his dharma talk

when he

understood that

saributa

became

even he was failing

that time

attained arahanship

so now both of them are on

mugalana arahant

and saributa also at narahanship

sariputta's mom

always

practiced right in rituals

she never practiced meditation

even though her son already arahant

she doesn't listen to her listen to him

she didn't ah he's my son why i have to

follow him

no

but saributa understood

i have to help her

to attain

noble person

so

she always

do some offering or respect to the

deities

she never see the deities you know

but still she's doing go to the under

the tree

okay oh deities i offer to you please

take it and then bow bow bow three times

that's it

she's doing that

shariputa said to him stop doing

she doesn't listen

and sariputta want to

attend nibana i mean

he's going to pass away

so before

going to pasu before passing away

he went to buddha say buddha please

allow me i want to pass to pass away

okay i allow you you can go now

so

after getting permission from the buddha

venerable

sariputta

is going to his

kudi

and he also said to his mom

mom i'm going to

pass away to

mahaparinibana tonight

so please come and see

okay

all the deer is thousand thousand

thousand duties

they prepared

bad for him

they decorated around his place so

beautiful

and lighting everywhere

so his mom came he said wow

it's a lot of duties here

i did a lot a lot of respect

offering

to the deities before i never see that

and all those deities respecting my son

and when she

saw that

she ate

attention there

you see that's why

you know

when you

know buddhism

especially family people didn't want to

listen

because that no he's my brother he's my

son

you know nothing that way

but later on you see the buddha

when he became enlightenment

at first

so ananda ananda was the cursing of the

buddha

at first he's

helped the family members

family members

instead i was talking with him because

he thought that he will get ordinations

and he i told him you have to get a

permission from your wife otherwise i

will not i'm not going to ordain you

and he sent message to his wife i'm

going to ordain what do you think and

his wife said okay well

you can you can do it

why

because during the buddha's time

he left royal college

he practiced meditation six years

and he became enlightenment

he ate an enlightenment

and then

nanda

his

brother

he loved one beautiful girl

you know

so buddha went for arms round he said

nanda okay take my own ball

and then he's walking walking walking

going to the monastery

he never back he never see him

so ananda took the arms ball

go in following him follow him involving

and went to the temple

and ananda the nanda sorry not ananda

nanda

nanda said one day i want to go back

home

why what happened

so i didn't want to get the higher

ordination here i don't want to be mung

because i love one girl she's very

beautiful

really

yeah

then buddha is his psychic power

in his psychic power

more beautiful than his girlfriend

okay

your girlfriend beautiful all those

those girl are beautiful

oh those are more beautiful than my

girlfriend

really yeah

okay

then he use his psychic power again

so more beauty is going to

dry impermanence it's going to dry

you see his whole body his beauty is

going to

fade away

slowly okay look at there look at there

and

actually he's using his psychic power

there you know you know to understand

dhamma

and

when

her beauty

fade away

and he could see a skeleton

then his buddha said nanda do you do you

want that no no no

i don't want i didn't want anymore

then

you know in his mind

he understood

everything is impermanent

what is impermanent that is suffering

and

there is

non-self

he experienced that and he requested i

want to be

monk please allow me then he become monk

but in the family his father

kin sudhana was very angry

he said

you left

royal palace

and i was thinking the nanda will be

keen

you took him

and he also got ordinations

and then one day

venerable the king sudadana invited the

buddha

the royal college

so buddha with his monks

you see sam's ball he went for uh for

collecting food

for arms round we call him english in

pali we call pindapata

collecting food because every monks have

to go for arms round

when i was in thailand

i work i woke up at 4 00 am in the

morning

and 5 o'clock it's still dark

i use i wear cover rope and then take

the arms ball when

for arms round people are ready

to

offer in thailand there's a new cup

the laborers especially men those were

men they said nimon cobb

and those were women they said nimon car

very sweet you know

so nimon cup new moon card means bante

i am inviting you

please come to me

i want to offer the food to you

then i go to her

and open the

arms the the

arms bowl

and therefore the rice there

and they offer the

curry in my back

then let's sit down

with anjali

left and right and join together you

have to bless them

because buddha already said in the sutta

you must bless them when somebody

offered offer something to you

right

so if you don't bless them

they'll be very angry

then

after blessing

then she'll go away

or he'll go away

she'll never sit back

where mom is going

so that one is called

when you donate something

not give and take

some people give and respect something

but

this is not the

donation this is not the giving

generosity so you give something

something okay let it go

you should not keep in your mind

okay because of this donation i get

married that's all

you know

so

i don't know what i'm talking about

so do you have any questions

if you have any questions about all the

genres you can ask me now

how do you really know

you are talking about jhana or you are

talking about the

uh

nobel nobel path

janus right this has told you you have

to know the if you know um you have to

know the five hindrances first

and then six charts so first you must

memorize five hindrances what are the

five indians you have to be very clear

in your mind keep one side

and then harmonious practice six years

put another side

so it's here already

right

so when

you know five hindrances anyone arise

use the sixers

immediately

anyone rise

then another thing you have to know

when you attend the first journal

there are five factors there

five characteristics

thinking thought examining thought joy

happiness and unification of mind

it arise very quickly one by one one by

one one by one

five hindrances not there

absent

then you'll understand i ate in already

first jana

it's already in the sutta it's very

clear

same thing second jana also

single jhana

so you your question is the first

channel second or not tarjan of forza

exactly so if you continue yet in the

first journal if you practice

continuously there

it has potential to attain a banner

immediately

who knows imagine first journal second

third janaforjana the base of infinite

consciousness is especially the base of

infinite consciousness the base of

nothingness the basis neither perception

nor non-perception

and maybe you're attacking who knows

yeah it may happen some people very

quickly

if you have if you have a lot of

perfection we call him pali parami

in the past life if you do a lot of good

things good activities

keep the precept giving generosity

practice meditation even in the past

life

and when you reborn in this

human world

just practice a few times

and then you become

around let me give you another example

during the buddhist time

500

lay people

went to the sahara buddha

saributa gave the dhamma talk to them

they were listening very respectfully

pay attention to him

and they understood

dhamma well

after that they went to the buddha

the buddha gave another talk

they became arahant

all the 500 people

become around

and they got the higher ordination

and lay people were talking what is

going on what happened to them

within short time they became arahant

and they asked the buddha buddha

how those 500

monks

within short time become arahant

could you explain me please

explain us

then buddha said in the past life

in one cave

the 500 pachika buddha

were living there

in the cave

in the morning

every early morning

there

they were chanting abhidhamma

we called patana

in patana we have the five books

so number five

is called patana

it's called

conditional conditional things you know

so those are the five lay people

lay person

they i don't know how to say in english

that they're there they became um

david you know the

that i think you know some people said

that the coronavirus came from the one

animal do you remember what is that

how to say that

words right

bad right bad bad bad so they were they

became bad

all those 500

disciples

they were become bad

so they were listening listening

listening what the

500 percent about the recited

they didn't disturb

pachika buddha very attentively

mindfully listen

you know

because of that merit

and

this life they become human

human being

and they came to the saributa

listen to my talk

and damachaku we call

the eye of the dhamma arose to them

and they went to the

buddha

would they give another talk

they became

within short time

i think you got answer

that yes

i mean no i'm not talking that

the qualities of the raham what there

are many qualities

so if you read that suta

whatever whatever have the knowledge is

explained there

so if you have all those knowledges

when you practice meditation you attain

that all the knowledges

so you'll think that you attend

already you'll think yourself

i'm talking that only

this is a good question actually

you'll see many ash color

they translated jana means concentration

jana means

sustain

something you know that that's

translated different way

i don't use that that that word

i use the

stage of meditation

level of understanding

so this is very practical

very practical that one

so concentration

that what

came actually

from the

whole written down

commentary

so during the buddhist times

you know

during the fourth buddhist council

the fourth buddhist council that one is

held in sri lanka

the first buddhist council second

buddhist council and third buddhist

council held in india

and

during the fourth buddhist council

the king of the sri lanka he was

thinking

the monk will forget

dhamma

so during that time also there were

arahant

so i have to

organize

fort buddhist council

and those who

attend arahandu who are

because that every all dhamma is in

their in their memory

so he invited all those monks okay you

recite it

and then written down

during the fourth buddhist council in

sri lanka

this happened

after 500 years

the buddha passed away

and

that time whatever that written down

those all the sutra are very pure

pure

it's original teaching

but of course if you read them

are not the correct translation

i forgot a number so i have to figure it

out

so two suta

just a little bit

mistranslation

and other all suits are good

little bit

complicated little bit it's a

controversial

and

so that time

uh after a hundred thousand

the buddha passed away

the commentary written down

so what is the meaning

main tax

and commentary

who said that where whose place

why

they explain detail

so they are commentators

but in the suit only one man finish

but those who are comment commentator

they okay um this one said by ananda

during buddhist council and then he he

was in sutapana blah blah blah something

so they are commentator

so the some some of them they didn't

practice meditation

they just ash color

you know so they used

concentration

they included

they also written down one

one book is called path of purification

which is the manga

that one written by commentator

so in that book you'll find

concentration concentration

concentration

so i use instead of concentrating

collectedness

i don't use that that word i used

collectedness your mind is collected

calm

so i use that one

you got it

yes and i guess my question was more

towards the fact that some of the monks

practice

concentration

meaning that they yeah it's

the environment themselves yeah it sees

i i don't know it

it's up to them maybe even me i didn't

understand before what is the meaning of

concentration i it's become clear after

coming here

so from that time i stopped using that

word

so you see in you know in this country

around the world people

the dif different teachers they have

different

experiences

different

explanation

so you have to think

this one i should accept or not

that one i should accept or not

this one i should accept or not so

you'll decide

so you

you are listen to first

and then practice it

so that way you can understand it become

very clear to you

right

any question

no more right wow

everybody become enlightened today

[Laughter]

right

thanks to you

okay if no question i i think we can

share the marriage right

okay

let us share the merit

may suffering once be suffering free and

therefore stack fail is be made the

grieving [ __ ] all grief and may all

beings find relief may all been share

this merit that we have just acquired

for the acquisition of all kinds of

happiness my beings inhabiting space and

earth there was an aggressive mighty

power shared in this merit of ours may

the long protect the buddha's

dispensations