“Using wisdom on two occasions.”

“Using wisdom on two occasions.”

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Question (M): To practise on the next level, after we have calmness, do we investigate the first object that comes into the mind or do we have to detach from calmness also?

Tan Ajahn: You use wisdom on two occasions: when you have no problem, then you’ll just pick a certain subject that you still cling to, for example if you still cling to your family, you have to use wisdom to cut off your clinging; the second situation is when you face with a problem which you have to solve by using wisdom. For example, when you suddenly get sick and the doctor tells you that you’ve got a terminal cancer, and so you now have to investigate the nature of the body in order to let go of your attachment to the body. You cannot think about other things because thinking about other things won’t solve your problem. Your problem is your attachment to your body.

So, it depends on the situation. If you have a situation that forces upon you, then you’ll have to use wisdom to solve it. If you are currently not facing any problem and yet you know that in the future there will be problem arises because eventually, there will be separation, then you might have to contemplate on the things that you don’t want to be separated from. And when the separation happens, you can let go of them.

Layperson (M): Thank you, Luangphor.

Tan Ajahn: May you advance in your path towards enlightenment. Where there is a will, there is a way.

Youtube: “Dhamma in English, Dec 18, 2018.”

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