The Teaching of Ajahn Suchart.
5 September 2023"When you are watching the body, you are indirectly watching the mind...”
- - -Question: Would you observe the mind when you come out of samādhi meditation (when your mind is calm)?
Than Ajahn: When you have strong mindfulness, you will eventually observe the mind all the time, from the time you get up to the time you go to sleep. You’ll never abandon observing your mind because your mind is the culprit of all your problems. So, if you abandon observing it, you allow the mind to go free and it will cause you a lot of problems.
You have to observe the mind all the time. But when you start, you don’t have strong enough mindfulness to observe the mind.
Therefore, you observe other things that is easier to observe like observing your body as the basis for developing mindfulness. Once you have strong mindfulness, you will be able to observe the mind.
When you can’t see the mind yet, you have to observe the body because the body is the extension of the mind. Whatever the body does is what the mind tells it to do.
When you are watching the body, you are indirectly watching the mind because the mind is the one that tells the body what to do. So, you watch the body. Make sure that it doesn’t do anything bad.
“Dhamma in English, Oct 13, 2018.”
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
www.phrasuchart.com
Latest Dhamma talks on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_BnRZmNgECsJGS31F495g
**********
No comments:
Post a Comment