The Teachings of Ajahn Suchart
16 December 2023
“Your mind does not need that kind of puññā. Your mind right now needs peace, samādhi and paññā (wisdom).”
Sometimes your mind is too slow so you have to push it, and sometimes it goes too fast and you have to pull it back. The Buddha said you have to stay in the middle path, just like the string of a lute. If you tighten it too tight, it can break, but if you don't string it tight enough, you cannot play it to make a sound. So you always have to watch your mind, to always be in equanimity.
Try to be in the neutral position.
Try to calm your mind, so it remains calm and mindful.
Don't let your thoughts fool you sometimes. At times you may think too much and want to do what your thoughts tell you to do. But you have to accept reality that you are not in that position to do that yet. You have to go step by step. So fundamentally, you have to maintain mindfulness and be aware of what you are thinking.
Better still is to not let your mind think at all. If you want to think, bring it back to Buddho, or investigate the body by going through the 32 parts of the body.
Try not to let your mind wander in discursive thinking, thinking about this or that and so forth. If you want to think, then think about the Dhamma, think about the 32 parts and repulsiveness of the body.
Otherwise let it be blank and not think about anything.
Better still is to not let your mind think at all. If you want to think, bring it back to Buddho, or investigate the body by going through the 32 parts of the body.
Try not to let your mind wander in discursive thinking, thinking about this or that and so forth. If you want to think, then think about the Dhamma, think about the 32 parts and repulsiveness of the body.
Otherwise let it be blank and not think about anything.
That will be good. Concentrate on your breathing or what you are doing.
Be mindful of the movement of your body.
Try to be strict with yourself. For instance, if you know you have to do a certain thing at a particular time, then do it. Suppose at this particular time you have to sit, then sit, and if you have to walk, then walk. Do not give in to excuses for not doing it, because it will become a habit. You will then keep on excusing yourself and do something else instead. As soon as you move away from your practice, you are regressing. You are going backward and not forward.
Sometimes your kilesas tell you that you are doing puññā or making merit by helping other people, but it is not enough for your mind.
By Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto
www.phrasuchart.com
Youtube: Dhamma in English
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_BnRZmNgECsJGS31F495g
Be mindful of the movement of your body.
Try to be strict with yourself. For instance, if you know you have to do a certain thing at a particular time, then do it. Suppose at this particular time you have to sit, then sit, and if you have to walk, then walk. Do not give in to excuses for not doing it, because it will become a habit. You will then keep on excusing yourself and do something else instead. As soon as you move away from your practice, you are regressing. You are going backward and not forward.
Sometimes your kilesas tell you that you are doing puññā or making merit by helping other people, but it is not enough for your mind.
Your mind does not need that kind of puññā.
Your mind right now needs peace, samādhi and paññā (wisdom).
By Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto
www.phrasuchart.com
Youtube: Dhamma in English
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_BnRZmNgECsJGS31F495g
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