The Teaching of Ajahn Suchart
22 December 2023
“The real fear is not the fear of ghosts or fear of animals. The real fear is the fear of death.”
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Question: How could I overcome the fear in the mind?
Than Ajahn: It depends on what you’re afraid of. If you are afraid of ghosts, you have to go look for the ghosts and find out whether there are ghosts or not.
Layperson: So, we go and see what we are afraid of and then we go and face the truth.
Than Ajahn: Yes, face the truth. You ask yourself, ‘What are you really afraid of?’ You are afraid of ghosts or animals because you think that they’re going to attack you, right?
Layperson: Yes.
Than Ajahn: So, actually, you’re more afraid of death than of anything else. You don’t want anything to happen that can cause you to die.
The real fear is not the fear of ghosts or fear of animals.
The real fear is the fear of death. So, you have to study the nature of your body to see whether you can avoid death or not. If you can’t avoid death, why should you be afraid of death?
Everybody dies. If you’re willing to accept death, then you will not be afraid of anything. Ok?
Layperson: Thank you, Ajahn.
“Dhamma in English, Feb 22, 2020.”
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
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