The Teaching of Ajahn Suchart.
5 September 2024
“The test comes when there is a crisis in your life.”
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Question: I understand the Four Noble Truths, the noble eightfold path, but I am unable to apply them all the time. Is it for sure that I will not be able to move forward towards Sotāpanna level because I am not able to apply those all the time?
Than Ajahn: Well, you have to apply them at the time when something happens to your body. If you can apply the Four Noble Truths at that time, then you can achieve enlightenment. You need something to happen to force your mind to see the Four Noble Truths, to apply the noble eightfold path. If nothing happens i.e. when your body is still strong, when the body isn’t sick, when the body isn’t threatened by death, there is nothing for you to use as a point to investigate the Four Noble Truths and to apply noble eightfold path.
However, we have to learn to develop the noble eightfold path and the Four Noble Truths in preparation for the time when we have to use them. So, normally we will try to maintain the noble eightfold path as much as possible and maintain the knowledge of the Four Noble Truths as much as possible. The test comes when there is a crisis in your life. This is when you have to use the Four Noble Truths to eliminate your suffering that arises from the crisis.
Youtube: “Dhamma in English, Dec 18, 2018.”
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
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