Teaching of Ajahn Maha Boowa
Suppose that we return home without a teacher or instructor.
Well, what teaching have we already received and what are we really missing? The teacher is still present in his teaching, and it's there that we'll find the Tathagata and the Dhamma. We are with the Dhamma, with the Buddha, and with the Sangha at all times because of the Teaching that we train ourselves with.
We do not lack a teacher or an instructor. We live with a refuge in having mindfulness, wisdom, faith, and energy out fighting to destroy those things that are our enemy.
How can we say we are without a teacher when we exist with our teacher! So we must strive to gain knowledge together with this teacher.
This is the way to practice, without loneliness or wavering but endowed with firmness and steadfastness in the truth of Dhamma. The teacher's instructions are constantly embraced as the internal guide within the heart.
Wherever we may be, we can say that we are with a teacher, with an instructor, with the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha — because the real Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha are within the heart. It is only the heart that can be with Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha, or the whole essence of Dhamma.
~ Ajahn Maha Boowa
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