Please ask yourselves this
Was there a day in your life
When you spent each moment carefully
Maintaining your citta (mind/heart) and supporting your citta
Directing it in a virtuous and meritorious way all day long
[Let us not mention something as long as a day]
How about 1 hour?
Was there an hour where you maintained your sati (mindfulness)
Keeping watch on your citta?
Watching how the citta gets caught up in and reacts
In accordance to external stimuli [i.e. pleasant or unpleasant sights, smells, sounds, tastes, touch and ideas]?
If you have never done this at all
Will you not regret that you are willing to spend time
On all kinds of things
But not taking into consideration
What is important or not important
And did not take the time,
Even if it is for just one day, or even one hour...
To prove to yourself the truth of the Buddha's teachings?
Luang Phor Jaran Thittamo
Wat Amphawan, Singburi Province
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