The Teaching of Ajahn Suchart.
10th May, 2022
Question: I refer to ‘Beyond Birth’: ‘So, I just let my mind go. Once it fell, it exploded.as soon as it exploded, it completely disappeared.
There was nothing left.’ Why does letting go of control of the mind at the beginning of practice lead to more craving, but letting go of control of the mind at the end of practice leads to emptiness?
Than Ajahn: That’s because the desire to control the mind is the last craving that you have to get rid of.
Once you get rid of your last craving, then there is nothing left to get rid of. So, you have emptiness. But at the start of the practice, you have so many types of craving, so if you let go of the control of the mind to your craving, then you allow all sorts of craving to come up.
But if the desire to control the mind is the last craving left, then you have to get rid of that craving, which is the craving to control the mind.
“Dhamma in English, Jan 16, 2022.”
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
YouTube: Dhamma in English.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_BnRZmNgECsJGS31F495g
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