The Teachings of Ajahn Suchart.
28th May, 2022
“There is no real conceit. There is no real self-hatred. That’s just the creation of the mind through its thoughts.”
Question: “What is the best way to deal strong negative thoughts and emotions?”
Than Ajahn: “The easiest way is by using a mantra. When negative thoughts and emotions arise, you just recite a mantra to pull your mind away from those thoughts. If you can stick to your mantra for five or ten minutes, you will forget about those negative thoughts and emotions. But if those thoughts are still in you, you just continue on reciting your mantra because sometimes your mantra is not strong enough, sometimes you may only be able to recite it for a few second and your mind goes back to the negative thoughts again. So it is like a tuck of war between reciting mantra and pulling your mind away from those thoughts, until you can win it, you achieve peace and calm and your negative thoughts disappear.”
Q&A, May 5, 2017
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Question: “How do you deal with conceit and self-hate?”
Than Ajahn: “First you need to have strong mindfulness to stop your thoughts because your conceit or self-hatred comes from your thoughts. As soon as you start to think of hating yourself or to think of how good you are, you should stop that thought. Once you can stop the thoughts, your conceit and your self-hatred will disappear. Then, the next thing is to teach your mind that your self-hatred, your conceit arise from your delusion. It’s just the thought.
There is no real conceit. There is no real self-hatred. That’s just the creation of the mind through its thoughts.”
Q&A, Oct 9, 2017
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
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