AWARENESS ITSELF: THE TEACHING OF AJAAN FUANG JOTIKO
"You have to know the breath at all times, and then happi-ness will be yours. The human state, the heavenly state and nibbana are all here in the breath. If you get carried away with other things, happiness will slip through your fingers, so you have to learn how to observe the in-and-out breath at all times. Pay attention to how it's getting along--don't leave it to fend for itself.
When you know its way of life--sitting, standing, walking, everything--then you can get what you want from it. The body will be light, the mind at ease, happy at all times."
"The breath can take you all the way to nibbana, you know."
"The first step is simply to look at the breath as it is. You don't have to go fiddling around with it a lot. Just think bud- with the in-breath, and dho with the out. Bud- in, dho out. Don't force the breath, or force the mind into a trance. Simply hold the mind carefully right there with each breath."
AWARENESS ITSELF: THE TEACHING OF AJAAN FUANG JOTIKO
Compiled and Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
[http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MAG/mag52715.pdf]
(http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MAG/mag52715.pdf)
25th October, 2022
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