Luang Pu Chob Thanasamo
When it’s time to wai Phra and suat mon, don’t think it is just entertainment and fool around.
The Dhamma of our Lord Buddha is noble. It is worthy of homage and respect.
If you just use [it to amuse yourself] as if it were a tool of play, it will be considered unskillful kamma .
The wise will rebuke you and the tewadas will gather and condemn you.
When it’s time to wai Phra and suat mon, we should lead one another to earnestly recite in clarification of the Dhamma. Let there be samadhi and focus on whatever sutta you are reciting, so that benefits and merit accrue.
To wai Phra and suat mon is a form of meditation. Sometimes, all kinds of Dhamma may arise when we are praying.
The groups of theps and tewadas once used to be human beings just like us. When they were humans, they had a heart focused on merit.
As soon as they passed away on earth, they were reborn on the different levels of heaven.
Some high some low. This all depended on the merit that they accumulated when they were human.
Even though they are theps and tewadas, their hearts are still attached to merit. So if they see anyone making merit, they will bring each other to anumodana boon with such people.
If our cittas possess samadhi, we are able to perceive this group of heavenly lords and choir of angels.
They will lead one another in anumodana-ing with us [when we make merit].
As a coarse way of recognition, some people may feel goosebumps, hairs standing on end.
However, if your mind is refined, you may see them manifest for yourself. And so you will know for yourself alone.
Luang Pu Chob Thanasamo
Wat Pa Sammanuson, Loei Province
Cr. to the original owner of the photo
18 May 2023
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