:: Ajahn Dtun | Dhamma Talk on 11 Jan 2020 ::

:: Ajahn Dtun | Dhamma Talk on 11 Jan 2020 :: 

Listen to this Dhamma Talk in Thai and interpretation in English at Palelai Buddhist Temple: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAZJz_aBX30&list=PLQ1AG6NNvCxEAQOtC7kCRQXgN-Q8BjvAz

Transcribed from the Video:

“I would like to greet you all here,

all of you here today

coming in the faith of the Lord Buddha

And when you are free from your work, duties and responsibilities

then you will naturally think of

wanting to come and offer dana or practise generosity

When you have the wisdom

to see that the practice of dana,

the practice of generosity

this is a source of happiness for oneself

then you will probably also have the wisdom to see that 

performing any immoral deeds, this is a source of suffering

therefore when you have this aspiration to seek out true happiness

You should then take up the teaching of the Lord Buddha

and follow it so as to develop your mind

One goes about doing this

by practising goodness, practising generosity,

to the utmost of one’s ability

and further develop your mind

so as to gradually cleanse it and purify it

unless you do it through the practice of sīla, samādhi and pañña 

or namely, moral virtues, concentration and wisdom

for somebody to keep the five precepts,

they need to have wisdom

to see the benefits of keeping these five precepts

Because otherwise if delusion is dominating within the mind

then we will act in accordance to the mental defilements

and therefore we will act and speak in unwholesome or unskilful ways

But if we have the mindfulness and the wisdom

to see the harm of performing any immoral deeds

by way of body or speech

then you will see the benefits of keeping the moral precepts

And for anybody who regularly practises generosity

and keeps these five precepts

then their mind will achieve a degree of coolness and peacefulness

Because there will be no harm or remorse coming to them

through performing any immoral deeds. 

And if one has the mindfulness or the intelligence

to see that within the mind, there is suffering

If one wishes to rid the suffering from within the mind

then one must further go about developing the mind

through the practice of concentration

for if we do not go about learning

how to train the mind and make it peaceful 

then the mind will always be a slave to its emotions

or a servant to mental defilements

there will also be greed and aversion and sensual desires

dominating within the mind

Sometimes the mind will be proliferating

about all kinds of bad or unwholesome things

Then when we see that the mind is suffering

suffering has arisen within the mind

we should therefore go about

the practice of cultivating the mind 

though the practice of concentration 

We do this by keeping our mindfulness

focussed upon a meditation object,

sustaining it at there,

if one can do this

then the mind will gradually

become concentrated and peaceful

One needs to have the wisdom

to see the suffering that arises within one’s mind 

and therefore have this wish to rid it from the mind

When we train the mind to become peaceful

then as a consequence

all the rest of the activities of the mind will cease

and the suffering that arises within the mind

will also cease accordingly

Once the mind has been concentrated and made strong and peaceful

then this will give rise to the energy of mindfulness and wisdom

And it’s this mindfulness and wisdom

that we use to take control over the mind

Always learning to use these two faculties

Always keep constant guard over the mind

Not allowing any suffering or unhappiness to arise within the mind

For if these unwholesome states of mind arise

then we should have the mindfulness to comprehend them

to know that it has arisen. 

And have the mindfulness and wisdom

to know the cause of the suffering that has arisen

and have the mindfulness and wisdom to seek out skilful means

to remove the suffering from the mind

for all manner of suffering

it doesn’t arise at one’s home or even here at this monastery, 

it arises within one’s own heart, within one’s own mind 

therefore one should take an interest

in learning how to free the mind from the suffering 

we practise the keeping of moral precepts

so as to take control over our body and speech

we practise concentration so as to take control over the mind

so as to make it peaceful 

and once the mind is peaceful

then this gives rise to mindfulness and wisdom 

And we use mindfulness and wisdom to screen out or to filter out

whenever greed arises within the mind

And we use these two faculties to screen out and filter out

whenever anger or hatred arises in the mind

and we use them to also remove the suffering that arises within the mind

for anybody who regularly takes good care over their mind

and keeps guard over it

then they will go beyond the control or the snares of Mara. 

~ Ajahn Dtun

:: Profile of Ajahn Dtun ::

Tan Ajahn Dtun is considered to be one of the greatest living meditation masters in Thailand. Renowned for his gentle demeanour and deep wisdom, Tan Ajahn Dtun has always had an impeccable reputation as a well-practised monk in the Ajahn Chah Tradition. Even as a junior monk, there was a buzz among the monks regarding Tan Ajahn Dtun due to his dedication to practise and an aura of calm and clarity around him.

Born in 1955 in Ayutthaya, Thailand, Tan Ajahn Dtun was raised in Bangkok. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, he decided to become a monk at Wat Nong Pah Pong with VenerableAjahn Chah as his preceptor. Presently, Tan Ajahn Dtun is the Abbot of Wat Boonyawad in Chonburi, Thailand. Wat Boonyawad has grown from being a hermitage of a few monks to a large monastery with close to fifty monks training under the guidance of  Tan Ajahn Dtun.

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