The Teachings of Ajahn Suchart.
27 November 2023
“Your body has to be still first before your mind can become still because it is the mind that directs the body.”
Lay: I have a better sitting after you taught us how to meditate and to use mantra recitation mentally, and I use Arahang.
Than Ajahn: You can use anything. You need something to control your thoughts. You have to keep doing it, make it continuous. The mantra is like a break to stop your mind from thinking, because usually you never stop your mind from thinking.
But your mind will not converge into one, and be totally still until you sit down. You have to sit down.
Your body has to be still first before your mind can become still because it is the mind that directs the body.
As long as the mind still have to direct the body, it cannot be still but when the body is still then the mind can leave the body alone and it itself can become totally still. When you have achieved that, you have achieved maximum peace of mind, the maximum happiness.
You have to try. It is not something that you can do overnight. For some people it takes years, not just days.
But at least you have some feel of it, that this is the right way, this is what you want but somehow you just couldn’t get to that yet. When you meditate you want to be alone so you can concentrate on your meditation object and don’t let the mind wander.
You can meditate at home. You don’t have to come to the temple because sometimes the temple is not as quiet as your own home. In the temple you might have some other people coming at the entry level so they are subjected to group meditation or group chanting so it may not be good for an advanced level meditator.
By Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto
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