The Teachings of Ajahn Suchart.
12 April 2025
"Loyal of Passion Day"
The 15th day of the waxing moon of the 12th lunar month is a Buddhist holy day, a day for listening to sermons, a day for practicing Dhamma, and a day for Loi Krathong. It is a day of special activities, which is the Loi Krathong festival. According to the belief that if we float a Krathong, this Krathong will remove all suffering from our lives, allowing us to live happily and comfortably, free from suffering. But it is just a belief.
In reality, Loi Krathong cannot remove all suffering from our lives because the cause of our hearts' suffering is not the Krathong itself, not the flowers or candles in the Krathong. The cause of our hearts' suffering is our greed, delusion, and ignorance, which we must float.
Instead of floating Krathongs, we float our defilements.
If we can put our defilements in the Krathong and let them flow with the current of the water, the suffering in our hearts will disappear.
Therefore, if we want our wishes and beliefs to come true when floating Krathongs, let's float our defilements. Put defilements in the Krathong. Put greed, anger, delusion, and various desires in the Krathong and let them flow with the current of the water. This Krathong must be a special Krathong. The krathong that the Lord Buddha created, the krathong that will make all the greed, anger, delusion, and desires in our hearts disappear, that will make all the suffering that comes from greed, anger, delusion, and desires disappear, we must float the krathong that the Lord Buddha created and then bring it to spread and teach us. Let's create krathongs like this, the krathong that will make all the defilements, which are greed, anger, delusion, and desires, and the suffering that comes from these defilements, disappear from our lives and minds, which is the practice of giving, morality, and meditation.
By Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto
Youtube: Dhamma in English
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_BnRZmNgECsJGS31F495g
Phra Ajahn Suchart Aphichato
Wat Yan Sangwararam, Chonburi
Dhamma in front of the kuti
November 15, 2024
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