The Teachings of Ajahn Suchart.
19 September 2025
“Characteristics of good practice and right practice”
How to practice Dhamma to attain Dhamma is like how to study to graduate as a doctor. It’s the same thing.
Studying, studying medicine to become a doctor, you have to study fully, right? You’re going to divide your time to work and study at the same time. Do you think you’ll graduate? Studying only on weekends like this, this is the same.
Practicing Dhamma is also studying, studying to become an Ariya, studying to become a Sotapanna, a Sakadagami, an Anagami, an Arahant, you have to study fully and fully, not just on weekends, asking to go to work, earning a living to feed your stomach.
If that’s the case, monks don’t have to ordain.
The reason why monks don’t have any jobs to do after ordination is so that they can use their time to practice Dhamma fully. If monks have to work to earn a living like relatives and laypeople, no one gives them alms, they have to sell vegetables, sell things, etc. Then how can they find time to practice Dhamma to become Ariyas? So, in conclusion, you have to practice fully, 100 percent. The word “supatipanno” means practicing well, doing well, you have to do it fully. If you are a student, you should get 4 points or more, a grade of 4.0 like this. This is called good study, excellent study, Supatipanno.
The word Supatipanno means this. You have to devote all your time to practicing Dhamma.
Only then will you be able to attain Dhamma.
Those who attain Dhamma, 99 percent, are all monks.
If you look at the history of all noble ones, there may be 1 percent who are special cases. They have old merit. As soon as they pick up the book, they understand it and can take the exam. These people have old knowledge. Some laymen can attain Arahantship after listening to the Dhamma once. But it is an exception. It is a very rare case.
So to summarize, you have to Supatipanno, Uchupattipanno, Nyapattipanno, Samichipattipanno. The 4 types of practice.
Supatipanno is to practice fully. Uchu is to practice for, I can't remember. Ayapattipanno is to practice to achieve the desired goal, which is to be free from all suffering. It is not to practice for the sake of receiving respect or honor. It is not to practice to get a position.
Nowadays, there are positions to lure monks.
See? If you finish your Pali studies, To be appointed as a prince, this 9th level of the Buddhist scriptures, give encouragement, so he gave encouragement, but it turned into a diversion from studying to achieve the noble one to studying to become a royal monk. This is not like that. Samiji also practices correctly according to the scriptures, according to the teachings of the Lord Buddha. This is the characteristic of good practice.
Phra Ajahn Suchart Aphichato
By Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto
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