Meditation is a state of ease, inner peace and happiness that we can bring into being, ourselves. It is a practice recommended by Buddhism for happiness,
A man, when he was in childhood he was diligent but when he was grown up he became a trouble maker because of his promiscuous behavior. He always asked money from parents and spent it all with women. His parents thought he might be under the influence of black magic so they took him to a black magic master to remove the curse but nothing was better. He was admitted to a nerve hospital once. His mother ordained him as a monk at a temple. During his ordination, he was better but things turned back to be same after he quitted a priesthood. Did he have a mental problem from a black magic…..what is the Kammar of his parents to have so much sorrow with their son in this life?
The Three Signs of Existence [tilakkhana] that are exhibited by all material things are impermanence [aniccam], suffering [dukkham] and not –self [anatta]
When my husband was young, he drank and smoked a lot. One day, he coughed and was unconscious. His body was cold and I was frightened. After he regained consciousness, he said to me “Please go to pay respects to Luang Pu and King Rama V.” Later, he was able to quit smoking and drinking. Why did my husband do so after he regained consciousness? What did he see?
มาอยู่วัดปากน้ำ ทำวิชชากับหลวงพ่อ ยายไม่ได้หนีไปไหนเลย คนอื่นเขากลับบ้านบ้าง เดี๋ยวไปโน่น ไปนี่บ้าง แต่ยายห่วงธรรมะ รักธรรมะ
The Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta is one of the most important teachings for Buddhists to know. It is so important because it acts like a master-plan for all the subsequent teachings on Buddhism given during the Buddha’s lifetime
The mindfulness of the feeling in the feeling is to see and consider the feelings [vedana] both inside and outside, the whole of the time
ในสมัยที่หลวงพ่อวัดปากน้ำทำวิชชาอยู่ ท่านเคยถามทุกๆ คน ที่ทำวิชชา ถามว่ารู้ไหมเราทำวิชชานี้เพื่ออะไร ? ถามเรียงตัวเลย ให้ตอบทีละคน บางคนก็ตอบว่า ทำเพื่อพระศาสนา ทำเพื่อวัด ทำเพื่อหลวงพ่อ ตอบในทำนองนี้ทุกคน
One man got 3 wives. The first wife and the second one were suspicious that he was under a spell of black magic from the third wife so they coordinated together to find someone to help resolve the black magic. After he had passed away for 8 days, his third wife prepared a ceremony to receive Dhamma from Kuan Yin Goddess. They said, this ceremony was from the higher class in Taiwan, and it can powerfully dismiss the recipients name from hell.
