Post by vensander on May 14, 2012 21:08:28 GMT 7
This story was translated by one of our volunteers. Very beautiful!
With peace,
Ven. Sander.
A few years ago in Thailand there was a doctor who had recently become blind. Feeling distraught he went to the temple to seek guidance from LaungPhor, who listened to him speak of his problems. When the doctor had finished LuangPhor said to him, “people in general do not see for eight hours a day anyways, the time when they are asleep. Also some people meditate for ten hours a day and sleep for eight hours, so those eighteen hours they are not seeing with their eyes as well. You have only six more hours in which to see than they do.”
He continued, “then there are some people who see the outside world, and this makes their mind think of many things that are not essential to life. They have the monkey mind, thinking of this and that and never ceasing. But there is another way of seeing, that is to see from within, the seeing that comes when you close your eyes to practice meditation. Seeing the outside world can be both good and bad, and one who is blind can more easily see the path from within.”
So the doctor starts his meditation in earnest, and soon he sees the Dhammakaya, and the Buddha, within himself all the time. He sees it to the point where he can be out of his physical body, and feel like he is floating. He realizes that before getting to this point he was not happy, not himself; he was always upset and sad, angry because he wanted to do and have so much, but could not. But now he knows who he is and experiences no more anger, no more sadness, is content and smiles.
Luang Phor says to his followers, “so this is what you need to decide, whether to be like the doctor in his former life, or the doctor in his new life, aided by wisdom gained from meditation. In order to live like the doctors new life you need to practice meditation more and more. It is not too hard, even the elephants from the wild jungle can be tamed. Seeing the Dhammakaya within can be achieved easily with practice.
He continued, “then there are some people who see the outside world, and this makes their mind think of many things that are not essential to life. They have the monkey mind, thinking of this and that and never ceasing. But there is another way of seeing, that is to see from within, the seeing that comes when you close your eyes to practice meditation. Seeing the outside world can be both good and bad, and one who is blind can more easily see the path from within.”
So the doctor starts his meditation in earnest, and soon he sees the Dhammakaya, and the Buddha, within himself all the time. He sees it to the point where he can be out of his physical body, and feel like he is floating. He realizes that before getting to this point he was not happy, not himself; he was always upset and sad, angry because he wanted to do and have so much, but could not. But now he knows who he is and experiences no more anger, no more sadness, is content and smiles.
Luang Phor says to his followers, “so this is what you need to decide, whether to be like the doctor in his former life, or the doctor in his new life, aided by wisdom gained from meditation. In order to live like the doctors new life you need to practice meditation more and more. It is not too hard, even the elephants from the wild jungle can be tamed. Seeing the Dhammakaya within can be achieved easily with practice.
With peace,
Ven. Sander.