Sunday, November 25, 2012

SN Goenka "unusually generous nature of Dhamma"



People - a social being. For it is not possible and it is useless to live outside of society. His desire to make a social being more peaceful and harmonious is the true measure of his merits as a useful member of society.The basis of any healthy, harmonious society are always healthy and harmonious people. Inharmonious people not only themselves are in stress and distress, but because of its tension and disharmony, and also make the people around them miserable. Consequently, it is clear that only when every person in the community is happy, healthy and harmonious, then the society happy, healthy and harmonious. Tranquility in society can only be in the case where each person has a clean and calm the mind. Dhamma - a unique way to achieve peace for man, and, consequently, the way to achieve peace and harmony to society and to the world vseo.Dhamma - this is not some kind of cult. Sects, religious dogma and usually create barriers and differences, the differences between people. In contrast, the Dhamma destroys all these obstacles and differences, and removes all the differences between people. Otherwise, it is not Dhamma. True Dhamma eradicates sense of superiority, as well as feeling low and status in society, it destroys the pollution of the mind and sends it to the path of equality, to which none of these patients complexes can exist. This purity of mind is measured by the quality of balance. Person achieves the ability to see every situation, every person and every incarnation of reality in its natural environment, in natural colors, and he is able to see things as they really are. This purity and frees the mind from the false hype and blind dependency often associated with people immersed in the emotional commitment to any supernatural forces. The ability to see things as they really are, without the turbidity of the vision of the conditioned mind, develops insight, wisdom and understanding of the Truth. A person can become an objective witness to the truth within, his insight is released from the mask of ignorance. conditioned mind, which are the result of our past experiences, become obstacles to our ability to see things in their true nature. Our customary beliefs and convictions so carefully paint our vision of what we see objects and situations in the refracted light and can not see their uncomplicated nature. Under the name of Dhamma we chained themselves with these golden chains of dogma and blind belief that through ignorance we began to extol the honors as decorative achievement and intellectual understanding. However, in order to become fully liberated from all of our ignorance and suffering, we have to break to pieces all the emotional and mental shackles of dogma and religion. If we want to be free from all hatred, greed, ignorance, hatred, envy, fear, and Another negative that pollute the mind, we need to Get you up from all of our philosophical beliefs, misconceptions and emotional commitment and learn to live in the present, such as it is. To live in the present moment is to live in the reality of the present moment. The points that have already passed are no longer a reality, we can only remember them. Similarly, the points that have not yet occurred, is not real, because We can only wait, hope or fear about them. To live in the present moment so that you understand what is happening in the moment. Pleasant and unpleasant experiences of the past, as well as pleasant or unpleasant, and the hopes and fears of the future, have taken us away from the reality of the present moment and do not allow us to live a real life. Life does not run in the moment, is the life of misconceptions that lead to all sorts of difficult situations that cause pollution in the mind and the end result is manifested as anxiety, stress, frustration, disappointment and pain. However, as we learn to live and see the truth of the moment, we automatically begin to experience a sense of liberation from these negative. Supreme Enlightenment, the Buddha achieved, manifested in a way that allows a person to learn to live in the moment. It clears the mind by destroying all past conditionings and eliminate pollution of disgust, desire and delusion, and thus leads to the total liberation from all suffering. Once Buddha was released through this method, he devoted the rest of his life to teaching others this path of liberation. He called the dismissive way Vipassana. Students learning this technique, learning to recognize what he is going through at the moment. He develops mindfulness and awareness of their physical structure and thus practicing kayyanupassana. He develops the awareness of bodily sensations he experiences - pleasant, unpleasant or neutral - and thus practice veydananupassana. He develops the awareness of the mind, and thus practicing chittanupassana. Similarly, he is attentive to all the wholesome and unwholesome states of mind, the source of their origin, their causes and their nature, and thus practicing dhammanupassana. After completion of all bodily and mental experiences, all sensory experiences, all of relativity, he experiences ultimate reality, Nibbana. The practice of mindfulness eradicates deeply ingrained conditioning that are caused by unwholesome states of mind. With the reduction and elimination of past conditioned mind is gradually released from attachment, from the desire for sensual experiences, and from the lack of balance in relation to the pain of past memories, as well, and anxiety about the future. Gradually the mind becomes quiet, calm and clean. This technique of Vipassana, which frees humanity from all the negativity that soothes full of stress and anxiety mind and teaches you how to get rid of all suffering, is beneficial to all and everyone, regardless of caste, community, nationality, language or belonging to a religion. You are not required to declare oneself a Buddhist before you begin to practice it or receive benefits from it. You do not need to light incense and extend in front of the Buddha, or to arrange a traditional rite or ceremony. You do not need to contemplate the image or the name of this great teacher who gave you this technique. When a person takes refuge in the Buddha, he must be careful that this commitment does not become a blind worship. Such madness can lead us to believe that the Buddha will put an end to all our suffering. On the other hand, once you're practicing this technique, the witness of his cleansing and purification of the others, if you are starting to fill thanks to the compassionate enlightened teacher, then be appropriate to any expression of respect and gratitude. When our devotion increases due to the beneficial qualities that free and purify us, we are inspired to take these qualities. This is the nature of devotion is not blind faith and not turn into fetters, she becomes a factor of enlightenment. This factor makes the mind of enlightenment sensitive, which is extremely useful in the process of purification through the practice of Vipassana. Vipassana meditation object appears not Buddha, it is the awareness of moment-to-moment changes the nature of his own body and mind. Vipassana teaches us to always be aware and attentive to the real nature of things. This practice, which trains us to live and understand the moment, to see and experience things as they really are, can accept and practice all. Man learns to observe yourself and study its nature. A man checks his body and shades of the states of mind at every moment in life. Man sees the appearance of attraction and repulsion. Practicing such awareness, people can free themselves from mental pollution and establish themselves in the true Dhamma. Such a pure man is respected and honored, regardless of its membership in a cult. Such a man with a mind free from all shackles, not only the happy and relaxed, and he becomes a conductor, which increases happiness and peace of others. Suppose unusually generous, comprehensive, good, and universal nature of the Dhamma will reach all suffering beings and generate in them peace, happiness, and release. May all beings be happy! Source: This article was published in Vipassana,




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