If you dont train your heart - if you allow it to follow the lead of defilements, it will be bound to the round of rebirth because the heart never dies or disintegrates. As the Buddha had realized himself declared to us, Deceived by defilements, a living being continues trapped in the cycle of birth-and-death in various realms and worlds. ---- If the corpses and bones left behind by that being from various past lives were collected together into a pile, its size would be bigger than that of a whole mountain.----- This statement implies that the heart never dies or disintegrates. If the heart were to die or disintegrate at some point - such as at the moment the body ceases to function altogether - how could the corpses and bones accumulate and be collected into a pile bigger than a whole mountain? 9We each have a body. One day, when our breathing stops and the heart leaves the body, our bodies will again become corpses - are you resigned to letting these corpses keep piling up endlessly? Precisely because taking refuge in defilements will keep one trapped in the round of rebirth, causing endless suffering, we conclude that defilements never have sympathy for their victims. Reflecting on this fact, we surely want to find an escape from the round of rebirth; taking up the training wholeheartedly, we hope that one day we will be released from the control of defilements, realizing full enlightenment (Nibbana) through the power of our practice. Its time to wake up! Its time to wake up from the delusion and stupidity of obeying defilements commands. If you dont wake up now, you probably wont have another chance to wake up in the future. Your situation in this life is already an ideal one. Your being reborn in this world indicates that you have performed meritorious actions and developed perfections (Parami) in the past so you take on a life form complete with favorable faculties in the human realm (Manussa-Sampatti). That is, you possess a human body and mind in healthy condition. Favorable faculties in the human realm is the foundation for developing higher-level faculties such as favorable faculties in the heavenly realms (Deva-Sampatti) or favorable faculties for attaining Nibbana (NibbanaSampatti), the goal that you all are aiming for. As human beings, you already possess ideal conditions for fully developing yourselves in the practice. You should be pleased and proud of having this privilege, and take advantage of the opportunity readily available here and now. There is no point in hoping for something better in a future life. #AJAHN UTHAI SIRIDHARO
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:59:25 +0000
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