WHEN YOUR MIND IS ACTIVE

                                                           ACTIVE MIND

             ALL TIMES, WHEN MY MIND HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE, IT HAS ACQUIRED SUCH MOMENTUM THAT I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE MY ATTENTION AWAY FROM IT AND FEEL THE INNER BODY. THIS HAPPENS PARTICULARLY WHEN I GET INTO A WORRY OR ANXIETY PATTERN. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?

          IF AT ANY TIME YOU ARE FINDING IT HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE INNER BODY, IT IS USUALLY EASIER TO FOCUS ON YOUR BREATHING FIRST. CONSCIOUS BREATHING, WHICH IS A POWERFUL MEDITATION IN ITS OWN RIGHT, WILL GRADUALLY PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE BODY. FOLLOW THE BREATH WITH YOUR ATTENTION AS IT MOVES IN AND OUT OF YOUR BODY. BREATHE INTOTHE BODY, AND FEEL YOUR ABDOMEN EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING SLIGHTLY WITH EACH INHALATION AND EXHALATION. IF YOU FIND IT EASY TO VISUALIZE, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE YOURSELF SURROUNDED BY LIGHT OR IMMERSED IN A LUMINOUS SUBSTANCE- A SEA OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THEN BREATHE IN THAT LIGHT. FEEL THAT LUMINOUS SUBSTANCE- A SEA OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THEN BREATHE IN THAT LIGHT. FEEL THAT LUMINOUS SUBSTANCE FILLING  UP YOUR BODY AND MAKING IT LUMINOUS ALSO. THEN GRADUALLY FOCUS MORE ON THE FEELING. YOU ARE NOW IN YOUR BODY. DON'T GET ATTACHED TO ANY VISUAL IMAGE.

                                                    CREATIVE USE OF MIND

               IF YOU NEED TO USE YOUR MIND FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, USE IT CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR INNER BODY. ONLY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BE CONSCIOUS WITHOUT THOUGHT CAN YOU USE YOUR MIND CREATIVELY, AND THE EASIEST WAY TO ENTER THAT STATE IS THROUGH YOUR BODY. WHENEVER AN ANSWER, A SOLUTION, IR A CREATIVE IDEA IS NEEDED, STOP THINKING FOR A MOMENT BY FOCUSING ATTENTION ON YOUR INNER ENERGY FIELD. BECOME AWARE OF THE STILLNESS. WHEN YOU RESUME THINKING, IT WILL BE FRESH AND CREATIVE. IN ANY THOUGHT ACTIVITY, MAKE IT A HABIT TO GO BACK AND FORTH EVERY FEW MINUTES OR SO BETWEEN THINKING AND AN INNER KIND OF LISTENING, AN INNER STILLNESS. WE COULD SAY, DON'T JUST THINK WITH YOUR HEAD, THINK WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY.

      

                                                      THE ART OF LISTENING

               WHEN LISTENING TO ANOTHER PERSON, DON'T JUST LISTEN WITH YOUR MIND, LISTEN WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY. FEEL THE ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR INNER BODY AS YOU LISTEN. THAT TAKES ATTENTION AWAY FROM THINKING AND CRETES A STILL SPACE THAT ENABLES YOU TO TRULY LISTEN WITHOUT THE MIND INTERFERING. YOU ARE GIVING THE OTHER PERSON SPACE- SPACE TO BE.IT IS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT YOU CAN GIVE. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LISTEN BECAUSE THE MAJOR PART OF THEIR ATTENTION IS TAKEN UP BY THINKIN. THEY PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THAT THAN TO WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS SAYING, AND NONE AT ALL TO WHAT REALLY MATTERS. THE BEING OF THE OTHER PERSON UNDERNEATH THE WORDS AND THE MIND, OF COURSE, YOU CANNOT FEEL SOMEONE ELSE'S BEING EXCEPT THROUGH YOUR OWN. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE REALIZATION OF ONENESS, WHICH IS LOVE. AT THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF BEING, YOU ARE ONE WITH ALL THAT IS.

                 MOST HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS CONSIST MAINLY OF MINDS INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, NOT OF HUMAN BEINGS COMMUNICATING, BEING IN COMMUNION. NO RELATIONSHIP CAN THRIVE IN THAT WAY, AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS SO MUCH CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS. WHEN THE MIND IS RUNNING YOUR LIFE, CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS. WHEN THE MIND IS RUNNING YOUR LIFE, CONFLICT, STRIFE AND PROBLEMS ARE INEVITABLE. BEING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR INNER BODY CREATES A CLEAR SPACE OF NO-MIND WITHIN WHICH THE RELATIONSHIP CAN FLOWER.

                                    SLOWING DOWN THE AGING PROCESS

                    IN THE MEANTIME, AWARENESS OF THE INNER BODY HAS OTHER BENEFITS IN THE PHYSICAL REALM. ONE OF THEM IS A SIGNIFICANT SLOWING DOWN OF THE AGING OF THE PHYSICAL BODY.

                     WHEREAS THE OUTER BODY NORMALLY APPEARS TO GROW OLD AND WITHER FAIRLY QUICKLY, THE INNER BODY DOES NOT CHANGE WITH TIME, EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY FEEL IT MORE DEEPLY AND BECOME IT MORE FULLY. IF YOU ARE TWENTY YEARS OLD NOW, THE ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR INNER BODY WILL FELL JUST THE SAME WHEN YOU ARE EIGHTY. IT WILL BE JUST AS VIBRANTLY ALIVE. AS SOON AS YOUR HABITUAL STATE CHANGES FROM BEING OUT-OF-THE-BODY AND TRAPPED IN YOUR MIND TO BEING IN-THE-BODY AND PRESENT IN THE NOW, YOUR PHYSICAL BODY WILL FEEL LIGHTER, CLEARER, MORE ALIVE. AS THERE IS MORE CONSCIOUNESS IN THE BODY, ITS MOLECULAR STRUCTURE ACTUALLY BECOMES LESS DENSE. MORE CONSCIOUSNESS MEANS A LESSENING OF THE ILLUSION OF MATERIALITY.

                     WHEN YOU BECOME IDENTIFIED MORE WITH THE TIMELESS INNER BODY THAN WITH THE OUTER BODY, WHEN PREENCE BECOMES YOUR PSYCHE AND IN THE CELLS OF THE BODY. THE ACCUMULATION OF TIME AS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDEN OF PAST AND FUTURE GREATLY IMPAIRS THE CELL'S CAPACITY FOR SELF RENEWAL. SO IF YOU INHABIT THE INNER BODY, THE OUTER BODY WILL GROW OLD AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE, AND EVEN WHEN IT DOES, YOUR TIMELESS ESSENCE WILL SHINE THROUGH THE OUTER FORM, AND YOU WILL NOT GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF AN OLD PERSON.

             IS THERE ANY SCIENCTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR THIS?

                 TRY IT OUT AND YOU WILL BE THE EVIDENCE.

       

WHEN YOUR LIFE START - ITS NOW

                                    YOUR LIFE WILL START NOW

                     I DON'T SEE HOW I CAN BE FREE NOW. AS IT HAPPENS, I AM EXTREMELY UNHAPPY WITH MY LIFE AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS A FACT, AND I WOULD BE DELUDING MYSELF IF I TRIED TO CONVINCE MYSELF THAT ALL IS WELL WHEN IT DEFINITELY ISN'T. TO ME, THE PRESENT MOMENT IS VERY UNHAPPY, IT IS NOT LIBERATING AT ALL. WHAT KEEPS ME GOING IS THE HOPE OR POSSIBLITY OF SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE FUTURE.

                  YOU THINK THAT YOUR ATTENTION IS IN THE PRESENT MOMENT WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY TAKEN UP COMPLETELY BY TIME. YOU CANNOT BE BOTH UNHAPPY AND FULLY PRESENT IN THE NOW.

                WHAT YOU REFER TO AS YOUR "LIFE" SHOULD MORE ACCURATELY BE CALLED YOUR "LIFE SITUATION" . IT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME, PAST AND FUTURE. CERTAIN THINGS IN THE PAST DIDN'T GO THE WAY YOU WANTED THEM TO GO. YOU ARE STILL RESISTING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND NOW YOU ARE RESISTING WHAT IS. HOPE IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING, BUT HOPE KEEPS YOU FOCUSED  ON THE FUTURE, AND THIS CONTINUED FOCUS PERPETUATES YOUR DENIAL OF THE NOW AND THEREFORE YOUR UNHAPPINESS.

               IT IS TRUE THAT MY PRESENT LIFE SITUATION IS THE RESULT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT IS STILL MY PRESENT SITUATION, AND BEING STUCK IN IT IS WHAT MAKES ME UNHAPPY.

             FORGET ABOUT YOUR LIFE SITUATION FOR A WHILE AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR LIFE.

         WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

    YOUR LIFE SITUATION EXISTS IN TIME.

    YOUR LIFE IS NOW.

    YOUR LIFE SITUATION IS MIND-STUFF.

    YOUR LIFE IS REAL.

              FIND THE "NARROW GATE THAT LEADS TO LIFE". IT IS CALLED THE NOW. NARROW YOUR LIFE DOWN TO THIS MOMENT. YOUR LIFE SITUATION MAY BE FULL OF PROBLEMS - MOST LIFE SITUATIONS ARE - BUT FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM AT THIS MOMENT. NOT TOMORROW OR IN TEN MINUTES, BUT NOW. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM NOW?

            WHEN YOU ARE FULL OF PROBLEMS, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ANYTHING NEW TO ENTER, NO ROOM FOR A SOLUTION. SO WHENEVER YOU CAN, MAKE SOME ROOM, CREATE SOME SPACE, SO THAT YOU FIND THE LIFE UNDERNEATH YOUR LIFE SITUATION.

            USE YOUR SENSE FULLY. BE WHERE YOU ARE. LOOK AROUND. JUST LOOK, DON'T UNTERPRET. SEE THE LIGHT, SHAPES, COLORS, TEXTURES. BE AWARE OF THE SILENT PRESENCE OF EACH THING. BE AWARE OF THE SPACE THAT ALLOWS EVERYTHING TO BE. LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS, DON'T JUDGE THEM. LISTEN TO THE SILENCE UNDERNEATH THE SOUNDS.  TOUCH SOMETHING- ANYTHING- AND FEEL AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT BEING. OBSERVE THE RHYTHM OF YOUR BREATHING, FEEL THE AIR FLOWING IN AND OUT, FEEL THE LIFE ENERGY INSIDE YOUR BODY. ALLOW EVERYTHING TO BE,  WITHIN AND WITHOUT. ALLOW THE "ISNESS" OF ALL THINGS. MOVE DEEPLY INTO THE NOW.

                    YOU ARE LEAVING BEHIND THE DEADENING WORLD OF MENTAL ABSTRACTION, OF TIME. YOU ARE GETTING OUT OF THE INSANE MIND THAT IS DRAINING YOU OF LIFE ENERGY, JUST AS IT IS SLOWLY POISONING AND DESTROYING THE EARTH. YOU ARE AWAKENING OUT OF THE DREAM OF TIME INTO THE PRESENT.

     

                                 ALL PROBLEMS ARE ILLUSIONS OF THE MIND

          IT FEELS AS IF A HEAVY BURDEN HAS BEEN LIFTED. A SENSE OF LIGHTNESS. I FEEL CLEAR. BUT MY PROBLEMS ARE STILL THERE WAITING FOR ME, AREN'T THEY? THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SOLVED. AM I NOT JUST TEMPORARILY EVADING THEM?

          IF YOU FOUND YOURSELF IN PARADISE, IT WOULDN'T BE LONG BEFORE YOUR MIND WOULD SAY "YES BUT, ".... ULTIMATELY THIS IS NOT ABOUT SOLVING YOUR PROBLEMS. IT'S ABOUT REALIZING THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. ONLY SITUATIONS- TO BE DEALT WITH NOW, OR TO BE LEFT ALONE AND ACCEPTED AS PART OF THE "ISNESS" OF THE PRESENT MOMENT UNTIL THEY CHANGE OR CAN BE DEALTH WITH . PROBLEMS ARE MIND-MADE AND NEED TIME TO SURVIVE. THEY CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE ACTUALITY OF THE NOW.

          FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE NOW AND TELL ME WHAT PROBLEM YOU HAVE AT THIS MOMENT.

       

       

YOGA INTRODUCTION

                                                 STUDY ABOUT YOGA

             BEFORE GOING INTO THE YOGA APHORISMS, I WILL TRY TO DISCUSS ONE GREAT QUESTION, UPON WHICH THE WHOSE THEORY OF RELIGION RESTS, FOR THE YOGIS. IT SEEMS THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION OF THE GREAT MINDS OF THE WORLD-AND IT HAS BEEN NEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY RESEARCHES INT PHYSICAL NATURE- THAT WE AR THE OUTCOME AND MANIFESTATION OF AN ABSOLUTE CONDITION, BACK OF OUR PRESENT RELATIVE CONDITION, AND ARE GOING FORWARD, TO RETURN AGAIN TO THAT ABSOLUTE. THIS BEING GRANTED, THE QUESTION IS, WHICH IS BETTER- THE ABSOLUTE OR THIS STATE? THERE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THIS MANIFESTED STATE IS THE HIGHEST STATE OF MAN.

                   THINKERS OF GREAT CALIBER ARE OF THE OPINION THAT WE ARE MANIFESTED SPECIMENS OF UNDIFFERENTIATED BEING, AND THIS DIFFERENTIATED STATE IS HIGHER THAN THE ABSOLUTE. BECAUSE IN THE ABSOLUTE THERE CANNOT BE ANY QUALITY THEY IMAGINE THAT IT MUST BE INTENSATE, DULL, AND LIFELESS, THAT ONLY THIS LIFE CAN BE ENJOYED, AND THEREFORE WE MUST CLING TO IT, FIRST OF ALL. WE WANTS INQUIRE INTO OTHER SOLUTIONS OF LIFE. THERE WAS AN OLD SOLUTION THAT MAN AFTER DEATH REMAINDED THE SAME, THAT ALL HIS GOOD SIDES, MINUS HIS EVIL SIDES, REMAINED FOREVER.

            LOGICALLY STATED THIS MEANS THAT MAN'S GOAL IS THE WORLD. THIS WORLD CARRIED A STAGE HIGHER, AND WITH ELIMINATION OF ITS EVILS IS THE STATE THEY CALL HEAVEN.  

           THE MOST DIFFICULT PART TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS STATE, THE ABSOLUTE, WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED THE HIGHEST, IS NOT, AS SOME FEAR, THAT OF THE ZOOPHITE, OR OF THE STONE. THAT WOULD BE A DANGEROUS THING TO THINK. ACCORDING TO THESE THINKERS THERE ARE ONLY TWO STATES OF EXISTENCE, ONE OF THE STONE, AND THE OTHER OF THOUGHT. WHAT RIGHT HAVE THEY TO LIMIT EXISTENCE TO THESE TWO. IS THERE NOT SOMETHING INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO THOUGHT? THE VIBRATIONS OF LIGHT, WHEN THEY ARE VERY LOW, WE DO NOT SEE, WHEY THEY BECOME STILL MORE INTENSE WE DO NOT SEE THEM, IT IS DARK TO US. IS THE DARKNESS IN THE END THE SAME AS IN THE BEGINNING? CERTAINLY NOT, IT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF THE TWO POLES. IS THE THOUGHTLESSNESS OF THE STONE THE SAME AS THE THOUGHTLESSNESS OF GOD? CERTAINLY NOT. GOD DOES NOT THINK, HE DOES NOT REASON, WHY SOULD HE? IS ANYTHING UNKNOWN TO HIM, THAT HE SHOULD REASON? THE STONE CANNOT REASON, GOD DOES NOT. SUCH IS THE DIFFERENCE. THESE PHILOSOPHERS THINK IT IS AWFUL IT WE GO BEYOND THOUGHT, THEY FIND NOTHING BEYOND THOUGHT.

             THERE ARE MUCH HIGHER STATES OF EXITENCE BEYOND REASONING, IT IS REALLY BEYOND THE INTELLECT THAT THE FIRST STAGE OF RELIGIOUS LIFE IS TO BE FOUND. WHEN YOU STEP BEYOND THOUGHT AND INTELLECT AND ALL REASONING, THEN YOU HAVE MADE THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS GOD, AND THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF LIFE. THIS THAT, COMMONLY CALLED LIFE, IS BUT AND EMBRYO STATE.

            THE NEXT QUESTION WILL BE, WHAT PROOF IS THERE THAT THIS STATE BEYOND THOUGHT AND REASONING IS THE HIGHEST STATE? IN THE FIRST PLACE, ALL THE GREAT MEN OF THE WORLD, MUCH GREATER THAN THOSE THAT ONLY TALK, MEN WHO MOVED THE WORLD, MEN WHO NEVER THOUGHT OF ANY SELFISH ENDS WHATEVER, HAVE DECLARED THAT  THIS IS BUT A LITTLE STAGE ON THE WAY, THAT THE INFINITE IS BEYOND. IN THE SECOND PLACE, THEY NOT ONLY SAY SO, BUT LAY IT OPEN TO EVERYONE, THEY LEAVE THEIR METHODS, AND ALL FOLLOW IN THEIR STEPS. IN THE THIRD PLACE, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY LEFT. 

                THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION. TAKING FOR GRANTED THAT THERE IS NO HIGHER STATE, WHY AREWE GOING THROUGH THIS CIRCLE ALL THE TIME, WHAT REASON CAN EXPLAIN THE WORLD? THE SENSIBLE WILL BE THE LIMIT TO OUR KNOWLEDGE IF WE CANNOT GO FARTHER, IF WE MUST NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE. THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED AGNOSTICISM. BUT I WOULD CALL THAT MAN A TRUE AGNOSTIC WHO WOULD STAND STILL IN THE STREET AND DIE. IF REASON IS ALL IN ALL, IT LEAVES US NO PLACE TO STAND ON THIS SIDE OF NIHILISM. IF A MAN IS AGNOSTIC O EVERYTHING BUT MONEY, FAME AND NAME, HE IS ONLY A FRAUD.

                KAND HAS PROVED BEYOND ALL DOUBT THAT WE CANNOT PENETRATE BEYOND THE TREMENDOUS DEAD WALL CALLED REASON. BUT THAT IS THE VERY FIST IDEA UPON WHICH ALL INDIAN THOUGHT TAKES ITS STAND, AND DARES TO SEEK, AND SUCCEEDS IN FINDING SOMETHING HIGHER THAN REASON, WHERE ANONE THE EXPLANATION OF THE PRESENT STATE IS TO BE FOUND. THIS ISTHE VALUE OF THE STUDY OF SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE US BEYOND THE WORLD. THOU ART OUR FATHER, AND WILT TAKE US TO THE OTHER SHORE OF THIS OCEAN OF IGNORANCE, THAT IS THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION, NOTHING ELSE CAN DO.

ABOUT LIFE

                                                  THE  MEANING OF LIFE

                LONG IS THE NIGHT TO HIM WHO IS AWAKE, LONG IS A MILE TO HIM WHO IS TIRED, LONG IS LIFE TO THE FOOLISH WHO DO NOT KNOW THE TRUE LAW. IF A TRAVELLER DOES NOT MEET WITH ONE WHO IS HIS BETTER, OR HIS EQUAL, LET HIM FIRMLY KEEP TO HIS SILITARY JOURNEY, THERE IS NO COMPANIONSHIP WITH A FOOL.  "THESE SONS BELONG TO ME, AND THIS WEALTH BELONGS TO ME, WITH SUCH THOUGHTS A FOOL IS TORMENTED. HE HIMSELF DOES NOT BELONG TO HIMSELF, HOW MUCH LESS SONS AND WEALTH?

               THE FOOL WHO KNOWS HIS FOLLISHNESS, IS WISE AT LEAST SO FAR. BUT A FOOL WHO THINKS HIMSELF WISE, HE IS CALLED A FOOL INDEED. IF A FOOL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A WISE MAN EVEN ALL HIS LIFE. HE WILL PERCEIVE THE TRUTH, AS THE TONGUE PERCEIVES THE TASTE OF SOUP. FOOLS OF POOR UNDERSTANDING HAVE THEMSELVES FOR THEIR GREATEST ENEMIES, FOR THEY DO EVIL DEEDS WHICH BEAR BITTER FUITS.  THAT DEED IS NOT WELL DONE OF WHICH A MAN MUST REPENT, AND THE REWARD OF WHICH HE RECEIVES CRYING AND WIT A TEARFUL FACE. NO, THAT DEED IS WELL DONE OF WHICH A MAN DOES NOT REPENT, AND THE REWARD OF WHICH HE RECEIVES GLADLY AND CHEERFULLY. AS LONG AS THE EVIL DEED DONE DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT, THE FOOL THINKS IT IS LIKE HONEY, BUT WHEN IT RIPENS, THEN THE FOOL SUFFERS GRIEF.

                LET A FOOL MONTH AFTER MONTH EAT HIS FOOD (LIKE AN ASCETIC) WITH THE TIP OF A BLADE OF KUSA GRASS, YET IS HE NOT WORTH THE SIXTEEN PARICLES OF THOSE WHO HAVE WELL WEIGHED THE LAW. AN EVIL DEED, LIKE NEWLY-DRAWN MILK, DOES NOT TURN SUDDENLY, SMOULDERING, LIKE FIRE COVERED BY ASHES, IT FOLLOWS THE FOOL. AND WHEN THE EVIL DEED, AFTER IT HAS BECOME KNOWN, TURNS TO SORROW FOR THE FOOL, THEN IT DESTROYS HIS BRIGHT LOT, NAY, IT CLEAVES HIS HEAD. LET THE FOLL WISH FOR A FALSE REPUTATION FOR PRECEDENCE AMONG THE BHIKSHUS FOR LORDSHIP IN HE CONCENTS, FOR WORSHIP AMONG OTHER PEOPLE!

              MAY BOTH THE LAYMAN AND HE WHO HAS LEFT THE WORLD THINK THAT THIS IS DONE BY ME, MAY THEY BE SUBJECT TO ME IN EVERYTHING WHICH IS TO BE DONE OR IS NOT TO BE DONE, THUS IS THE MIND OF THE FOOL, AND HIS DESIRE AND PRIDE INCREASE. ONE IS THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO WEALTH, ANOTHER THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO NERVANA- IT THE BHIKSHU THE DISCIPLE OF BUDDHA, HAS LEARNT THIS, HE WILL NOT YEARN FOR HONOR, HE WILL AFTER SEPERATION FROM THE WORLD .

                                                THE WISE MAN

            IF YOU SEE, A MAN WHO SHOWS YOU WHAT IS TO BE AVOIDED, WHO ADMISNISTERS REPROOFS, AND IS INTELLIGENT, FOLLOW THAT WISE MAN AS YOU WOULD ONE WHO TELLS OF HIDDEN TREASURES, IT WILL BE BETTER, NOT WORSE, FOR HIM WHO FOLLOWS HIM. LET HIM ADMONISH, LET HIM TEACH, LET HIM FORBID WHAT IS IMPROPER! HE WILL BE BELOVED OF THE GOOD, BY THE BAD HE WILL BE HATRED. DO NOT HAVE EVIL-DOERS FOR FRIEDS, DO NOT HAVE LOW PEOPLE FOR FRIENDS, HAVE VIRTUOS PEOPLE FOR FRIENDS, HAVE FOR FRIENDS THE BEST OF MEN.HE WHO DRINKS IN THE LAW LIVES HAPPILY WITH A SERENE MIND, THE SAGE REJOICES ALWAYS IN THE LAW, AS PREACHED BY THE ELECT.

             WELL-MAKERS LEAD THE WATER WHEREVER THEY LIKE, FLETCHES BEND THE ARROW, CARPENTERS BEND O LOG OF WOOD, WISE PEOPLE FASHION THEMSELVES. AS A SOLID ROCK IS NOT SHAKEN BY THE WIND, WISE PEOPLE FALTER NOT AMIDST BLAME AND PRAISE. WISE PEOPLE,  AFTER THEY HAVE LISTENED TO THE LAWS, BECOME SERENE, LIKE A DEEP, SMOOTH, AND STILL LAKE. GOOD MEN INDEED WALK WARILY UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, GOOD MEN SPEAK NOT OUT OF A DESIRE FOR SENSUAL GRATIFICATION, WHETHER TOUCHED BY HAPPINESS OR SORROW WISE PEOPLE NEVER APPEAR ELATED OR DEPRESED. IF, WHETHER FOR HIS OWN SAKE, OR FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS, A MAN WISHES NEITHER FOR A SON, NOR FOR WEALTH, NOR FOR LORDSHIP, AND IF HE DOES NOT WISH FOR HIS OWN SUCCESS BY UNFAIR MEANS, THEN HE IS GOOD, WISE, AND VIRTOUS. 

             FEW ARE THERE AMONG MEN WHO ARRIVE AT THE OTHER SHORE(BECOME ARHATS), THE OTHER PEOPLE HERE RUN UP AND DOWN THE SHORE!

              BUT WHOSE WHO, WHENT HE LAW HAS BEEN WELL PREACHED TO THEM, FOLLOW THE LAW, WILL PASS OVER THE DOMINION OF DEATH, HOWEVER DIFFICULT TO CROSS. A WISE MAN SHOULD LEAVE THE DARK STATE OF ORDINARY LIFE, AND FOLLOW THE BRIGHT STATE OF THE BHISHU AFTER GOING FROM HIS HOME TO A HOMELESS STATE, HE SHOULD IN HIS RETIREMENT LOOK FOR ENJOYMENT WHERE ENJOYING HIS OWN, THE WISE MAN SHOULD PURGE HIMSELF FROM ALL THE TROUBLES OF THE MIND. THOSE WHOSE MIND IS WELL GROUNDED IN THE SEVEN ELEMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE, WHO WIHOUT CLINGING TO ANYTHING, REJOICES IN FREEDOM FROM ATTACHEMENT, WHOSE APPETITES HAVE BEEN CONQUERED, AND WHO ARE FULL OF LIGHT, THEY ARE FREE EVEN IN THIS WORLD.

                                                            THE THOUSANDS

 

     EVEN THOUGH A SPEECH BE A THOUSAND (OF WORDS) , BUT MADE UP OF SENSELESS WORDS, ONE WORD OF SENSE IS BETTER, WHICH IF A MAN HEARS, HE BECOMES QUIET. EVEN THOUGH A GATHA (POEM) BE A THOUSAND (OF WORDS), BUT MADE UP OF SENSELESS WORDS, ONE WORD OF A GATHA IS BETTER, WHICH IF A MAN HEARS, HE BECOMES QUIET. THOUGH A MAN RECITE A HUNDRED GATHAS MADE UP OF SENSELESS WORDS, ONE WORD OF THE LAW IS BETTER, WHICH IF A MAN HEARS, HE BECOMES QUIET. IF ONE MAN CONQUER HIMSELF, HE IS THE GREATEST OF CONQUERORS. ONE'S OWN SELF CONQUERED IS BETTER THAN ALL OTHER PEOPLE, NOT EVEN A GOD, A GANDHARVA, NOT MARA (WITH BRAHMAN), COULD CHANGE INTO DEFEAT THE VICORY OF A MAN HAS VANQUISHED HIMSELF, AND ALWAYS LIVES UNDER RESTRAINT.

              IF A MAN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS SACRIFICE MONTH BY MONTH WITH A THOUSAND, AND IF HE BUT FOR ONE MOMENT PAY HOMAGE TO A MAN WHOSE SOUL IS GROUNDED IN TRUE KNOWLEDGE, BETTER IN THAT HOMAGE THAN A SACRIFICE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. IF A MAN FOR HUNDRED YEARS WORSHIP AGNI(FIRE) IN THE FOREST, AND IF HE BUT FOR ONE MOMENT PAY HOMAGE TO MAN WHOSE SOUL IS GROUNDED IN TRUE KNOWLEDGE, BETTER IS THAT HOMAGE THAN SACRIFICE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

            WHATEVER A MAN SACRIFIES IN THIS WORLD AS AN OFFERING OR AS AN OBLATION FOR A WHOLE YEAR IN ORDER TO GAIN MERIT, THE WHOLE OF IT IS NOT WORTH A QUARTER A FARTHING, REVERENCE SHOWN TO THE RIGHTEOUS IS BETTER. HE WHO ALWAYS GREETS AND CONSTANLY REVERES THE AGED, FOUR THINGS WILL INCREASE TO HIM, LIFE, BEAUTY, HAPPINESS, POWER. BUT HE WHO LIVES A HUNDRED YEARS, VICIOUS AND UNRESTRAINED, A LIFE OF ONE DAY IS BETTER IF A MAN IS VIRTUOS AND REFLECTING. 

                AND HE WHO LIVES A HUNDRED YEARS, IGNORANT AND UNRESTRAINED, A LIFE OF ONE DAY IS BETTER IF A MAN IS WISE AND REFLECTING. AND HE WHO LIVES HUNDRED YEARS, IDLE AND WEAK, A LIFE OF ONE DAY IS BETTER IF A MAN GAS ATTAINED FIRM STRENGTH. AND HE WHO LIVES A HUNDRED YEARS, NOT SEEING BEGINNING AND END, A LIFE OF ONE DAY IS BETTER IF A MAN SEES BEGINNING AND END. AND HE WHO LIVES HUNDRED YEARS, NOT SEEING THE IMMORTAL PLACE, A LIFE OF ONE DAY IS BETTER IF A MAN SEES THE IMMORTAL PLACE. AND HE WHO LIVES A HUNDRED YEARS, NOT SEEING THE HIGHEST LAW, A LIFE OF ONE DAY IS BETTER IF A MAN SEES THE HIGHEST LAW.

     

 

ABOUT YOUR INNER BODY

                                           DEEPLY INTO YOUR BODY

            I CAN FEEL THE ENERGY INSIDE MY BODY, ESPECIALLY IN MY ARMS LEGS, BUT DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GO MORE DEEPLY, AS YOU SUGGESTED EARLIER. 

          MAKE IT INTO A MEDITATION. IT NEEDN'T TAKE LONG. TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES OF CLOCK TIME SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. MAKE SURE FIRST THAT THERE ARE NO EXTERNAL DISTRACTIONS SUCH AS TELEPHONES OR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKELY TO INTERRUPT YOU. SIT ON A CHAIR, BUT DON'T LEAN BACK. KEEP THE SPINE ERECT. DOING SO WILL HELP YOU TO STAY ALERT. ALTERNATIVELY, CHOOSE YOUR OWN FAVORITE POSITION FOR MEDITATION. 

        MAKE SURE THE BODY IS RELAXED. CLOSE YOUR EYES. TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS. FEEL YOURSELF BREATHING INTO THE LOWER ABDOMEN, AS IT WERE. OBSERVE HOW IT EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS SLIGHTLY WITH EACH IN AND OUT BREATH. THEN BECOME AWARE OF THE ENTIRE INNER ENERGY FIELD OF THE BODY. DON'T THINK ABOUT IT- FEEL IT. BY DOING THIS, YOU RECLAIM CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE MIND. IF YOU FIND IT HELPFUL, USE THE "LIGHT" VISULIZATION I DESCRIBED EARLIER.

         WHEN YOU CAN FEEL THE INNER BODY CLEARLY AS A SINGLE FEILD OF ENERGY LET GO, IF POSSIBLE OF ANY VISUAL IMAGE AND FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FEELING. IF YOU CAN, ALSO DROP ANY MENTAL IMAGE YOU MAY STILL HAVE OF THE PHYSICAL BODY. ALL THAT IS LEFT THEN IS ALL-ENCOMPASSING SENSE OF PRESENCE OR "BEINGNESS" AND THE INNER BODY IS FELT TO BE  WIHOUT A BOUNDARY. THEN TAKE YOUR ATTENTON EVEN MORE DEEPLY INTO THAT FEELING. THEN TAKE YOUR ATTENTION EVEN MORE DEEPLY INTO THAT FEELING. BECOME ONE WITH IT. MERGE WITH THE ENERGY FIELD, SO THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A PERCEIVED DUALITY OF THE OBSERVER AND THE OBSERVED, OF YOU AND YOUR BODY. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN INNER AND OUTER ALSO DISSOLVES NOW, SO THERE IS NO INNER BODY ANYMORE. BY GOING DEEPLY INTO THE BODY, YOU HAVE TRANSCENDED  THE BODY.

                STAY IN THIS REALM OF PURE BEING FOR AS LONG AS FEELS COMFORTABLE, THEN BECOME AWARE AGAIN OF THE PHYSICAL BODY, YOUR BREATHING AND PHYSICAL SENSES, AND OPEN YOUR EYES, LOOK AT YOUR SURROUNDINGS FOR A FEW MINUTES IN A DEDIATIVE WAY-THAT IS, WIHOUT LABELING THEM MENTALLY-AND CONTINUE TO FEEL THE INNER BODY AS YOU DO SO.

            HAVING ACCESS TO THAT FORMLESS REALM IS TRULY LIBERATING. IT FEELS YOU FROM BONDAGE TO FORM AND IDENFICATION WITH FORM. IT IS LIFE IN ITS UNDIFFERENTIATED STATE PRIOR TO ITS FRAGMENTATION INTO MULTIPLICITY. WE MAY CALL IT THE UNMANIFESTED, THE INVISIBLE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS, THE BEING WITHIN ALL BEINGS, IT IS A REALM OF DEEP STILLNESS AND PEACE, BUT ALSO OF JOY AND INTENSE ALIVENESS. WHENEVER YOU ARE PRESENT, YOU BECOME "TRANSPARENT" TO SOME EXTENT TO THE LIGHT, THE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT EMANATES FROM THIS SOURCE. YOU ALSO REALIZE THAT THE LIGHT IS NOT SEPARATE FROM WHO YOU ARE BUT CONSTITUTES YOUR VERY ESSENCE. 

            YOU TAKE A JOURNEY INTO THE UNMANIFESTED EVERY NIGHT WHEN YOU ENTER THE PHASE OF DEEP DREAMLESS SLEEP. YOU MERGE WITH THE SOURCE. YOU DRAW FROM IT THE VITAL ENERGY THAT SUSTAINS YOU FOR A WHILE WHEN YOU RETURN TO THE MANIFESTED, THE WORLD OF SEPERATE FORMS. THIS ENERGY IS MUCH MORE VITAL THAN FOOD. MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE. BUT IN DREAMLESS SLEEP, YOU DON'T GO INTO IT CONSCIOUSLY. ALTHOUGH THE BODILY FUNCTIONS ARE STILL OPERATING, "YOU" NO LONGER EXIST IN THAT STATE. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO GO INTO DREAMLESS SLEEP WITH FULL CONSCIOUSNESS? IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE IT, BECAUSE THAT STATE HAS NO CONTENT.

              THE UNMANIFESTED DOES NOT LIBERATE YOU UNTIL YOU ENTER IT CONSCIOUSLY. THAT'S WHY JESUS DID NOT SAY, THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE, BUT RATHER. YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE, THIS IS NOT A CONCEPTUAL TRUTH. IT IS THE TRUTH OF ETERNAL LIFE BEYOND FORM, WHICH IS KNOWN DIRECTLY OR NOT AT ALL. BUT DON'T ATTEMPT TO STAY CONSCIOUS IN DREAMLESS SLEEP. IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT YOU WILL SUCCEED. AT MOST, YOU MAY REMAIN CONSCIOUS DURING THE DREAM SUCCEED. AT MOST, YOU MAY REMAIN CONSCIOUS DURING THE DREAM PHASE, BUT NOT BEYOND THAT. THIS IS CALLED LUCID DREAMING, WHICH MAY BE INTERESTING AND FASCINATING, BUT IT IS NOT LIBERATING.

             SO USE YOUR INNER BODY AS A PORTAL THROUGH WHICH YOU ENTER THE UNMANIFESTED, AND KEEP THAT PORTAL OPEN SO THAT YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SOURCE, AT ALL TIMES, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, AS FAR AS THE INNER BODY IS CONCERNED, WHETHER YOUR OUTER PHYSICAL BODY IS OLD OR YOUNG, FRAIL OR STRONG,THE INNER BODY IS TIMELESS. IF YOU ARE NOT YET ABLE TO FEEL THE INNER BODY, USE ONE OF THE OTHER PORTALS, ALTHOUGH ULTIMATELY THEY ARE ALL ONE. SOME I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT AT LENGTH ALREADY, BUT I'LL MENTION THEM AGAIN BRIEFLY HERE.

 

YOUR RELATIONSHIPS

                                  MAN INCOMPLETE WITHOUT WOMAN

           WHEN ONE IS FULLY CONSCIOUS, WOULD ONE STILL HAVED A NEED FOR A RELATIONSHIP? WOULD A MAN STILL FEEL DOWN TO A WOMAN? WOULD A WOMAN STILL FEEL INCOMPLETE WITHOUT A MAN?

       ENLIGHTENED OR NOT, YOU ARE EITHER A MAN OR A WOMAN, SO ON THE LEVEL OF YOUR FORM IDENTITY YOU ARE NOT COMPLETE. YOU ARE ONE-HALF OF THE WHOLE. THIS INCOMPLETENESS IS FELT AS MALE-FEMALE ATTRACTION, THE PULL THE OPPOSITE ENERGY POLARITY, NO MATTER HOW CONSCIOUS YOU ARE. BUT IN THAT STATE OF INNER CONNECTEDNESS, YOU FEEL THIS PULL SOMEWHERE ON THE SURFACE OR PERIPHERY OF YOUR LIFE. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU IN THAT STATE FEELS SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT. THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS LIKE WAVES OR RIPPLES ON THE SURFACE OF A VAST AND DEEP OCEAN. YOU ARE THAT OCEAN AND, OF COURSE, YOU ARE ALSO A RIPPLE, BUT A RIPPLE THAT HAS REALIZED ITS TRUE IDENTITY AS THE OCEAN, AND COMPARED TO THAT VASTNESS AND DEPTH, THE WORLD OF WAVES AND RIPPLES IS NOT ALL THAT IMPORTANT.

          THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU DON'T RELATE DEEPLY TO OTHER PEOPLE OR TO YOUR PARTNER. INFACT, YOU CAN RELATE DEEPLY ONLY IF YOU ARE CONSCIOUS OF BEING. COMING FROM BEING, YOU ARE ABLE TO FOCUS BEYONG THE VEIL OF FORM. IN BEING, MALE AND FEMALE ARE ONE. YOUR FORM MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE CERTAIN NEEDS, BUT BEING HAS NONE. IT IS ALREADY COMPLETE AND WHOLE. IF THOSE NEEDS ARE MET, THAT IS BEATIFUL, BUT WHATEVER OR NOT THEY ARE MET MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO YOUR DEEP INNER STATE. SO IT IS PERFECTLY POSSIBLE FOR AN ENLIGHTENED PERSON, IF THE NEED FOR THE MALE OF FEMALE POLARITY FOR AN ENLIGHTENED PERSON, IF THE NEED FOR THE MALE OR FEMALE PALARITY IS NOT MET, TO FEEL A SENSE OF LACK OR INCOMPLETENESS ON THE OUTER LEVEL OF HIS OR HER BEING, YET AT THE SAME TIME BE TOTALLY COMPLETE, FULFILLED AND AT PEACE WITHIN.

                IN THE QUEST FOR ENLITHHTENMENT, IS BEING GAY A HELP OR A HINDRANCE, OR DOES IS NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?

             AS YOU APPROACH ADULTHOOD, UNCERTAINLY ABOUT YOUR SEXUALITY FOLLOWED BY THE REALIZATION THAT YOU ARE "DIFFERENT" FROM OTHERS MAY FORCE YOU TO DISIDENTIFY FROM SOCIALLY CONDITIONED PATTERNS OF THOUGH AND BEHAVIOUR. THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RAISE YOUR LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS ABOVE THAT OF THE UNCONCIOUS MAJORITY, WHOSE MEMBERS UNQUESTIONINGLY TAKE ON BOARD ALL INHERITED PATTERNS. IN THAT RESPECT, BEING GAY CAN BE A HELP. BEING AN OUTSIDER TO SOME EXTENT, SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT "FIT IN" WITH OTHERS OR IS REJECTED BY THEM FOR WHATEVER REASON, MAKES LIFE DIFFICULT, BUT IT ALSO PLACES YOU AT AN ADVANTAGE AS FAR AS ENLIGHTENMENT IS CONNECTED. IT TAKES YOU OUT OF UNCOUSNESS ALMOST BY FORCE.

                 ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU THEN DEVELOP A SENSE O IDENTITY BASED ON YOUR GAYNESS, YOU HAVE ESCAPED ONE TRAP ONLY TO FALL INTO ANOTHER. YOU WILL PLAY ROLES AND GAMES DICTATED BY A MENTAL IMAGE YOU HAVE OF YOURSELF AS GAY. YOU WILL BECOME UNCONSCIOUS. YOU WILL BECOME UNREAL. UNDERNEATH YOUR EGO MASK YOU WILL HAVE BECOME A HINDRANCE.BUT YOU ALWAYS GET ANOTHER CHANCE, OF COURSE. ACUTE UNHAPPINESS CAN BE A GREAT AWAKENER.

           IS IT NOT TRUE THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF AND LOVE YOURSELF YOU CAN HAVE A FULFILLING RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PERSON?

          IF YOU CANNOT BE AT EASE WITH YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE ALONE, YOU WILL SEEK A RELATIONSHIP TO COVER UP YOUR UNEASE. YOU CAN BE SURE THAT THE UNEASE WILL THEN REAPPEAR IN SOME OTHER FORM WIHTIN THE RELATIONSHIP,  AND YOU WILL PROBABLY HOLD YOUR PARTNER RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. 

         ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO DO IS ACCEPT THIS MOMENT FULLY. YOU ARE THEN AT EASE IN THE HERE AND NOW AND AT EASE WITH YOURSELF.

         BUT DO YOU NEED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF AT ALL? WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE YOURSELF? WHEN YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF, YOU HAVE SPLIT YOURSELF INTO TWO. "I" AND "MYSELF" SUBJECT AND OBJECT. THAT MIND-CREATED DUALITY IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL UNNECCESSARY COMPLEXITY, OF ALL PROBLEMS AND CONFLICT IN YOUR LIFE. IN THE STATE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, YOU ARE YOURSELF-"YOU" AND "YOURSELF" MERGE INTO ONE. YOU DO NOT JUDGE YOURSELF, YOU DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF, YOU ARE NOT PROUD OF YOURSELF, YOU DO NOT LOVE YOURSELF, YOU DO NOT HATE YOURSELF, AND SO ON. THE SPLIT CAUSED BY SELF-REFLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS IS HEALED, ITS CURSE REMOVED. THERE IS NO "SELF" THAT YOU NEED TO PROTECT, DEFEND, OR FEED ANYMORE. WHEN YOU ARE ENLIGHTENED, THERE IS ONE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF. ONCE YOU HAVE GIVEN THAT UP, ALL YOUR OTHER RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE LOVE RELATIONSHIPS.

 

THOUGHTS WE HAVE EVERYDAY

                                                      GOOD THOUGHTS.....

  

        RESTRAINT IN THE EYE IS GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN THE EAR, IN THE NOSE RESTAINT IN GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN THE TONGUE. IN THE BODY RESTRAINT IS GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN SPEECH, IN THOUGHT RESTRAINT IS GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN ALL THINGS. A BHIKSHU, RESTRAINED IN ALL THINGS, IS FREED FORM ALL PAIN.

        HE WHO CONTROLS HIS HAND, HE WHO CONTROLS HIS FEET, HE WHO CONTROLS HIS SPEECH, HE WHO IS WELL CONTROLLED, HE WHO DELIGHT INWARDLY, WHO IS COLLECTED, WHO IS SOLITARY AND CONTENT, HIM THEY CALL BHIKSHU . THE BHIKSHU WHO CONTROLS HIS MOUTH, WHO SPEAKS WISELY AND CALMLY, WHO TEACHES THE MEANING AND THE LAW, HIS WORD IS SWEET. HE WHO DWELLS IN THE LAW, DELIGHTS IN NEVER FALL AWAY FROM THE TRUE LAW, RECOLLECTS THE LAW, THAT BHIKSHU WILL NEVER FALL AWAY FROM THE TRUE LAW. LET HIM NOT DESPISE WHAT HE HAS RECEIVED, NOR EVER ENVY OTHERS A MEDICANT WHO ENVIES OTHERS DOES NOT OBTAIN PEACE OF MIND.

        A BHIKSHU WHO, THOUGHT HE RECEIVES LITTLE, DOES NOT DESPISE WHAT HE HAS RECEIVED EVEN THE GODS WILL PRAISE HIM, IFHIS LIFE IS PURE, AND IF HE IS NOT SLOTHFUL. HE WHO NEVER IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH NAME AND FORM, AND DOES NOT GRIEVE OVER WHAT IS NO MORE, HE INDEED IS CALLED A BHIKSHU. THE BHIKSHU WHO BEHAVES  WITH KINDNESS, WHO IS HAPPY IN THE DOCTRINE OF BUDDHA, WILL REACH THE QUIET PLACE(NIRVANA) HAPPINESS ARRISING FROM THE CESSATION OF NATURAL INCLINATIONS.

            O BHIKSHU, EMPTY THIS BOAT!IF EMPTIED, IT WILL GO QUICKLY, HAVING CUT OFF PASSION AND HATRED, THOU WILT GO TO NIRVANA. CUT OFF THE FIVE FETTERS, LEAVE THE FIVE, RISE ABOVE THE FIVE. A BHIKSHU, WHO HAS ESCAPTED FROM THE FIVE FETTERS, HE IS CALLED OGHATINNA-SAVED FROM THE FLOOD. MEDITATE, O BHIKSHU AND BE NOT HEEDLESS! DO NOT DIRECT THY THOUGHT TO WHAT GIVES PLEASURE, THAT THOU MAYEST NOT FOR THY HEEDLESSNESS HAVE TO SWALLOW THE IRON BALL IN HELL, AND THAT THOU MAYEST NOT CRY OUT WHEN  BURNING "THIS IS PAIN".

          WITHOUT WHO HAS ENTERED HIS EMPTY HOUSE, AND WHOSE MIND IS TRANSQUIL, FEEL A MORE THAN HUMAN DELIGHT WHEN HE SEES THE LAW CLEARLY. AS SOON AS HE HAS CONSIDERED THE ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE BODY, HE FINDS HAPPINESS AND JOY WHICH BELONG TO THOSE WHO KNOW THE IMMORTAL (NIRVANA). AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING HERE FOR A WISE BHIKSHU, WATCHFULLNESS OVER THE SENSES, CONTENTEDNESS, RESTRAINT UNDER THE LAW, KEEP NOBLE FRIENDS WHOSE LIFE IS PURE , AND WHO ARE NOT SLOTHFUL. LET HIM LIVE IN CHARITY, LET HIM BE PERFECT IN HIS DUTIES, THEN IN THE FULNESS OF DELIGHT HE WILL MAKE AN END OF SUFFERING.

               AS THE VASSIKA PLAND SHEDS ITS WITHERED FLOWERS, MEN SHOULD SHED PASSION THE HATRED, O YE BHIKSHUS!. THE BHIKSHU WHOSE BODY AND TONGUE AND MIND ARE QUIETED WHO IS COLLECTED, AND HAS REJECTED THE BAITS OF THE WORLD. HE IS CALLED QUIET. ROUSE THYSELF BY THYSELF, EXAMINE THYSELF BY THYSELF, THEREFORE CURB THYSELF AS THE MERCHANT CURBS A NOBLE HORSE.

              THE BHIKSHU FULL OF DELIGHT WHO IS HAPPY IN THE DOCTRINE OF BUDDHA WILL REACH THE QUIET PLACE(NIRVANA)  HAPPINESS CONSISTING IN ALL THE CESSATION OF NATURAL INCLINATIONS. HE WHO EVEN AS A YOUNG BHIKSHU, HIMSELF TO THE DOCTRINE OF BUDDHA, BRIGHTENS UP THIS WORLD, LIKE THE MOON WHEN FREE FROM CLOUDS.

                                                          HAPPINESS

             WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED , NOT HATING THOSE WHO HATE US! AMONG MEN WHO HATE US WE DWELL FREE FROM HATRED!. WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM AILMENTS AMONG THE AILING! AMOUNT MEN WHO ARE AILING LET US DWELL FREE FROM AILMENTS! WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM GREED AMONG THE GREEDY! AMONG MEN WHO ARE GREEDY LET US DWELL FREE FROM GREED! WE LIVE HAPPILY  INDEED, THOUGH WE CALL NOTHING OUR OWN! WE SHALL BE LIKE THE BRIGHT GODS, FEEDING ON HAPPINESS! VICTORY BREEDS HATRED, FOR THE CONQUERED IS UNHAPPY. HE WHO HAS GIVEN UP BOTH VICTORY AND DEFEAT, HE, THE CONTENED IS HAPPY. THERE IS NO FIRE LIKE PASSION. THERE IS NO LOSING THROW LIKE HATRED, THERE IS NO PAIN LIKE THIS BODY, THERE IS NO HAPPINESS HIGHER THAN REST.

              HUNGER IS THE WORST OF DISEASE, THE ELEMENTS OF THE BODY THE GREATEST EVIL, IF ONE KNOWS THIS TRULY, THAT IS NIRVANA, THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS. HEALTH IS THE GREATEST OF GIFTS, CONTENTEDNESS THE BEST RICHES TRUST IS THE BEST OF RELATIONSHIPS, NIRVANA THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS.

           HE WHO HAS TASTED THE SWEETNESS OF SOLITUDE AND TRANQUILLITY, IS FREE FROM FEAR AND FREE FROM SIN, WHILE HE TASTES THE SWEETNESS OF DRINKING IN THE LAW. THE SIGHT OF THE ELECT (ARIYA) IS GOOD, TO LIVE WITH THEM IS ALWAYS HAPPINESS, IF A MAN DOES NOT SEE FOOLS, HE WILL BE TRULY HAPPY. HE WHO WALKS IN THE COMPANY OF FOOLS SUFFERS A LONG WAY., COMPANY WUTH FOOLS AS WITH AN ENEMY, IS ALWAYS PAIFUL, COMPANY WITH THE WISE IS PLEASURE, LIKE MEETING WITH KINSFOLK.

            THEREFORE, ONE OUGHT TO FOLLOW THE WISE, THE INTELLIGENT, THE LEARNED, THE MUCH ENDURING, THE DUTIFUL, THE ELECT, ONE OUGHT TO FOLLOW SUCH A GOOD AND WISE MAN, AS THE MOON FOLLOWS THE PATH OF THE STARS.