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  • Wat Pah Pa Deng

    Wat Pah Pa Deng

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    Wat Pah Pa Deng
    Tradition; Forest tradition as taught by Ajahn Mun
    Abbot; Long Por Dae
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    Description; Wat Pah Pa Deng is a secluded monastery on a mountain slope just north of Chiang Mai. Being on the mountain slope the temperature is much cooler than in the rest of Thailand, which is very pleasant for a farang. There are currently 8 monks of which one called Long Pur Khet speaks english. He has been ordained for three months and does a bit of teaching and guidance on day to day life. When i walked in without prior contact they offered me a kuti pretty much right away.

    It is possible to join pindabat/almsround every morning and other than that sweeping at 15:30 is asked of you and some other minor things every now and then. Plenty of time for secluded practice in a great natural environment. Nearby is also Pa Pae meditation center which is also a good Wat to switch to if you don’t enjoy Wat Pah Pa Deng.

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  • two Quotes

    two Quotes

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    “The gradual path is a process of discovery and learning. In the West we have learning theory, a model well known within psychotherapeutic circles. According to learning theory, the more we repeat a behavior or establish associations with it, the better learned a behavior becomes. Having established a learned pathway through practice, we generalize that knowledge to other situations. Access to that learned behavior becomes more immediate and automatic.” —Daniel P. Brown, Ph.D.

    “There really is absolutely no reason, findable in experience, why you have to react to anybody or anything in any particular way. It’s always been that way: you have just overlooked it until now.” —Kevin Schanilec

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  • On your topic of “looking”

    On your topic of “looking”

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    On your topic of “looking”
    I find Bhante Punnaji’s translations to be useful. He translates sati/Satipatthana as “introspection” (looking within), which is step 1 on the “seven steps to awakening” (his words) and then he translates Upekka as “apperception” (seeing within). So the process of awakening begins with looking within and culminates in seeing within. And what is seen? That the world is not out there. It is in literally in here. In this process of perception. When seen clearly in this way, mind “awakens from the dream of existence” (his words again) and has a “paradigm shift from existential thinking to experiential thinking” Point being that it begins and ends with looking and seeing clearly so that, as Dhammarato would say, “we don’t step in any cow pies as we cross the pasture” For me, this upekka is the direct seeing that what we call the world is a projection of the ignorant, desire-driven mind. When it sees, it simply knows and lets go. “It realizes the reality of non-grasping” (Ajahn Chah) This present awareness un-intoxicated is bright and blissful, needing nothing added.

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  • SOCRATES: Perhaps you seem to make yourself but rarely available,

    SOCRATES: Perhaps you seem to make yourself but rarely available,

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    SOCRATES: Perhaps you seem to make yourself but rarely available, and not be willing to teach your own wisdom, but I’m afraid that my liking for people makes them think that I pour out to anybody anything I have to say, not only without charging a fee but even glad to reward anyone who is willing to listen. If then they were intending to laugh at me, as e you say they laugh at you, there would be nothing unpleasant in their spending their time in court laughing and jesting, but if they are going to be serious, the outcome is not clear except to you prophets.

    Three things going on in this passage—

    1. He teaches because he likes people, he enjoys others (metta, loving-kindness).

    2. He teaches for free, doesn’t charge (Dana, generosity).

    3. He doesn’t care if people laugh at him or laugh with him- he just cares that they’re having a good time (piti, joy).

    Pretty neat to see that teaching from old Socrates!

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  • “Now what is unskillful?

    “Now what is unskillful?

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    “Now what is unskillful? Taking life is unskillful, taking what is not given… sexual misconduct… lying… abusive speech… divisive tale-bearing… idle chatter is unskillful. Covetousness… ill will… wrong views are unskillful. These things are termed unskillful.

    And what are the roots of what is unskillful? Greed is a root of what is unskillful, aversion is a root of what is unskillful, delusion is a root of what is unskillful. These are termed the roots of what is unskillful.

    And what is skillful? Abstaining from taking life is skillful, abstaining from taking what is not given… from sexual misconduct… from lying… from abusive speech… from divisive talebearing… abstaining from idle chatter is skillful. Lack of covetousness… lack of ill will… right views are skillful. These things are termed skillful.

    And what are the roots of what is skillful? Lack of greed is a root of what is skillful, lack of aversion is a root of what is skillful, lack of delusion is a root of what is skillful. These are termed the roots of what is skillful.” —MN 9

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