The Key to Inner Knowledge: Stopping the Mind : หน้า 125/200

So he decided to seek out well-known meditation teachers available at that time and apprenticed with them. He practiced every kind of meditation technique known to him. Finally, he met the famed meditation master, Khun Yai Chand Khonnokyoong. It was through Khun Yai that he learned the importance of stopping the mind, that ‘stop’ is the key to success. He realized then that stopping the mind was the only way to achieve inner experience. ‘Stop’ is indeed the key to success. Learning from text books and listening to lectures won’t get you there. Cultivate your mind by training it to be still. This was the essence of the method taught by Khun Yai. The more still the mind is the more expansive and penetrative it will become, penetrating deep into the source of inner knowledge that only a still mind can reach. This is a different kind of knowledge, more profound than any knowledge one can learn from reading and listening. You can read all the textbooks you want, but until you’re able to achieve a standstill state of mind, you’ll never understand Dhamma in such a profound manner that you want to embrace it as your refuge. This is why ‘stopping’ the mind is so essential.