Understanding Boon and Kilesa in Meditation : หน้า 15/164
The Meeting with a Dhamma Master : หน้า 15/164 Explore the concepts of boon, kilesa, and the importance of centering the mind in meditation. Learn how giving and pure energy can transform your mindset and create happiness.
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In this insightful discussion on meditation, Luang Por explains how the mind often drifts outside our center, leading to anger and distraction from self-awareness. By focusing inward and engaging in good actions, or boon, one can create pure energy that counters kilesa, which refers to destructive tendencies. This process is self-generating; as we give and help others, we cultivate more boon within ourselves, leading to happiness and a clearer mindset. The importance of awareness and centering oneself in meditation is emphasized, illustrating how external attachments can detract from our inner peace and understanding. By understanding and practicing these principles, individuals can foster a positive cycle of goodness both within and around them.
หัวข้อประเด็น
-Boon and Kilesa
-Centering the Mind
-Importance of Good Actions
-Transformation through Giving
-Buddhism and Merit
-Meditation Practice
ข้อความต้นฉบับในหน้า
Suzanne Jeffrey
concentrate on the inside, or inside our center, it is impossible for kilesa to exist. Whenever you are angry, your mind goes outside. It is easy to get hooked, easy to be angry. The things you look at – all outside – all Mara. Then we start to criticize because we look at what is in front of us and behind us and all around us! And what happens is that the very thing that you need to work on is the very thing that you do not see – yourself! So, we need to meditate and keep our mind always in the center. Our mind gets used to being outside of our body. And we need to bring it back into our center. Centering our mind back inside of our body, creates more boon, and the pure energy of boon naturally destroys kilesa, or garbage.”
I ask, “So is boon self-generating? Like boon is just out there in the world and creates itself?”
Luang Por says, “It’s like this.” He smiles. “You know all of those material things that you own? Well, if you love them, then you worry about them. When you give them up, then you have less to worry about. And, in giving them up – if it helps another person – they are benefiting from the boon you created. The more we give, the more boon happens within you, the originator. In other words,
1. You do, or create, a good action;
2. When you do this action, boon happens;
3. The boon that you create is pure energy;
4. Energy is power;
5. Pure power overrides and destroys destructive power, or kilesa;
6. This influx of pure power makes you feel happy;
7. With this happiness, you develop a clearer mind;
8. This in turn generates or produces more boon.
One example of this, of course, is the idea of creating boon by giving donations to people. If you donate to a good cause, that seed will grow and it will create the fruit that helps many people.”
Jon, then, interjects, “So is there a degree of goodness in merit? Is there good giving and bad giving?”
Luang Por looks at him, smiling, and says, “Remember, there is no merit in Buddhism, just boon!” He laughs out loud. “And boon does not happen when you sleep, so don’t
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