Insights from Luang Por: Buddha, Jesus, and Meditation : หน้า 17/164

Suzanne Jeffrey within you!" Jon, obviously not afraid of the hard questions, asks, "Could you tell me what you think is the difference between Buddha and Jesus?" Luang Por says, "Buddha teaches that you need to prove everything. Jesus does not … for Jesus, it is more like acceptance, Buddhists do not say resurrection, but birth and rebirth. Buddhists do not say sin, but wholesome or unwholesome." Then Jon asks, "Was Buddha aware of his own self-enlightenment?" Luang Por looks at Jon with the utmost seriousness and says, "Buddha is aware of self-enlightenment forever because He can see his mind, He can see kilesa, He saw no more kilesa in himself, and He knows everything – forever!" Then I ask, "Could we talk about the Cetiya and the four circles, the circles within the circles?" Again, he smiles and raises his hand. He explains, "The Cetiya is built like the mind: There are four circles. From the inside out, they are knowing … then thinking … then memory … then perception. From the outside in … just like the way people learn … perception, memory, thinking, and knowing." Then I ask, "Can people choose their families in which to be born?" Luang Por, "Some people can choose and some people cannot … some can have a shopping window of families!!" He laughs. "It all depends on the amount of boon the person has when they are ready to be born again." Then Jon asks, "Is the 60 year building for stopping Mara? To challenge Mara?" The 60 year building is where all of the "serious" meditators spend their time in constant meditation. This building is located on the property of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, but is quite separate from the other buildings. Here, high level meditators reside and they spend all of their days and nights in constant meditation, usually in shifts of six hours: Six hours on and six hours off. Many people consider the 60 year building to be a place where people can train themselves and eventually work together toward bringing about