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NICENESS WITH A DHAMMA TEACHER become pure and then work together. If many pure people came together, then we could help one another destroy Mara. And this is what the temple is trying to do. We prevent peace from happening because we desire, we fear, we are not pure. We have to stop this thinking and doing all of these negative things in order to deconstruct Mara." I'm writing as fast as I can because I do not know any of this and I want to remember it all so that when I go home, I can look back and remind myself of his teaching. He continues: "… because the Buddha, the Dhammakaya, is pure energy, pure and total boon, any force that attacks Him becomes zero, or zeros itself out when it comes in contact with Him. The Buddha acts as a vacuum, so there is nothing in the Buddha that Mara can attack. If we all gathered together, we could protect ourselves from Mara, but we (unfortunately), cannot protect everyone until everyone purifies themselves. Religion, of course, is somewhat of a problem for the Dhamma. We have so many ways of saying the very same thing, and this is caused by so many different religions. There is only one Dhamma … only one truth … Just as there is only one sun in the sky, and not a different sun for each religion in the world." He smiles as he sits back, raises his arm, adjusts his robe and says: “It’s like this. Mara makes beautiful pictures, sounds, smells, taste, and all of these things hook the mind out of the body. Thus, there is no peace. Because there is no peace, there is no satisfaction. Because there is no satisfaction, we get angry. Because of anger, we hurt others. It is like a fish stuck to bait. There is no peace; there is no letting go. It is all because of greed. “When we create boonyas, we create forgiveness, but we do even more than that. When we spread loving kindness, we generate boon. When you teach with love, you create boon. But when you teach just for your salary, you do not create boon. You must have the right intention. And, when we read the Dhamma, we get boon!” His eyes start to twinkle again. He smiles. “Of course, if you meditate you will find this out for yourself. So go and meditate! If you center yourself, within the center, you will be able to observe, to see, and then to know – because you have seen. And THEN, you will be able to teach!” He sits back, crosses his arms, and looks at us with a hint of a smile and with great compassion. I think he is finished, but then Jon proceeds to tell him his famous King and Hermit story, which, because it is such a good story, I will repeat here.