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Suzanne Jeffrey Luang Pu - Grandfather Monk. In this book, I use the designation for the re-discoverer of the Dhammakaya Meditation Technique, Luang Pu Sodh Wat PakNam, who was the Abbot of Wat PakNam and the consummate teacher of the technique. In actuality, there are many Luang Pu designations for various Abbots and monks of Wats throughout Thailand. MaeChi - Female Buddhist Nun. There are no MaeChi's at Wat Phra Dhammakaya but there are lots of them at Wat PakNam. There are, however, Upasikas at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. (See below) Mara - Mara personifies the Tempter, the Destroyer, the pull to externalities, the decline and death of our pure spiritual life. Mara distracts us by pulling us to the outside: by making "stuff" so beautiful that we have to notice it. It turns the positive to negatives and creates a glorious distraction so that we do not achieve our true life purpose. Regarding meditation, there are many "tools" Mara uses so that we do not meditate on the inside, particularly at the center (which is how it tricks us to not be inside so we can see what we already have right there in our center). Mara, of course, is not a good thing to be around, but is inevitably met on the inner battlefield of meditation. The good news is that in recognizing Mara and Samsara, we can learn to avoid the circumstances that lead us to get involved in the first place. We can also learn to recognize Mara by being mindful, persistent in our meditation, and vigilant. Pi - Older Brother or Sister Saatu - Well said. For example: you say, "Boy! This food is fantastic!" And, if I agree with you, I respond with "Saatu!" If I don't agree with you, then I just keep my mouth shut. Sabai - This word means an accumulation of being relaxed, comfortable, at ease, and without any worries or concerns. When we are at ease, everything is easy! When our mind is sabai, it will be in a conducive state for stopping still with cheuy” more easily and for a longer period of time. As Luang Por Dhammajayo, frequently says: "Sabai is the heart of the practice of meditation". To truly be sabai there are four areas in life that have to become sabai. They are: the place or location/setting; the food; the surrounding people/company; and the teachings or system/curriculum. When we get all of these things to be sabai, both our body and mind will naturally adjust themselves to be sabai and inevitably be clear or free from all of life's concerns, problems, and worries. Sabai helps us remove ourselves from the outer world to return home to our own inner world. 160