Listening to teachers with wisdom - importance

Listening to a teacher with wisdom will keep you on the right track to learning the truth. This is important for the fact that you don't know the truth yet. Thus, you will need someone to point you there: someone who has been there before. It's like not knowing how to drive and needing someone to show you how.


The teacher that I listen to and recommend is a Thai Buddhist monk named Luang Por Pramote. A lot of his talks have been translated into English.


You can listen to them at www.dhamma.com/english. There are many talks and also translated books on this website. It may be a little difficult to know which talk to choose, so in my blogs and website, I will discuss some of the talks and recommend certain ones for you.


Luang Por Pramote, in a very modern way, teaches the real basics of what the Buddha taught which is that the body and mind don't belong to you, are always in constant motion, and are not fully satisfying (which would be putting it lightly). And, the way to see this does not require needing to be in a cave, forest, temple or at a retreat. Rather, all that needs to be done is to watch the body or mind in a relaxed but focused manner while living your normal day-to-day life. He explains that to see the truth, you have to observe your body or mind in a natural and unforced way. If you try and force it or conversely watch in too lax of a way, you won't be able to observe the truth. Your attention needs to be somewhere in between. Anyhow, practice is the key. Seeing the truth cannot be accomplished without it. The monk recommends three things: daily awareness, meditation and listening to his CDs (which are free).

Brian Eric Cohen

www.cohenbrian.wix.com/awaremeditatelisten

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