Thai Forest Dhamma

in the tradition of Lungphu Mun Bhuridatto

and his western disciples

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Dhamma talk given byAjahn Martin
TitleThe cause of death is birth
Date8 Jul 2015
Languageen
LocationWat Pa Baan Taad
AudienceMeditators
Content / Description

Smoking: lung cancer comes from kamma, depends on individual; “In the West, they say smoking is dangerous, but I would say being born is dangerous”; Luangta was much more interested in treating the citta rather than the body; Civilizations: according to the Lord Buddha, it's the 4th civilization on this planet, but people believe it's a myth; Citta: Luangta calls it the “everlasting tourist”, going from one life to the next; Dukkha: all actions, words we do/have are done because of Dukkha; Exposition of the 4 Noble Truths; Path of practice: first we remove all the evil in our heart and develop goodness, and then we get rid of both good & evil; Sati: the key factor on the path, it's the eye opener; Description of the knowing nature of the citta; Beauty of Buddhism: it is simple, we don't need to know a lot; Pain investigation; Essence of the 'citta': like a diamond, we only see the facets, not the essence of it.