"To fight oneself hurts the most" HD - Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Martin

"To fight oneself hurts the most"
A Dhamma talk in English given by Ajahn Martin Piyadhammo in Wat Phu KhongThong - Thailand (8/01/2017)
An evening talk given mostly to monks: About, conceit, pride view and opinions, that destroy our practice
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[@abhijeet0405]

May I be true and observant to identify wrong views/opinions within me. May I have humility to accept my mistakes regardless of how much it hurts my pride. Thank you Venerable teacher.

[@alicetan757]

Yes I totally agreed .At times our ego gets the better in us . Truly humbled by the total frankness in the Dharma talks that one hardly hear it nowadays . The truth really hurts but if one is bend on the practice then one will truly appreciate such frankness from a truly Forest Monk . Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu

[@joannefairweather2839]

with humble gratitude for this desana, ajahn with metta

[@Zaches27]

Joan, when are you coming? MC S

[@FRED-gx2qk]

exceptional dharma all hail

[@MarkusManuelKmeier]

Yeah I can understand. all that - only focus on love talk from some teachers isn't loving at all, because people can't make any progress freeing themselves, and after years and years or earlier they are getting hit hard by truth. But of course it depends also on the ripeness of teachers and students.

[@Arahansannihilation]

I like this type of hard hitting dharma talk.

[@lindabllim7141]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍 this is such a brilliant wonderful excellent dhamma talk and listening to it again today strikes me more than the first time... I can feel luangpo’s great metta, compassion and effort in wanting to help us realize we need to tear down our pride, conceits and wrong views if we want to truly progress.. but instead we are very protective of our ego self and build up a closed vessel and focus on outside appearance instead of looking into our junkyard within us 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Not an easy path indeed😫 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thank you very much Luangpo 😊😊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👏🏻👍

[@FRED-gx2qk]

truth from experience great teacher

[@michelehimb.8000]

/\/\/\ Thank you Luangpor for this reminding. /\/\/\

[@ecestruelovehusbandforeter4353]

I love you truley.

[@ramthian]

We’re missing you kaa

[@ramthian]

Lovely 🥰🙏🙏🙏🎉🎉🎉

[@wailenglai6619]

Thank you

[@poohdam]

กราบสาธุ ค่ะ🙏🙏🙏

[@rgofpc]

Sadhu Sadhu sadhu🙏

[@stevenkok1926]

Truth hurts.

[@user-fz3bk2ew6j]

กราบ​ สาธุ​ สาธุ​ สาธุ

[@user-tq3fw2yq2r]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ramthian]

🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧

[@stevenkok1926]

Buddha Dhamma Sangha.

[@lordbyron3603]

Sadhu 3X

[@ramthian]

Very funny lol 😂 😂😂🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧

[@ramthian]

I am very scared of the dogs hounding so much. 😢😢😢

[@deepikakedare2141]

🪷🪷🪷🙏🙏🙏

[@timothyzaal4906]

Sheesh. Those dogs.

[@stevenkok1926]

Shadu Shadu Shadu Notice and pay attention to awareness 1. Impermanence 2. Painfulness 3. Egolessness the battle tools for battling cancers.

[@nick-ht3cn]

He is correct. If you let go of your pride insults no longer hurt. Give it a try, you must have some grievance that's troubling you lol

[@poohdam]

หมาหอน น่ากลัวจัง 😢

[@joewoodistiller]

Attainment of sotapana and free from being born in 4 woeful existence. How one experience it? Entering magga phalla(disconnections of samsara existence) and emerge from magga phalla. The moment when it occure: My personnel experience while in vipasanna sitting meditation this occur and I will share to those who may find interesting. Vipasanna meditation on the moment of magga phalla and then return to samsara existence again on how it occur during that moment. From Samsara to magga phalla to samsara. 16 Vipasanna nanas or 16 mindfullness knowledge aroused while contemplating the breath explaination made simple. Nibanna is like walking up 16 stairs step to reach the top floor. One will start from the first stairs. Lifting the right foot stepping on the first stairs letting go of the left foot from the ground to let it step on the second staircase. Upon the second foot secure stepping on the second staircase one has to LET GO of the first staircase to use the right foot to step on the 3rd staircase until one reach the 16th stairs. Similar like from first samadhi to second samadhi to third samadhi to upeka. Similarly the practice of vipasanna apply the same way as like walking up the stairs till step 16th(16 vipasanna nanas) Upon reaching the top floor one can now take good rest in his room. One will have to return to the ground floor, the first step to begin now will be the last stair which is the 16th stairs. The way to decent is from the 16 to 15 to 14 stairs and so on. Similarly when one attaiment of magga(fruition) it is like one already on the highest step. After magga(path simile of the 16th stairs) it will reach phala(fruition simile as reaching the top floor) one is an enlighten being. Usual occurance after magga phalla, one will have to return to presant samsara conditions and that means like walking down the stair case start from the 16 steps to lower stairs. Similarly one who practice vipasanna and reach the highest path will need to return from the path back to this samsara existence. In this case he has to return from the magga phalla to continue to live in samsara until his balance karma energy are exhausted. So to say, one can realize very clearly these steps to magga phalla where the mind shuts down and he know when he is stepping down (start from the 16th) to return to mundane existence is similar to the simile of the 16 staircase walking up and walking down again. So one can know in this way one is a sotopana after nirodha(Ceesation of conciousness or concious shuts down) reaching magga phalla(mind now completely shuts down while in vipasanna sitting meditation) and nibanna(magga phalla is not a state of mind. It is out of human conciousness nothing in relation to mind and body and the buddha explain it in this way that nibanna simply is unborn, deathless and uncondition) No sufferring exist in NIBANNA. CONCLUSION: The 16 stairs we refer to the 16 vipasanna nanas: And after attainment when the mind shuts down you enter into nibanna(you will not know as you are momentarily already cut off your existence from Samsara) Now you are in nibanna(as conciousness already vanished at magga you do not know as already no existence conciousness) When after nibanna, you return to reawaken in this dream of existence in samsara and in the state of vipasanna samadhi, and here at this moment you still do not know you have return from nibanna to samsara dreams of existence as you are dwelling in strong state of samadhi where your mind now is filled with whole body pleasurable vibrating sensations and you are fully adsorption into it. This whole body pleasure sensation will gradually subside and you will now be in lower samadhi where your mind is bright(still in the mind state of samadhi) mind is free and relaxing no problems with regards to keep focusing on the breath as now what so ever on breath to watch rising falling all seem automatic.(in samadhi or in jhanna absobtion filled with whole body pleasurable sensations) At this moment the mind is free bright and peaceful just like driving with(in samadhi) Then suddenly there is occurance of recollection when one start to remember. One begin to remember there was a break in his sitting vipasanna meditation where the mind are suddenly shuts down. Here is very important and the most difficult to explain because this is the moment of the last truth of the 4 noble truth one has reach and now realised its taste. My attempt to explain it will be like telling a story that ends with possibily nobody will understand it. But that is the real story of the moment of reaching magga and phalla. When the moment the mind enter path or magga is 14th vipasanna nana and phalla 15 vipasanna nana it shuts down. No more existing in samsara existence so no more mind and thinking are stop. No thinking thus there no more mind. After that occurance is over, one will return from the top stair to walk down again from my simplified explaination on how one will see at that moment. He saw before and after and he remember it now as in his mind everythings is very clear. He now realise he has reach enlightment or he has attain to magga phala and the mind is now peaceful, happy and bright. The happiness feeling of that attainment can last numerous days.And all dhamma now aroused in one who is Ariya. He is now a SOTOPANNA. May this sharing be the road map for everyone and as the ariya of the past phrase it in this way they say 'WORTH IT' Wish everyone will strive one digently. Vipasanna the sure way leading to nibanna. The BUDDHA say this is the only way and no other way. And he say 'AHEPASIKO' Come friends and experience it yourself and you will know like I have known. And the last advise of LORD BUDDHA..... APAMADE SAMPADETA meaning Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation." Apamadesampadeta. BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI.

[@joewoodistiller]

Samsara mind does not exist in nibanna. It is to be understood that once you have enter the ceesation of conciousness (the 4 noble truth),all sufferring ends. The life line of samsara conciousness are momentarily disconnected as you are no more existing in samsarara or no more existing in the dreams of existence in that moment and as you experience the unborn,deathless,uncondition NIBANNA. YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHEN CEESATION OF CONCIOUSNESS OCCUR. WHY? YOU ARE NO MORE CONNECT TO THIS EXISTENCE. THERE IS NO MORE YOU. THERE IS NO MORE SUFFERINGS. So this is the highest attainment one can accomplished. The end to all conditions. Seen and understood. The Buddha quote: This is how all satipatthana vipasanna meditation practitioners will come to known what i have known. The end to all birth and death sufferings. Nibanna. Suki hotu. Buddhang saranam gacchami