Friday, December 28, 2012

Leave The Past, Ignore The Future, Continue Peeling The Presence




A misinterpretation of Buddha's teaching:
Do not dwell in the past or future but just in present.
The result is: A monk doesn;t focus in past of future but focus on his present activities. That will make him reside in present, and creating like Buddha said: "Bhikkhus, how do you falter with things of the present? Bhikkhus, the not learned ordinary man, not clever in their Teaching, reflecting matters, ideas, apperceptions, feelings, consciousness as his recent activities."

The precise interpretation of Buddha's teaching:
Do not dwell in the past or future but just in present practices.
The result is: A monk doesn;t focus in past of future but focus on his present practices. This will make him not reside even in present, but keep peeling his presence like Buddha said: "Bhikkhus, how do you not falter with things of the present? Bhikkhus, the learned noble disciple, clever in their Teaching, and trained in their Teaching does not reflecting matters, ideas, apperceptions, feelings, consciousness as his recent activities."

It might be still difficult to grasp it, but in short way we can say Buddha's teaching is not about you reside in present or not, but its about you continue the practice by leaving the past and ignoring future, and keep peeling the presence.

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