Easy but Deep 2 EP.5: The True Refuge and Recollection
From the teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya — “Easy but Deep” Series 2, Episode 5
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EP.5 : The True Refuge and Recollection
Luang Por teaches about the true refuge and recollection. All things in this world are impermanent — not lasting, not enduring. Whether it be property and wealth, gain, status and praise, children and grandchildren, family, or even our own body, none of these can be a true refuge, because these things must change, alter, and decay in the end. The Lord Buddha admonished us to look for a true refuge and recollection that does not decay, does not change, and never alters.
The true refuge and recollection is the Triple Gem within ourselves. Luang Por teaches that in meditation we must recollect the Triple Gem within, that is, the qualities of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha within the center of the body, giving rise to a clear crystal Buddha image and various Dhamma Bodies, which are the true refuge — never changing, never decaying, unlike outward refuges that must perish with time. A mind that goes to stop still with the Triple Gem within is said to have a true refuge and recollection that never ends.
Luang Por emphasizes that having a true refuge makes the mind steady, not wavering, not burning with fear. Whoever has reached the Triple Gem within is like one who has a firm refuge and a noble recollection that serves as a mental support at all times. When the mind holds firmly to the Triple Gem within, the mind becomes calm, pure, still and settled, giving rise to wisdom, clearly seeing the truth, and being able to carry oneself beyond the cycle of birth and death to Nibbana in the end.
Therefore, in times of suffering, distress, or fear, recollect the Triple Gem within with mindfulness and concentration; stop the mind at the center of the body at base 7 and incline the mind toward the true refuge and recollection, which is the refuge that never changes and never decays at any time.
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