Easy but Deep 2 EP.4: The Curriculum of Life
From the teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya — “Easy but Deep” Series 2, Episode 4
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EP.4 : The Curriculum of Life
Luang Por teaches about the curriculum of life, that every life born into this world has its own curriculum, just as every student must study according to a curriculum. In the same way, the life of a human being must have a curriculum of life — that is, one must study the lessons in the school of life and complete the course that leads to happiness and liberation in the end.
The true curriculum of life is not merely studying subjects to earn a living, but is the learning that leads to reaching the true nature of life — the learning that makes the mind pure, clearly knowing the truth, and reaching the Triple Gem within ourselves. Luang Por teaches that being born human is hard to obtain, because there is so much opportunity to study the correct curriculum of life, that is, the curriculum that leads to liberation from all suffering and to clear insight.
Having been born human, we should therefore hasten to study and practise this curriculum of life, diligently doing good, practising generosity, keeping the precepts, developing concentration, and developing wisdom. This is like studying; if one does not complete the curriculum, one must repeat it in subsequent lives. If one can complete the curriculum of life, that is, reaching the Dhamma within, reaching the qualities of the Triple Gem within, then one need not return to study again. This is the true purpose of being born human.
Luang Por emphasizes that meditation practice is also one of the subjects in the curriculum of life that we must train to become skilled, so that the mind becomes calm, pure, still and settled, and gains clear wisdom, leading to closing the door to the realms of suffering, reaching the Noble Path and Fruition, and Nibbana — the final course of life that never needs to be studied again.
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