August 5, 2546 B.E.
Keeping One's Mind Quiet
Today is the 23rd day of this Rains-Retreat which is the season for attaining the Dhamma where the monks can see the Dhammakaya, the novice monks can see the Dhammakaya, and the lay devotees can see the Dhammakaya. It means that everyone must be able to see the Dhammakaya. Every person regardless of his race or creed has the Inner Triple Gem as his highest refuge. Nothing else can be whether it is a person, an animal or a thing. One may be able to depend temporarily on some person, animal and thing but one's true and highest refuge is the Inner Triple Gem.
To attain the Inner Triple Gem, one must be able to keep one's mind still and quiet at the seventh base in the center of one's body. Normally, one's mind is restless and is constantly running here and there towards different things as dictated by one's emotion. It is running to persons,animals, things, work, business, family, school, etc. As a result, one cannot find one's true refuge. Neither can one experience the happiness that one longs so much for.
People think that their happiness depends on people, animals, things,places, money, material possessions, etc. But in reality, happiness can be found only inside one's self. Therefore, one must bring one's mind to a standstill inside one's self and allow different images and emotions which have been accumulated in one's mind to pass by completely until one can see the first true inner image which is the Pathamamagga Sphere. Once one can see this first Dhamma Sphere, in time, one will be able to see the Inner Buddha, the Inner Dhamma and the Inner Sangha.
Since the start of this Rains-Retreat, some of you have already attained the Dhamma. Some are close to attaining the Dhamma and are making steady progress. Different practitioners have gained different experiences. It is great that people are spending the limited time they have on earth to perform wholesome deeds according to Vijja Dhammakaya, to do the real work of making clear the Path and Fruit of Nibbana, accumulating merit and pursuing Perfections.
