August 30, 2546 B.E.
The Dhammakaya’s Supernormal Power
Today is the 48th day of this Rains-Retreat. We are doing the countdown every day to remind everyone that less than one and a-half months are now left of this Rains-Retreat which is the season for attaining the Dhammakaya. The Dhammakaya is the Body Leading to the Attainment of Enlightenment. He exists inside every human being on earth. He is every living being’s highest refuge. As soon as one can attain the Dhammakaya, one will meet with true happiness. One will also have the learning tool necessary to study the reality of life because the Dhammakaya possesses the Dhammakaya-Eye which allows Him to see everything in every direction all at once and the extensive Supernormal Insight which allows Him to know everything He sees.
On the day that the Lord Buddha attains Self-Enlightenment, He vows to put His life on the line practicing the Middle Way Meditation until He can achieve His goal. During the first watch, He attains the Dhammakaya and the ability to recall His countless previous existences. This happens when the Lord Buddha’s mind comes to a complete standstill in the center of His body and the Perfections which has been pursued to the fullest extent pull His mind inward until He is able to attain the Dhammakaya. It is the Dhammakaya that enables Him to see however many previous existences He wishes. This supernormal feat is not and cannot be accomplished by thinking or imagining.He sees everything as images and learns about what gives rise to mental formations. It is like looking at a seed and sees what happens to it under the ground, how it sprouts roots, primary roots and secondary roots, how it gives rise to the stem, the branches, the leaves, the flowers, and the fruits.
And once the fruits are covered by the soil and new trees come into being one after another, so on and so forth. The Lord Buddha sees how Avijja (ignorance) gives rise to mental formations and how mental formations give rise to consciousness. He sees the current of Kilesa (defilements) called Asava (mental intoxication). Asava is the pickling or fermenting process which causes one’s mind to be pickled or fermented in greed, anger, and delusion. The Lord Buddha sees the current of Kilesa but not its producers. Just listen to what Kru Mai Yai is saying the way you do a story so that you can have a good idea how crucially important the Dhammakay truly is.
The Dhammakaya enabled our Bodhisatta to extinguish all defilements and all mental intoxication such that He could attain Buddhahood. The Dhammakaya is crucially important and He can be found inside every human being on earth who is here to make clear the Path and Fruit of Nibbana. And only the Dhammakaya can help a person to penetrate the Path and Fruit of Nibbana. Other Inner Bodies cannot do it because they do not possess the optimum level of refinement. Now that you know the real reason for being here, you should not let your time pass idly by. This Rains-Retreat is a very significant season and a time very conducive to practicing meditation earnestly. You know that life on earth lacks real substance. To find life’s substance, one must practice meditation.
Just by sitting down to practice meditation, the time is already being constructively spent. If your meditation practice enables you to attain the Dhammakaya, then you have already arrived at the best time in your life.Spend the rest of this Rains-Retreat doing what is good and virtuous by endeavoring to practice meditation earnestly. Do not allow this great opportunity to pass you by because you have no idea when your time on earth will expire.
The Most Venerable Luang Pu has already discovered Vijja Dhammakaya Meditation for us. He has saved us from having to spend endless time trying to find the correct method. Luang Pu was able to bear witness to the Lord Buddha’s attainment of Self-Enlightenment simply by keeping his mind still and quiet. All we have to do is to follow Luang Pu’s instruction and we will definitely be able to achieve success in our meditation practice.
