Ajahn Man once said that we have to make our practice in the shape of a circle.
A circle never comes to an end.
Keep it going continually.
Keep the practice going continually without stop.
I listened to him and I thought,
When I've finished listening to this talk,
What should I do?
The answer is to make your alertness a kāliko,
Timeless.
Make sure that the mind knows and sees what's proper and what's not at all times.
It's like the water in this kettle.
If you tilt it so that there's a long time between the drops,
Glug,
Glug.
Those are called water drops.
If you tilt it a little further,
The drops become more frequent,
Glug,
Glug,
Glug.
If you tilt it a little bit further,
The water flows in a stream.
What does the stream of water come from?
It comes from the drops of water.
If they're not continuous,
They're called drops of water.
The water here is like our awareness.
If you accelerate your efforts,
If your awareness is continuous,
Your mindfulness will become full.
Both by day and by night,
It'll keep staying full like that.
It becomes a stream of water.
As we're taught,
The noble ones have continuous mindfulness.
The water is a stream of water.
Make your awareness continuous.
Whenever there's anything wrong or lacking in any way,
You'll know immediately.
Your awareness will be a circle all around.
That's the shape of the practice.
Ajaan Man once said that we have to make our practice in the shape of a circle.
A circle never comes to an end.
Keep it going continually.
Keep the practice going continually without stop.
I listened to him and I thought,
When I've finished listening to this talk,
What should I do?
The answer is to make your alertness a khaliko,
Timeless.
Make sure that the mind knows and sees what's proper and what's not at all times.
It's like the water in this kettle.
If you tilt it so that there's a long time between the drops,
Glug,
Glug.
Those are called water drops.
If you tilt it a little further,
The drops become more frequent,
Glug,
Glug,
Glug.
If you tilt it a little bit further,
The water flows in the stream.
What does the stream of water come from?
It comes from the drops of water.
If they're not continuous,
They're called drops of water.
The water here is like our awareness.
If you accelerate your efforts,
If your awareness is continuous,
Your mindfulness will become full.
Both by day and by night,
It'll keep staying full like that.
It becomes a stream of water.
As we're taught,
The noble ones have continuous mindfulness.
The water is a stream of water.
Make your awareness continuous.
Whenever there's anything wrong or lacking in any way,
You'll know immediately.
Your awareness will be a circle all around.
That's the shape of the practice.
