Interview
with Danish Yogi in Hpa An
16th
April 2013
(Part
– 2)
Q : I want to learn to
meditate but also clear up my mind but also I am reluctant to step in as it is
completely opposite from the entire fundamental I have been taught since child.
Sayadaw : Because
of our traditional habit, we want to grasp something, this is why if you are
not relying on your body you will rely on your mind. We are grasping our mind
as being our own.
If
you can accept that everyone is just created truth it will not affect you. And
then, every experience won’t affect you anymore. Whatever happens to you or to
other people will not be important.
When
the original wisdom appears, it is very powerful. That original wisdom knows
about the original truth and the created truth. Now we all are using the
created truth but we don’t know about the truth of the created truths because
there is no original wisdom.
If
there is original wisdom, the original wisdom will know the created truth as being
created. Also the original wisdom knows about the real impermanent nature and
permanent nature.
Now
you have to think about your life. If
there is original wisdom, no need to think about your life as real importance.
Because
of using the created wisdom you are thinking about yourself.
Everyone
is the same. Because the power of
created wisdom is very limited it thinks about oneself. The power of original
truth is very great. It can think about
everyone, it is quite opposite. Now you think about yourself but if there is original
wisdom and you will be thinking about everyone, and your understanding will change.
Now
you can think only about yourself. You
are ‘only one’. For the created wisdom you are only one. For the original wisdom
you become everyone. You will understand
like this. This is why you become very powerful. It is not only you but everyone.
You can help everyone.
Now
you think about yourself so you can work specially only for yourself. If you think
you are everyone, you can work for everyone. And if you can solve that problem,
you can also teach to other how to solve that problem, how to understand the
original truth.
My
work is specialized in teaching how to help others understand like this. Other
works are not so important. Although I am doing a lot of good deeds, my special
work is to help other people to have right understanding or connect with
original truth and original wisdom.
Q : About love, which is attachment
but may be it is still important?
Sayadaw : If
you can detach from that attachment, you can understand about real love, real
love means original love. Even the mother love is just created love. If you
don’t know the original truth you might think that the created truth is truly good
and bad.
If
there is comparison between created truth and original truth, you will know the
weakness of the created truth. The mother love is also necessary but compared
with original wisdom which knows about the original love, it is quite the
opposite. That is why detachment is necessary for everything. If you can detach
the created truths, that power of detachment can make connection with the
original wisdom which is complete and perfect.
Q : So in the original truth,
original wisdom there is also love … but not created love?
Sayadaw : Yes,
not a creation. All creation can be
destroyed.
Original
truth cannot be destroyed.
To be continued …..