WHO OWNS DHARMAKAYA DOCTRINE

     Lord of Buddha owns the Doctrine, he had spent great effort and a lot of time before his discovery.

THE SUPREME DHARMA DISCOVERED IS DHARMAKAYA

     The person who acquires the Dharmakaya wisdom will perceive the three knowledge namely: -

          Pubbenivasanusatinana - reminiscence of the past or previous births

          Cutupapatanana - the knowledge of the decease and rebirth of beings

          Asavakkhayanana - the knowledge of the cessation of mental intoxication

     Moreover, he will perceive other knowledge such as Ariyasacca and etc.

     The one who is able to acquire the Dharmakaya wisdom by himself without any guidance or assistance from any instructor is called “Lord of Buddha” or the “Omniscient Buddha”. Anyone gains the Dharmakaya wisdom by the Lord’s guidance is called “Junior Buddha”.

     During the time of Buddha, many persons acquired Dharmakaya and finished practicing Asavakkhayanana Knowledge within a short time could achieve Arahanta State.

PRAYING TO BUDDHA

     We pray in order to make our mind halted, still, clear and bright. While praying we place our mind at the center point of the body. When the mind becomes halted, still and clear, the Pathama Magga Sphere (the first sphere) which is crystal clear and brilliant will be observed. Keep on praying and focus your mind at the Pathama Magga Sphere’s center you will see the Buddha image at that point. The image is crystal clear and brilliant and has a head of lotus bud shape. This Buddha image is Dharmakaya or Phra Ratanattaya (the triple Gem).

     Some people do not pray in the way as mentioned above so they never reach Phra Ratanattaya. The correct praying must be done by focusing the mind at the body’s center point.

FOUR RULES TO AVOID MISTAKES

     In Dharmakaya practice, there are four rules to be observed in order to avoid failures, namely :

          1. Place mind only at the center point of the body.

          2. Focus mind exactly at the crystal point of needle tip size at the center of Dharma Sphere (“the center”).

          3. Mind must be firmly halted.

          4. Must proceed deeper and deeper.

     When you get through the “center”, keep on focusing your mind through the center without coming back. It will be “the center in the center in the center and so on and from the unrefined to the refined subject”. When you enter into the center and can achieve the refined knowledge, you treat that subject as the unrefined one, penetrate into its center in order to achieve the refined subject again. Proceed to do this again and again and again in the same direction.

     When you can enter into the elementary Nirvana State, penetrate into the existing state to the next Nirvana State. After achieving the refined Nirvana, you treat it as the unrefined one and proceed to the next refined Nirvana. So, it will be Nirvana in Nirvana in Nirvana and so on from the unrefined to the refined ones.

     When you can achieve Dharmakaya. Proceed to penetrate into the center in order to acquire the ever more refined Dharmakaya. So, it will be Dharmakaya in Dharmakaya in Dharmakaya and so on and from the unrefined to the refined ones.

     In order to achieve Magga (the path) Phala (fruition) one must strictly follow the four rules and keep on practicing as mentioned.

TECHNIQUES TO CEASE YOUR MIND AND KEEP IT STILL

     When you are praying and practicing until your mind is halted, you must proceed to “halt in a halt”. Do not let your mind halted without proceeding to do anything. If so, your mind will be at ease but you will not be able to achieve anything.

     “Halting in a halt” means proceeding to focus your mind without coming back. While your mind is halted it will also be still. You must halt your mind in the stillness and, then, make it still in a halt. Keep on doing like this without deliberation. If you try to deliberate, the evil will bring emptiness to your mind and you will only be comfortable without achieving anything. The evil causes some preceptors to misunderstand that he achieves the emptiness of mind and feels at ease. But the fact is that he is experiencing just the beginning.

     Any practitioner who finds the emptiness in his mind should skip halt emptiness and keep on practicing “halting in a halt” without coming back. And he will have chances to achieve the real knowledge. Anyone who has problems in practicing should consult any of our instructors. Practice should be trained by the instructor because practicing alone will not bring about good result. The ones who want to achieve Dharmakaya should gather as a group and contact our instructor.

HOW TO OBSERVE MENTAL IMAGE

     After placing your mind at the center point of the body you must keep it still there. Do not change to other places. Even the center point is dark, just place your mind there and the dark point will become brighter. If, at the first time, the center point is already bright, it will become brighter and brighter later.

     Incase the mental image you are observing is crystal clear, this conforms to the concept. But if what you see is other thing such as the cloud, the feather, the lotus, the river, the fire, the dead man, Buddha image, animal, etc. You must concentrate and imagine making that image “white” and “crystal clear”. After that you concentrate and imagine again making the image be the “crystal clear sphere”. Now, the image will be the crystal clear sphere as you wish.

     While observing your mental image at the body’s center point, if you see the light at your eyes or outside your body, do not let your mind move to see that light because this is the fool caused by the evil. You must observe the image only in your abdomen, no where else. Even you cannot see anything let your mind observe the image only in your abdomen. One day the success will be yours.

     Be patient to practice. Imagine seeing the crystal clear sphere in your abdomen in every action namely, standing, walking, sitting and lying while praying “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” all the time. Do not be discouraged. You must use great effort to acquire the best thing. For short-tempered or impatient persons who fail to make the image white and crystal clear it means you are defeated by the evil, Avijja (ignorance), Kilesa (defilement), Tanha (desire) and Upadana (attachment), they intercept your mind power. And once you are defeated, you tend to be defeated again. So, keep on trying hard at your best to make the image white and crystal clear.

     Dharmakaya doctrine contains a lot of content and details. There are many courses to be studied and practiced. Observing the crystal clear sphere and Dharmakaya is just the beginning. Much of the superior knowledge is awaiting practitioners. The higher the Dharmakaya knowledge you achieve the more virtue and perfections you will acquire. No other virtue and perfections are higher than those acquired by Dharmakaya achievement.

     How old are you now? How far have you studied and practiced Dharmakaya? Do not waste your time.

PANCAKAMMATTHANA (FIVE–OBJECT MEDITATION)

     Preceptor teaches us the meditation by deliberating in forward and backward order on the five objects of our body namely, hair, body hair, nails, teeth and skin. Nobody can achieve that meditation because the preceptor does not tell us the right deliberation.

     In fact, the preceptor wants us to conceive that our body is impermanent (Avicca) so that we should always observe Sila (rules of morality) and acquire virtue. The right deliberation for five-object mediation should be as follows:

     1. Close your eyes to open your mind first. Imagine placing each of the five objects, one at a time at the center point of your body via the opening of your nose first, then, the corner of your eye, you brain center, pharynx, throat and body center (please see the picture). While placing via the seven points of the body, pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra hung” until your mind is halted and still. You will see that each of the five objects grows, deteriorates and eventually decays by the same principle as others.

     2. Practice the same way as described in no.1 but consider the five objects of our body in backward order namely, skin, teeth, nails, body hair and hair. You will find the same truth that our body parts are impermanent.

     3. Now, imagine placing all five objects at your body’s center point and pray “Sum-ma-ar-hung” to make your mind halted and still. You will observe a brilliant crystal sphere at your body’s center point. This sphere is your Dharma sphere. Do not be glad or pleased but be calm. Keep on praying “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” and you will see a crystal point of a needle tip size at the center of the sphere. Keep on focusing your mind at the center of that crystal point until the point disappears and the voidness (Sunnata) incurs. In that voidness, there will be a crystal clear Buddha image with lotus bud head sitting cross-leg in your abdomen. The image is facing to the same direction as you are.

     So, your preceptor not only makes you realize the impermanency of your body but also assists you to reach Dharmakaya, which is the Lord of Buddha. And the Lord of Buddha is, in fact, Phra Ratanattaya.

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