Understanding
To observe anger as anger, or hatred as hatred, or passion as passion, is very difficult. It takes time. That is why the wise people, the enlightened people, the saints and the seers of India advised: "Observe yourself."
Observing oneself is a path of self-realisation, truth-realisation - one can even say "God-realisation", because after all, truth is God. What else is God? The law is God, nature is God. And when one is observing that law, one is observing dharma.
Whatever is happening within you, you are the just the silent observer, not reacting.
As you observe objectively, you have started taking the first step to understanding dharma; the first step towards practicing dharma in life.
By practicing dharma, you won't run away from external activities like going to this or that temple, or performing this or that rite or ritual. But at the same time as you are doing these things, you will start observing the reality pertaining to your mind at that moment: "What is happening in my mind at this moment? Whatever is happening in my mind from moment to moment - this is more important for me than anything that is happening outside."
You will start to notice how are you reacting to things outside. Whenever you react, this reaction becomes a source of misery for you. If you learn not to react but simply to observe, you will come out of the suffering.
Excerpts from 'The Gracious Flow of Dharma' by S.N. Goenka. Published by the Vipassana Research Institute, Maharashtra, India.
Understanding
To observe anger as anger, or hatred as hatred, or passion as passion, is very difficult. It takes time. That is why the wise people, the enlightened people, the saints and the seers of India advised: "Observe yourself."
Observing oneself is a path of self-realisation, truth-realisation - one can even say "God-realisation", because after all, truth is God. What else is God? The law is God, nature is God. And when one is observing that law, one is observing dharma.
Whatever is happening within you, you are the just the silent observer, not reacting.
As you observe objectively, you have started taking the first step to understanding dharma; the first step towards practicing dharma in life.
By practicing dharma, you won't run away from external activities like going to this or that temple, or performing this or that rite or ritual. But at the same time as you are doing these things, you will start observing the reality pertaining to your mind at that moment: "What is happening in my mind at this moment? Whatever is happening in my mind from moment to moment - this is more important for me than anything that is happening outside."
You will start to notice how are you reacting to things outside. Whenever you react, this reaction becomes a source of misery for you. If you learn not to react but simply to observe, you will come out of the suffering.
Excerpts from 'The Gracious Flow of Dharma' by S.N. Goenka. Published by the Vipassana Research Institute, Maharashtra, India.
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