The suffering we encounter every day... where does it truly come from? It isn't because the world around us is heavy, but because our own minds refuse to let go. Before an old story has even faded, we rush to pull a new one onto our shoulders. Repeating this again and again, we become like the madman carrying stones, who, upon seeing anything, picks it up and adds it to the burden, even though what is already carried is heavy enough to make one collapse. This makes us feel as though each stone is heavier than a mountain...

In this episode

(00:00) Introduction

(08:43) The Parable of the Madman Carrying Stones

(18:55) "Plong Tok": Letting the Burden Fall

(32:00) The Path of Practice: Realizing the Truth Within

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About This Dhamma Talk:

This content is adapted from a Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro, a noble monk of Wat Tham Pha Plong in Chiang Mai, on Oc-tober 10, 1975.

About the Teacher:

Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro of the Tham Pha Plong Monastery in Chiang Mai was one of the key disciples of Luang Pu Mun Bhuridatto, who prophesied about him, saying, 'Venerable Sim is a lotus bud; when it blossoms, its fragrance will surpass all others.'

His prominent teach-ings emphasized the 'full lotus posture' to cultivate a courageous mind like the Buddha's; an expertise in 'contemplation of the body,' particu-larly the meditation on impurity concerning the 300 bones; and the con-stant teaching to develop 'mindfulness of death' , or being mindful of death with every breath, as a reminder not to be heedless and to hasten one's spiritual practice.

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