讚念長老

讚念長老在8月18日約晚上8:02 pm 在馬來西亞圓寂，享年90歲，69個戒臘。

編輯對長老不是很熟悉。

有一次有幸幫 溫暖人間 訪問了他其中一位弟子 Ajahn Ek（可見溫暖人間703期，文章不是編輯寫的，編輯主要負責訪問） ；從而得以知道長老的一些身教言教。在這裡分享給大家：

**【只求涅槃】**

**阿姜EK：** 是的，當然。像我們許多人一樣，我也曾經四處奔波尋訪老師，在各處接受教導。但其中大部分都來自隆波讚念。隆波讚念是總結的那一條線。

有一次他對我說：「來，拿起你的本子和筆。來，來。」那天只有我們兩個人——那是特別的一天。他要我寫下來。

這就是精華。光是那部分就已經總結了一切。然後他總結道：「將來你不必再到處奔波了。只要修行就好。」

**記者：** 那麼，您能分享那天他給您的總結訊息嗎？

**阿姜EK：** 嗯，例如：不要再想其他任何事情。這一世是為了涅槃。不要再追求其他東西。比如，不要去建寺廟。只求涅槃。就像隆布曼一樣——他從來沒有建造過任何東西。

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**【一位無家的行者】**

年輕時，他訓練過僧人。但後來職責擴大了，他再也沒有時間系統性地訓練任何人。他必須四處奔波。

在泰國他旅行很多。然後到香港、印尼、馬來西亞——在馬來西亞境內也四處奔走。他去台灣會見很多人。在香港也是。到處奔波。他無法安定下來。他不是那種一直住在寺廟裡、等僧人來找他、然後有機會訓練他們的人。那不是他的方式。

隆布本人旅行很多，因此無法以一般方式訓練僧人。但如果你遇見他並提問，他會回答得非常徹底，而且直指核心。

**【隆波的大慈悲】**

**記者：** 那麼，您從隆波讚念那裡學到了什麼？

**阿姜EK：** 哇，學到很多東西。

**記者：** 您可以總結一些，讓我們寫在雜誌上分享給大眾嗎？

**阿姜EK：** 隆布很慈悲——就像你們雜誌的標題一樣：慈悲。

他說，無論何時有人想見他，請叫他起來。不管是午夜還是過了午夜，即使他只睡了三分鐘，也要叫醒他。因為人們長途跋涉來見他，所以他總是歡迎大家。

他說，當他必須見人時，會把心調整到美妙的狀態。如果獨處，心就像清水——沒有顏色。只是與自己相處，純淨、空無一物。

但當他聽說有人來訪想見他時，他會把喜樂與快樂注入心中。顏色改變，眼神改變，然後走出來說：「來，來，來，女兒，開心點。」像這樣。

所以這或許是菩薩的習性——隨時準備利益一切眾生。

**【一位非常熱愛佛法的大師】**

這是一點：慈悲，以及熱愛佛法的習性。他如此深深地、非常非常地熱愛佛教——正因如此他才如此精進。

但真正讓我明白他有多愛佛法的，是當他抱怨的時候。那時我才體會到：隆波抱怨，是因為他擔憂各地佛教的狀況。

**【深沉的寂靜】**

而當他靜止時——當他入定……

例如，如果他站在這裡進入寂靜，整個氛圍都會變得靜止。你們體驗過嗎？也許沒有，因為隆波多數時候都在說話、傳授知識。但有時當他進入寂靜——即使在行走時——整個氛圍都會變得非常靜、非常寂靜。

我們的心會變得如此寂靜、如此有力，他很自然地影響著追隨者的心。不需要特別修行什麼。我們只是感覺身體、感覺平靜，然後變得非常、非常寂靜。

就像樹木和空氣本身都靜止了。整個環境充滿祥和。就是這樣。非常寂靜。這稱為心力——非常強大。

**【隆波的教導風格】**

有很多東西，但如今我教導的大部分佛法，都是從他的教導中消化而來的。隆波特別強調《轉法輪經》。但現在因為年事已高，他無法再說很多了。

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隆波強調超越一切心的造作。然而，他有時主要教導基礎，因為大多數聽眾是初學者，需要先從基礎開始。而且，大多數聽眾有閉眼進入心的寂靜狀態的傾向。

他們沒有打開心。這就是為什麼隆波會先讓他們笑、輕鬆氣氛——以準備他們的心。

有時他講故事、與聽眾開玩笑，好讓心醒過來。否則，人們一來就坐下，立刻關閉六根。那樣隆波再說什麼也沒有用了。

如果他們只想關閉自己，可以回家自己關。不必來見老師。所以他先攪動他們，讓心醒過來。

當他們的心醒了，隆波才放入真正的內容。聽起來好像大腦很忙碌——有時聽他說話會累。然而，過程中充滿笑聲。十天禪修結束後，他們真正學到了。

是心在學習，不是大腦。

**【隆波被下毒——一個寬恕與慈悲的故事】**

隆波讚念甚至原諒了想要毒死他的人。那次下毒幾乎讓他失去生命。他被緊急送往醫院，進行了非常嚴重的手術，切除了部分腸道。血液已滲入腹腔——在正常情況下這會致命。然而隆波能夠命令血液不要擴散到系統中，防止受感染的血液引起菌血症而輕易奪去他的生命。他隨後要求醫生及時進行手術。回到寺廟後，他叫來了那個下毒的人：

「來，來這裡。」

他拿出五千銖說：「這是給你的。」

「為什麼給我五千銖，隆波？」

「因為你沒有成功。我沒有死，所以你的僱主不會付錢給你。你會沒有錢用。」

那人愣住了。「你知道是我下毒的嗎？」

「是的，是的，是的，我知道。」

她完全驚訝，又問：「為什麼給我這些錢？」

「正如我告訴你的——因為你沒有成功。他們不會給你任何錢。既然我還活著，我給你五千銖，讓你可以維持生活。而且因為我不會再留在這裡了，你再也沒有機會毒我，所以也不會再有錢了。」

看到了嗎？他原諒了她，並展現慈悲。他沒有報警逮捕她。純粹的寬恕與慈悲。

**記者：** 那位女士後來成為他的弟子了嗎？

**阿姜EK：** 她本來就是他的弟子。她是他的弟子，但因為金錢而毒害隆波。她被許諾一筆可以改變人生的大數目。但她沒有成功——隆波活了下來。

他被下毒過幾次。其他幾次我不在場，但這一次我記得清楚，因為就在他被下毒後不久，我去醫院探望他。

**【牙痛——一個忍耐與安忍的故事】**

還有一次關於牙痛的事。我沒有全程在場，但我很清楚這個故事——事實上，我想當時我是跟他在一起的。我相信是在印度發生的。他的牙齒從內部斷裂了。從斷裂的那一刻起，他沒有告訴任何人。六個月過去了。在那段期間，他甚至去美國西雅圖教導佛法。

後來他的臉頰腫脹發紅。當地人告訴阿姜Woody和其他僧人：「必須送他去醫院。裡面很嚴重。」

然而在那六個月我侍奉他期間，完全沒有任何抱怨。我們什麼都不知道。沒有一絲痛苦的痕跡——他只是自己按摩臉頰，保持開心，好像什麼事都沒發生。最後去看牙醫時，他們發現有一個大空腔和嚴重的內部發炎。

牙醫問他：「難道你不覺得痛嗎？」

「痛的，痛的，痛的。」

「有多痛？」

「像有一千根針刺在臉上、頭上。有時半夜痛醒，無法入睡。」

但他從來沒有抱怨。

我們完全不知情。他們把膿清掉後，牙醫吩咐他兩週內不要說話。結果隔天在禪修課程中，他又開始教導了。

對隆波讚念來說，這種疼痛只是五蘊的物理感受。它不再是「他的」痛苦——純粹只是五蘊。當我們問他為什麼不告訴我們時，他表現得就像普通比丘一樣。

**English Translation**

The Venerable Luang Por Jamnian passed away in Malaysia around 8:02 p.m. on 18 August, at the age of 90, with 69 rains (vassas).

The editor is not very familiar with the Elder. 

Once, the editor had the good fortune to help *Buddhist compassion* interview one of his disciples, Ajahn Ek (see issue 703 of *Buddhist compassion*; the article was not written by the editor, who mainly handled the interview). Through that, the editor came to know some of the Elder’s teachings by body and speech, and shares them here:

【Look Only For Nibanna】

**Ajahn Ek:** Yes, of course. Like many of us, I also ran around seeking teachers here and there, receiving teachings from various places. But the majority of what I received came from Luang Por Jamnian. Luang Por Jamnian is the concluding line.

He once said to me, “Come, take your book and pen. Come, come.” Only the two of us were there that day — it was a special day. He asked me to write it down.

This is the essence. That part alone already concludes everything. Then he concluded, “In the future you don’t need to run here and there. Just practise.”

**Reporter:** So can you share the concluding message he gave you that day?

**Ajahn Ek:** Well, for example: Don’t think about anything else. This life is for Nibbāna. Do not look for anything else. For instance, do not build a temple. Look only for Nibbāna. Like Luang Pu Mun — he never built anything.

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【A Homeless Traveller】

When he was young, he trained monks. But later on, his responsibilities expanded, so he no longer had time to train anyone systematically. He had to travel.

In Thailand he travelled a great deal. Then to Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia — and within Malaysia he also travelled extensively. He travelled to Taiwan and met many people. In Hong Kong as well. Here and there. He could not stay put. He was not the kind of person who remains at the temple, waiting for monks to come so that he can train them. That was not his way.

Luang Pu himself travelled a lot and therefore could not train monks in the usual manner. But if you met him and asked a question, he would answer very thoroughly and go straight to the point.

【Great Compassion of Luang Por】

**Reporter:** So, what have you learned from Luang Por Jamnian?

**Ajahn Ek:** Wow, I learned a great many things.

**Reporter:** Could you summarise some of them so that we can write them in the magazine and share them with the public?

**Ajahn Ek:** Luang Pu is compassionate — just like the title of your magazine: compassionate.

He said that whenever people wanted to see him, please call him. No matter if it was midnight or past midnight, even if he had only slept for three minutes, just wake him up. Because people had travelled a long distance to see him, so he always welcomed them.

He said that when he had to meet people, he would place his mind in a wonderful state. When he stayed alone, his mind was like pure water — without colour. Just being with himself, pure, empty of anything.

But when he heard that someone had come to visit and wanted to see him, he would put bliss and happiness into his mind. The colour changed, the eyes changed, and he would walk out saying, “Come, come, come, daughter, be happy.” Something like that.

So perhaps this is the habit of a Bodhisattva — always ready for any sentient being.

【A Master Who Love Buddhism Very Much】

This is one thing: compassion, and also the habit of loving the Buddha’s teaching. He loved Buddhism so deeply, so very much — that is why he worked so hard.

But I truly knew how much he loved Buddhism when he complained. Then I realised: Luang Por was complaining because he was worried about the situation of Buddhism here and there.

【Deep Stillness】

And when he was still — when he entered stillness…

For example, if he stood here and entered stillness, the whole atmosphere would become still. Have you experienced that? Perhaps not, because most of the time Luang Por was talking and giving knowledge. But sometimes, when he entered stillness — even while walking — the entire atmosphere would become very still, very silent.

Our minds would become so silent and so powerful that he naturally influenced the minds of his followers. There was no need to practise anything special. We just felt the body, felt the peace, and became very, very still.

It was as if the trees and the air themselves had become still. The whole environment was peaceful. That is all. Very still. This is called mind power — very powerful.

【Luang Por's Teaching Style】

There are many things, but mostly the Dhamma that I teach nowadays is what I have digested from his teachings. Luang Por especially emphasised the *Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta*. But now, because of his age, he can no longer talk much.

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Luang Por emphasises going beyond all kinds of mental fabrication. However, he sometimes teaches mainly the fundamentals, because most of his audience are beginners who need to start with the basics. Moreover, the majority of listeners have a tendency to close their eyes and enter a silent state of mind.

They do not open their minds. That is why Luang Por first makes them laugh and lightens the atmosphere — to prepare their minds.

Sometimes he tells stories and jokes with the audience in order to wake their minds up. Otherwise, people arrive, sit down immediately, and shut their six sense doors. Then there is no point in Luang Por speaking at all.

If they simply want to close themselves off, they can go back home and do that by themselves. There is no need to come and meet the teacher. So he first stirs them up to awaken their minds.

Once their minds are awake, Luang Por then delivers the real content. It may seem as though the brain is very busy — sometimes it is tiring listening to him. However, it is with a lot of laughter. After a ten-day retreat, they truly learn.

It is the mind that learns , not the brain.

【Luang Por being poisoned--A story of forgiveness and compassion】

Luang Por Jamnian even forgave the person who tried to poison him. The poison nearly cost him his life. He had to be rushed to hospital, where part of his intestine was removed in a very serious operation. Blood had leaked into his abdominal cavity — under normal circumstances, this would have been fatal. Yet Luang Por was able to command the blood not to spread into the system, preventing the infected blood from causing bacteremia that could easily have killed him. He then asked the doctors to perform the surgery in time. After he returned to his temple, he called the person who had poisoned him:

“Come here, come here.”

He held out five thousand baht and said, “This is for you.”

“Why are you giving me five thousand baht, Luang Por?”

“Because you were not successful. I did not die, so your employer will not pay you. You will have no money to use.”

The person was stunned. “You know that I was the one who poisoned you?”

“Yes, yes, yes, I know.”

She was completely surprised and asked again, “Why are you giving me this money?”

“As I told you — because you were not successful. They will not give you any money. Since I am still alive, I am giving you five thousand baht so that you can sustain your life. And because I will not stay here any longer, you will have no further chance to poison me, so there will be no more money for you.”

See? He forgave her and showed compassion. He did not call the police to have her arrested. Pure forgiveness and compassion.

**Reporter:** Did the lady become his devotee?

**Ajahn Ek:** She was already his devotee. She was his devotee, but because of money she poisoned Luang Por. She had been offered a large sum that could have changed her life. But she was not successful — Luang Por survived.

He was poisoned a few times. I was not present on the other occasions, but I remember this particular incident clearly because I visited him in the hospital right after he was poisoned.

【Toothache-- a story of patience and forbearance】

There was another incident involving a toothache. I was not present for the whole of it, but I know the story well — in fact, I think I was with him at the time. It happened, I believe, in India. His tooth broke from the inside. From the moment it broke, he told no one. Six months passed. During that period he even went to teach in Seattle, in the United States.

Later his cheek became swollen and red. The people there told Ajahn Woody and the other monks, “You must take him to the hospital. This is serious inside.”

Yet during those six months while I was serving him, there was not a single complaint. We knew nothing at all. There was no trace of suffering — he simply massaged his own cheek and remained happy, as if nothing had happened. When he finally went to the dentist, they discovered a large cavity and severe inflammation inside.

The dentist asked him, “Didn’t you feel any pain?”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

“How much pain?”

“It was like a thousand needles piercing my face and head. Sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night and be unable to sleep.”

But he never complained.

We had no idea. After they drained the pus, the dentist instructed him not to speak for two weeks. The very next day, during the retreat, he began teaching again.

For Luang Por Jamnian, this kind of pain was simply a physical sensation of the five aggregates. It was no longer “his” pain — it was just the five aggregates. When we asked him why he had not told us, he behaved exactly like an ordinary monk.

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**泰文翻譯**

พระเดชพระคุณหลวงพ่อจำเนียร มรณภาพที่ประเทศมาเลเซีย เมื่อวันที่ ๑๘ สิงหาคม เวลาประมาณ ๒๐.๐๒ น. สิริอายุ ๙๐ ปี พรรษา ๖๙

บรรณาธิการไม่คุ้นเคยกับหลวงพ่อมากนัก 

ครั้งหนึ่งมีโอกาสช่วยนิตยสาร *Buddhist compassion* สัมภาษณ์ศิษย์รูปหนึ่งของท่าน คือ พระอาจารย์เอก (ดูฉบับที่ ๗๐๓ ของนิตยสาร *Buddhist compassion* บทความนั้นไม่ได้เขียนโดยบรรณาธิการ บรรณาธิการรับผิดชอบการสัมภาษณ์เป็นหลัก) จึงได้ทราบถึงบางส่วนแห่งกายวาจาของหลวงพ่อ และนำมาแบ่งปัน ณ ที่นี้:

**【มองหาเพียงนิพพาน】** 

**พระอาจารย์เอก:** ใช่ครับ แน่นอน เหมือนพวกเราหลายคน ข้าพเจ้าก็เคยวิ่งไปหาอาจารย์ที่นี่ที่นั่น รับคำสอนจากที่ต่าง ๆ แต่ส่วนใหญ่ที่ได้รับมาจากหลวงพ่อจำเนียร หลวงพ่อจำเนียรคือเส้นสรุป

ครั้งหนึ่งท่านพูดกับข้าพเจ้าว่า “มา หยิบสมุดและปากกาของเจ้า มา มา” วันนั้นมีเพียงเราสองคน — เป็นวันพิเศษ ท่านให้ข้าพเจ้าจดลงไป

นี่คือสาระสำคัญ ส่วนนั้นเพียงอย่างเดียวก็สรุปทุกอย่างแล้ว จากนั้นท่านสรุปว่า “ต่อไปเจ้าไม่ต้องวิ่งไปที่นี่ที่นั่นอีกแล้ว เพียงปฏิบัติก็พอ”

**ผู้สื่อข่าว:** แล้วท่านช่วยแบ่งปันข้อความสรุปที่ท่านให้ในวันนั้นได้ไหมครับ?

**พระอาจารย์เอก:** ตัวอย่างเช่น อย่าคิดเรื่องอื่นอีก ชาตินี้เพื่อนิพพาน อย่าแสวงหาสิ่งอื่น ตัวอย่างเช่น อย่าสร้างวัด มองหาเพียงนิพพาน เหมือนหลวงปู่มั่น — ท่านไม่เคยสร้างอะไรเลย

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**【นักเดินทางไร้บ้าน】** 

เมื่อยังหนุ่ม ท่านเคยฝึกพระ แต่ต่อมาหน้าที่ขยายออกไป ท่านจึงไม่มีเวลาฝึกใครอย่างเป็นระบบอีกต่อไป ท่านต้องเดินทาง

ในประเทศไทยท่านเดินทางมาก แล้วไปฮ่องกง อินโดนีเซีย มาเลเซีย — และในมาเลเซียก็เดินทางอย่างกว้างขวาง ท่านไปไต้หวันพบผู้คนมากมาย ที่ฮ่องกงก็เช่นกัน ที่นี่ที่นั่น ท่านอยู่ไม่ติด ท่านไม่ใช่คนที่อยู่ประจำวัด รอให้พระมาแล้วจึงมีโอกาสฝึกพระ นั่นไม่ใช่วิธีของท่าน

หลวงปู่เองเดินทางมาก จึงไม่สามารถฝึกพระในแบบปกติได้ แต่ถ้าท่านพบและถามคำถาม ท่านจะตอบอย่างละเอียดและตรงประเด็น

**【ความเมตตาอันยิ่งใหญ่ของหลวงพ่อ】** 

**ผู้สื่อข่าว:** แล้วท่านได้เรียนรู้อะไรจากหลวงพ่อจำเนียรบ้างครับ?

**พระอาจารย์เอก:** โอ้ เรียนรู้มากมายเลยครับ

**ผู้สื่อข่าว:** ท่านช่วยสรุปบางส่วนได้ไหมครับ เพื่อเราจะได้เขียนลงนิตยสารแบ่งปันแก่สาธารณชน

**พระอาจารย์เอก:** หลวงปู่เมตตามาก — เหมือนชื่อของนิตยสารของท่านเลย คือเมตตา

ท่านกล่าวว่า ไม่ว่าเมื่อใดก็ตามที่มีคนอยากพบท่าน ขอให้เรียกท่าน ไม่ว่าจะเที่ยงคืนหรือเลยเที่ยงคืน แม้ท่านจะนอนไปได้เพียงสามนาที ก็ขอให้ปลุก เพราะคนเขาเดินทางไกลมาพบท่าน ดังนั้นท่านจึงต้อนรับทุกคนเสมอ

ท่านกล่าวว่า เมื่อท่านต้องพบผู้คน ท่านจะวางจิตให้อยู่ในภาวะอันงดงาม เมื่ออยู่ตามลำพัง จิตก็เหมือนน้ำบริสุทธิ์ — ไม่มีสี เพียงอยู่กับตนเอง บริสุทธิ์ ว่างเปล่าจากสิ่งใด

แต่เมื่อท่านได้ยินว่ามีคนมาเยี่ยมและอยากพบท่าน ท่านจะอัดความปีติและความสุขเข้าไปในจิต สีสันเปลี่ยน ดวงตาเปลี่ยน แล้วท่านก็เดินออกมาพูดว่า “มา มา มา ลูกสาว ให้อารมณ์ดี ๆ นะ” อย่างนี้

ดังนั้นนี่อาจเป็นอุปนิสัยของพระโพธิสัตว์ — พร้อมสำหรับสรรพสัตว์อยู่เสมอ

**【อาจารย์ผู้รักพระพุทธศาสนาอย่างยิ่ง】** 

นี่คือสิ่งหนึ่ง: ความเมตตา และอุปนิสัยแห่งความรักในคำสอนของพระพุทธเจ้า ท่านรักพระพุทธศาสนาอย่างลึกซึ้ง มากเหลือเกิน — นั่นคือเหตุที่ท่านทำงานหนักขนาดนั้น

แต่ข้าพเจ้าเพิ่งรู้จริงว่าท่านรักพระพุทธศาสนามากเพียงใด เมื่อท่านบ่น แล้วข้าพเจ้าจึงเข้าใจว่า หลวงพ่อบ่นเพราะท่านเป็นห่วงสภาพของพระพุทธศาสนาที่นี่ที่นั่น

**【ความสงบอันลึกซึ้ง】** 

และเมื่อท่านสงบ — เมื่อท่านเข้าสู่ความสงบ…

ตัวอย่างเช่น ถ้าท่านยืนอยู่ตรงนี้แล้วเข้าสู่ความสงบ ทั้งบรรยากาศจะสงบนิ่งตาม ท่านเคยสัมผัสไหม? อาจจะไม่ เพราะส่วนใหญ่หลวงพ่อมักพูดและให้ความรู้ แต่บางครั้งเมื่อท่านเข้าสู่ความสงบ — แม้ขณะเดิน — ทั้งบรรยากาศจะสงบนิ่งมาก เงียบมาก

จิตของเราจะสงบและมีพลังมากจนท่านโน้มน้าวจิตของผู้ติดตามได้อย่างเป็นธรรมชาติ ไม่จำเป็นต้องปฏิบัติอะไรพิเศษ เราเพียงรู้สึกถึงร่างกาย รู้สึกถึงความสงบ แล้วกลายเป็นสงบมาก ๆ

เหมือนต้นไม้และอากาศเองก็สงบนิ่ง ทั้งสภาพแวดล้อมเต็มไปด้วยความสงบร่มเย็น นั่นคือทั้งหมด สงบมาก นี่เรียกว่ากำลังใจ — แข็งแกร่งมาก

**【สไตล์การสอนของหลวงพ่อ】** 

มีหลายสิ่ง แต่ส่วนใหญ่ธรรมที่ข้าพเจ้าสอนในปัจจุบัน คือสิ่งที่ข้าพเจ้าได้ย่อยจากคำสอนของท่าน หลวงพ่อเน้นเป็นพิเศษที่ธัมมจักกัปปวัตตนสูตร แต่บัดนี้เพราะชราภาพ ท่านจึงพูดได้น้อยลงแล้ว 

……

หลวงพ่อเน้นการก้าวพ้นจากการปรุงแต่งทางจิตทุกชนิด อย่างไรก็ตาม ท่านบางครั้งสอนหลักพื้นฐานเป็นหลัก เพราะผู้ฟังส่วนใหญ่เป็นผู้เริ่มต้นที่ต้องเริ่มจากพื้นฐาน และผู้ฟังส่วนใหญ่มีแนวโน้มที่จะหลับตาและเข้าสู่ภาวะจิตที่สงบ

พวกเขาไม่เปิดจิต นั่นคือเหตุที่หลวงพ่อทำให้พวกเขาก่อน แล้วทำให้บรรยากาศเบาลง — เพื่อเตรียมจิตของพวกเขา

บางครั้งท่านเล่าเรื่องและพูดตลกกับผู้ฟังเพื่อปลุกจิตให้ตื่น มิฉะนั้นคนจะมา นั่งลงทันที แล้วปิดทวารทั้งหก แล้วการที่หลวงพ่อพูดก็ไร้ประโยชน์

ถ้าพวกเขาเพียงแค่อยากปิดตัวเอง พวกเขากลับบ้านไปปิดเองได้ ไม่จำเป็นต้องมาพบอาจารย์ ดังนั้นท่านจึงปลุกเร้าพวกเขาก่อน เพื่อให้จิตตื่น

เมื่อจิตของพวกเขาตื่นแล้ว หลวงพ่อจึงใส่เนื้อหาจริงเข้าไป อาจดูเหมือนสมองยุ่งมาก — บางครั้งฟังท่านแล้วเหนื่อย อย่างไรก็ตาม มีเสียงหัวเราะมากมาย หลังจากคอร์สสิบวัน พวกเขาได้เรียนรู้จริง ๆ

คือจิตที่เรียนรู้ ไม่ใช่สมอง

**【หลวงพ่อถูกวางยาพิษ — เรื่องราวแห่งการให้อภัยและความเมตตา】** 

หลวงพ่อจำเนียรยังให้อภัยแก่ผู้ที่พยายามวางยาพิษท่าน ยาพิษเกือบคร่าชีวิตท่าน ท่านต้องถูกส่งตัวไปโรงพยาบาลอย่างเร่งด่วน และผ่าตัดเอาลำไส้บางส่วนออกในการผ่าตัดที่ร้ายแรงมาก เลือดรั่วไหลเข้าสู่ช่องท้อง — ในภาวะปกติแล้วคงเสียชีวิตแล้ว อย่างไรก็ตาม หลวงพ่อสามารถบัญชาให้เลือดไม่แพร่กระจายเข้าสู่ระบบ ป้องกันไม่ให้เลือดติดเชื้อก่อให้เกิดภาวะแบคทีเรียในกระแสเลือดซึ่งอาจฆ่าท่านได้ง่าย จากนั้นท่านขอให้แพทย์ทำการผ่าตัดทันเวลา หลังจากกลับมาที่วัด ท่านเรียกผู้ที่วางยาพิษท่าน:

“มาที่นี่ มาที่นี่”

ท่านยื่นเงินห้าพันบาทแล้วพูดว่า “นี่สำหรับเจ้า”

“ทำไมท่านให้ข้าพเจ้าห้าพันบาท หลวงพ่อ?”

“เพราะเจ้าไม่สำเร็จ ข้าพเจ้าไม่ตาย ดังนั้นนายจ้างของเจ้าจะไม่จ่ายเงินให้เจ้า เจ้าจะไม่มีเงินใช้”

ผู้นั้นตกตะลึง “ท่านรู้หรือว่าข้าพเจ้าคือผู้ที่วางยาพิษท่าน?”

“ใช่ ใช่ ใช่ ข้าพเจ้ารู้”

นางประหลาดใจอย่างยิ่ง แล้วถามอีก “ทำไมท่านให้เงินนี้แก่ข้าพเจ้า?”

“อย่างที่ข้าพเจ้าบอก — เพราะเจ้าไม่สำเร็จ พวกเขาจะไม่ให้เงินเจ้าใด ๆ เนื่องจากข้าพเจ้ายังมีชีวิตอยู่ ข้าพเจ้าจึงให้ห้าพันบาทเพื่อให้เจ้าใช้เลี้ยงชีวิต และเพราะข้าพเจ้าจะไม่พักอยู่ที่นี่อีกต่อไป เจ้าจะไม่มีโอกาสวางยาพิษข้าพเจ้าอีก ดังนั้นจะไม่มีเงินอีก”

เห็นไหม? ท่านให้อภัยและแสดงความเมตตา ท่านไม่ได้โทรหาตำรวจให้จับกุมนาง การให้อภัยและความเมตตาอย่างบริสุทธิ์

**ผู้สื่อข่าว:** นางกลายเป็นศิษย์ของท่านหรือไม่ครับ?

**พระอาจารย์เอก:** นางเป็นศิษย์ของท่านอยู่แล้ว นางเป็นศิษย์ของท่าน แต่เพราะเงิน นางจึงวางยาพิษหลวงพ่อ นางได้รับสัญญาว่าจะได้เงินก้อนใหญ่ที่สามารถเปลี่ยนชีวิตได้ แต่ไม่สำเร็จ — หลวงพ่อรอดชีวิต

ท่านถูกวางยาพิษหลายครั้ง ครั้งอื่น ๆ ข้าพเจ้าไม่อยู่ แต่ครั้งนี้ข้าพเจ้าจำได้ชัด เพราะข้าพเจ้าไปเยี่ยมท่านที่โรงพยาบาลทันทีหลังจากถูกวางยาพิษ

**【อาการปวดฟัน — เรื่องราวแห่งความอดทนและขันติ】** 

ยังมีอีกเหตุการณ์หนึ่งเกี่ยวกับอาการปวดฟัน ข้าพเจ้าไม่ได้เห็นเหตุการณ์ทั้งหมด แต่รู้เรื่องนี้ดี — ที่จริงแล้ว ข้าพเจ้าคิดว่าตอนนั้นอยู่กับท่าน ข้าพเจ้าเชื่อว่าเกิดที่อินเดีย ฟันของท่านหักจากด้านใน ตั้งแต่ตอนที่หัก ท่านไม่บอกใครเลย หกเดือนผ่านไป ในช่วงนั้นท่านยังไปสอนที่ซีแอตเทิล สหรัฐอเมริกา

ต่อมาแก้มของท่านบวมแดง คนที่นั่นบอกพระอาจารย์วู้ดดี้และพระอื่น ๆ ว่า “ต้องพาท่านไปโรงพยาบาล นี่รุนแรงข้างใน”

อย่างไรก็ตาม ในช่วงหกเดือนที่ข้าพเจ้าอุปัฏฐากท่าน ไม่มีคำบ่นแม้แต่คำเดียว เราไม่รู้เรื่องเลยแม้แต่น้อย ไม่มีร่องรอยของความทุกข์ — ท่านเพียงลูบแก้มตัวเองและยังคงมีความสุข ราวกับไม่มีอะไรเกิดขึ้น เมื่อท่านไปหาหมอฟันในที่สุด พวกเขาพบโพรงใหญ่และการอักเสบรุนแรงข้างใน

ทันตแพทย์ถามท่านว่า “ท่านไม่รู้สึกเจ็บหรือ?”

“เจ็บ เจ็บ เจ็บ”

“เจ็บขนาดไหน?”

“เหมือนเข็มพันเล่มทิ่มแทงใบหน้าและศีรษะ บางครั้งท่านต้องตื่นกลางดึกและนอนไม่หลับ”

แต่ท่านไม่เคยบ่น

เราไม่รู้เรื่องเลย หลังจากพวกเขาเอาหนองออก ทันตแพทย์สั่งให้ท่านห้ามพูดสองสัปดาห์ วันรุ่งขึ้นในคอร์สวิปัสสนา ท่านก็เริ่มสอนอีก

สำหรับหลวงพ่อจำเนียร ความเจ็บปวดเช่นนี้เป็นเพียงความรู้สึกทางกายภาพของขันธ์ห้า มันไม่ใช่ “ความเจ็บปวดของท่าน” อีกต่อไป — เป็นเพียงขันธ์ห้าเท่านั้น เมื่อเราถามท่านว่าทำไมไม่บอกเรา ท่านก็ประพฤติตนเหมือนพระภิกษุธรรมดาทั่วไป

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**越南文翻譯**

Đại đức Lương Phụ Jamnian viên tịch tại Malaysia vào khoảng 8 giờ 02 phút tối ngày 18 tháng 8, hưởng thọ 90 tuổi, 69 hạ lạp.

Biên tập viên không quá quen thuộc với Trưởng lão. 

Có lần may mắn được giúp tạp chí *Buddhist compassion* phỏng vấn một vị đệ tử của Ngài là Ajahn Ek (xem số 703 của tạp chí *Buddhist compassion*; bài viết không do biên tập viên viết, biên tập viên chủ yếu phụ trách phần phỏng vấn). Nhờ đó được biết một số thân giáo và khẩu giáo của Trưởng lão, xin chia sẻ ở đây:

**【Chỉ Tìm Cầu Niết-bàn】** 

**Ajahn Ek:** Vâng, tất nhiên. Như nhiều người trong chúng ta, tôi cũng từng chạy khắp nơi tìm thầy, nhận giáo pháp từ nhiều nơi. Nhưng phần lớn những gì tôi nhận được đều đến từ Lương Phụ Jamnian. Lương Phụ Jamnian chính là dòng kết luận.

Một lần Ngài nói với tôi: “Lại đây, lấy sổ và bút của con. Lại đây, lại đây.” Hôm đó chỉ có hai chúng tôi — đó là một ngày đặc biệt. Ngài bảo tôi ghi lại.

Đây chính là tinh túy. Chỉ riêng phần đó đã kết luận mọi thứ. Rồi Ngài kết luận: “Sau này con không cần phải chạy đây chạy đó nữa. Chỉ cần thực hành thôi.”

**Phóng viên:** Vậy Thầy có thể chia sẻ thông điệp kết luận mà Ngài đưa ra ngày hôm đó được không ạ?

**Ajahn Ek:** Ví dụ như: Đừng nghĩ đến bất cứ điều gì khác. Đời này là để hướng đến Niết-bàn. Đừng tìm kiếm bất cứ điều gì khác. Chẳng hạn, đừng xây chùa. Chỉ tìm cầu Niết-bàn. Như Lương Pu Mun — Ngài chưa bao giờ xây dựng bất cứ thứ gì.

……

**【Người Hành Hương Không Nhà】** 

Khi còn trẻ, Ngài từng đào tạo các vị tăng. Nhưng về sau trách nhiệm mở rộng, Ngài không còn thời gian để đào tạo ai một cách có hệ thống nữa. Ngài phải đi nhiều nơi.

Ở Thái Lan Ngài đi rất nhiều. Rồi đến Hồng Kông, Indonesia, Malaysia — và trong nội địa Malaysia Ngài cũng đi rất rộng. Ngài đến Đài Loan gặp rất nhiều người. Ở Hồng Kông cũng vậy. Đây đó. Ngài không thể ở yên một chỗ. Ngài không phải là người ở mãi trong chùa, chờ các vị tăng đến rồi mới có cơ hội đào tạo họ. Đó không phải là cách của Ngài.

Chính Lương Pu đi rất nhiều nên không thể đào tạo tăng theo cách thông thường. Nhưng nếu bạn gặp Ngài và hỏi một câu hỏi, Ngài sẽ trả lời rất tường tận và đi thẳng vào trọng tâm.

**【Đại Từ Bi của Lương Phụ】** 

**Phóng viên:** Vậy Thầy đã học được gì từ Lương Phụ Jamnian?

**Ajahn Ek:** Ồ, tôi đã học được rất nhiều thứ.

**Phóng viên:** Thầy có thể tóm tắt một số để chúng tôi viết lên tạp chí chia sẻ với mọi người được không ạ?

**Ajahn Ek:** Lương Pu rất từ bi — giống như tựa đề tạp chí của các vị vậy: từ bi.

Ngài nói rằng bất cứ khi nào có người muốn gặp Ngài, hãy gọi Ngài dậy. Dù là nửa đêm hay quá nửa đêm, dù Ngài chỉ ngủ được ba phút, cũng hãy đánh thức Ngài. Vì mọi người đã đi đường xa đến gặp Ngài, nên Ngài luôn chào đón họ.

Ngài nói rằng khi phải gặp người, Ngài sẽ đặt tâm vào một trạng thái tuyệt diệu. Khi ở một mình, tâm Ngài như nước trong — không màu sắc. Chỉ ở với chính mình, thanh tịnh, trống rỗng không có gì.

Nhưng khi nghe có người đến thăm và muốn gặp Ngài, Ngài sẽ bơm niềm vui và hạnh phúc vào tâm. Màu sắc thay đổi, ánh mắt thay đổi, rồi bước ra nói: “Lại đây, lại đây, lại đây, con gái, vui vẻ lên.” Như vậy đó.

Vậy có lẽ đây là tập khí của Bồ-tát — luôn sẵn sàng vì bất kỳ chúng sinh nào.

**【Một Vị Thầy Rất Yêu Mến Phật Pháp】** 

Đây là một điều: từ bi, và cũng là tập khí yêu mến lời dạy của Đức Phật. Ngài yêu Phật pháp sâu sắc đến vậy, rất rất nhiều — chính vì thế Ngài mới làm việc chăm chỉ như vậy.

Nhưng tôi thật sự biết Ngài yêu Phật pháp đến mức nào khi Ngài than phiền. Lúc đó tôi mới nhận ra: Lương Phụ than phiền vì Ngài lo lắng về tình trạng Phật giáo ở đây ở kia.

**【Sự Tĩnh Lặng Sâu Thẳm】** 

Và khi Ngài tĩnh lặng — khi Ngài đi vào sự tĩnh lặng…

Ví dụ, nếu Ngài đứng đây và đi vào sự tĩnh lặng, cả bầu không khí sẽ trở nên tĩnh lặng. Các vị đã từng trải nghiệm chưa? Có lẽ chưa, vì phần lớn thời gian Lương Phụ đều đang nói chuyện và truyền đạt kiến thức. Nhưng đôi khi, khi Ngài đi vào sự tĩnh lặng — ngay cả lúc đi kinh hành — cả bầu không khí sẽ trở nên rất tĩnh, rất yên lặng.

Tâm chúng ta sẽ trở nên rất yên lặng và đầy sức mạnh đến mức Ngài tự nhiên ảnh hưởng đến tâm của các đệ tử. Không cần phải thực hành gì đặc biệt. Chúng ta chỉ cảm nhận thân, cảm nhận sự bình an, và trở nên rất, rất tĩnh lặng.

Như thể cây cối và không khí chính chúng cũng trở nên tĩnh lặng. Cả môi trường tràn ngập sự hòa bình. Đó là tất cả. Rất tĩnh lặng. Đây gọi là tâm lực — rất mạnh mẽ.

**【Phong Cách Giảng Dạy của Lương Phụ】** 

Có rất nhiều điều, nhưng phần lớn Chánh pháp mà tôi giảng dạy ngày nay là những gì tôi đã tiêu hóa từ lời dạy của Ngài. Lương Phụ đặc biệt nhấn mạnh *Kinh Chuyển Pháp Luân*. Nhưng bây giờ vì tuổi cao, Ngài không còn nói được nhiều nữa. 

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Lương Phụ nhấn mạnh việc vượt lên trên mọi sự tạo tác của tâm. Tuy nhiên, đôi khi Ngài chủ yếu giảng dạy những điều căn bản, vì phần lớn thính chúng là người mới bắt đầu, cần khởi đầu từ nền tảng. Hơn nữa, phần lớn thính chúng có xu hướng nhắm mắt và đi vào trạng thái tĩnh lặng của tâm.

Họ không mở tâm. Đó là lý do Lương Phụ trước hết làm cho họ cười và làm nhẹ không khí — để chuẩn bị tâm của họ.

Đôi khi Ngài kể chuyện và đùa với thính chúng để đánh thức tâm họ. Nếu không, mọi người đến, ngồi xuống ngay, rồi đóng sáu căn. Lúc đó Lương Phụ nói gì cũng vô ích.

Nếu họ chỉ muốn đóng kín bản thân, họ có thể về nhà tự đóng. Không cần đến gặp thầy. Vì vậy Ngài trước hết khuấy động họ để đánh thức tâm.

Khi tâm họ đã thức tỉnh, Lương Phụ mới đưa vào nội dung thật sự. Có vẻ như bộ não rất bận rộn — đôi khi nghe Ngài nói cũng mệt. Tuy nhiên, luôn có nhiều tiếng cười. Sau khóa tu mười ngày, họ thật sự học được.

Chính tâm học, không phải bộ não.

**【Lương Phụ bị đầu độc — Câu chuyện về sự tha thứ và từ bi】** 

Lương Phụ Jamnian thậm chí còn tha thứ cho người đã cố đầu độc Ngài. Thuốc độc gần như khiến Ngài mất mạng. Ngài phải được đưa cấp cứu đến bệnh viện, nơi một phần ruột bị cắt bỏ trong một ca phẫu thuật rất nghiêm trọng. Máu đã chảy vào ổ bụng — trong hoàn cảnh bình thường, điều này sẽ gây tử vong. Tuy nhiên, Lương Phụ có thể ra lệnh cho máu không lan vào hệ thống, ngăn ngừa máu nhiễm khuẩn gây nhiễm khuẩn huyết có thể dễ dàng giết chết Ngài. Sau đó Ngài yêu cầu các bác sĩ phẫu thuật kịp thời. Sau khi trở về chùa, Ngài gọi người đã đầu độc mình:

“Lại đây, lại đây.”

Ngài đưa ra năm nghìn baht và nói: “Đây là cho con.”

“Tại sao Ngài cho con năm nghìn baht, Lương Phụ?”

“Vì con không thành công. Ta không chết, nên chủ của con sẽ không trả tiền cho con. Con sẽ không có tiền để dùng.”

Người đó sững sờ. “Ngài biết con là người đã đầu độc Ngài sao?”

“Phải, phải, phải, ta biết.”

Cô ấy hoàn toàn ngạc nhiên và hỏi lại: “Tại sao Ngài lại cho con số tiền này?”

“Như ta đã nói — vì con không thành công. Họ sẽ không cho con bất kỳ đồng nào. Vì ta vẫn còn sống, ta cho con năm nghìn baht để con có thể duy trì cuộc sống. Và vì ta sẽ không ở đây nữa, con sẽ không còn cơ hội đầu độc ta nữa, nên cũng sẽ không còn tiền nữa.”

Thấy chưa? Ngài tha thứ và thể hiện từ bi. Ngài không gọi cảnh sát bắt cô ấy. Sự tha thứ và từ bi thuần túy.

**Phóng viên:** Người phụ nữ đó có trở thành đệ tử của Ngài không ạ?

**Ajahn Ek:** Cô ấy vốn đã là đệ tử của Ngài. Cô ấy là đệ tử của Ngài, nhưng vì tiền bạc mà đầu độc Lương Phụ. Cô ấy được hứa một khoản tiền lớn có thể thay đổi cuộc đời. Nhưng không thành công — Lương Phụ sống sót.

Ngài bị đầu độc vài lần. Những lần khác tôi không có mặt, nhưng lần này tôi nhớ rõ vì tôi đến thăm Ngài tại bệnh viện ngay sau khi Ngài bị đầu độc.

**【Đau răng — Câu chuyện về sự nhẫn nại và kham nhẫn】** 

Còn có một sự việc khác liên quan đến đau răng. Tôi không có mặt trong toàn bộ sự việc, nhưng tôi biết rõ câu chuyện — thực ra, tôi nghĩ lúc đó tôi đang ở bên Ngài. Tôi tin là xảy ra ở Ấn Độ. Răng của Ngài bị gãy từ bên trong. Từ lúc gãy, Ngài không nói với ai. Sáu tháng trôi qua. Trong thời gian đó Ngài thậm chí còn sang Seattle, Mỹ để giảng dạy.

Sau đó má Ngài sưng đỏ. Người ở đó bảo Ajahn Woody và các vị tăng khác: “Phải đưa Ngài đến bệnh viện. Bên trong rất nghiêm trọng.”

Tuy nhiên, trong suốt sáu tháng tôi hầu hạ Ngài, không có một lời than phiền nào. Chúng tôi hoàn toàn không biết gì. Không có dấu vết nào của khổ đau — Ngài chỉ tự xoa má mình và vẫn vui vẻ, như thể chẳng có gì xảy ra. Khi cuối cùng Ngài đến gặp nha sĩ, họ phát hiện một lỗ lớn và viêm nhiễm nghiêm trọng bên trong.

Nha sĩ hỏi Ngài: “Ngài không cảm thấy đau sao?”

“Đau, đau, đau.”

“Đau đến mức nào?”

“Như có một nghìn cây kim đâm vào mặt và đầu. Đôi khi Ngài phải thức dậy giữa đêm và không thể ngủ.”

Nhưng Ngài chưa bao giờ than phiền.

Chúng tôi không biết gì cả. Sau khi họ dẫn mủ ra, nha sĩ dặn Ngài không được nói trong hai tuần. Thế mà ngày hôm sau, trong khóa tu, Ngài lại bắt đầu giảng dạy.

Đối với Lương Phụ Jamnian, cơn đau như vậy chỉ là cảm thọ vật lý của ngũ uẩn. Nó không còn là “nỗi đau của Ngài” nữa — chỉ là ngũ uẩn thôi. Khi chúng tôi hỏi tại sao Ngài không nói với chúng tôi, Ngài cư xử đúng như một vị tỳ-kheo bình thường.

image cred. to Mudita Thai Centre