「……我們必須做自己。與他人競爭就是痛苦。做得到多少就做多少，不需要去和任何人競爭。只要做讓自己心安的事，並且不去妨礙、壓迫他人。以真正純淨的心去工作。
不用怕警察。
不用怕別人說『怎麼還不富有』。
富有或貧窮，不過就是幾張我們 collectively 假裝是錢的紙片而已。有些人四處奔波打好幾份工，卻也不見得富有。搞不好健康還跟不上，最後就撐不住了。賺來的錢連治病都不夠。健康才是最重要的。他們完全不照顧自己。
這就是……
金錢的奴隸。
欲望的奴隸，被欲望所支配。誠然，人必須努力工作謀生，但也要在合理的範圍內。人不是機器，必須有休息的時間。有些人卻只想一直工作、賺更多。
但若不照顧自己，最終的結果……有些人還沒老就先去世了，在正值工作年齡的時候。
這就是……不愛惜自己的健康。」
“…We must be ourselves. Competing with others is suffering. Do only what we are capable of. There is no need to compete with anyone. Just do what makes us feel at peace, and do not harm or oppress others. Work with a truly pure heart.
No need to fear the police.
No need to fear what people say — that we’re not rich yet.
Whether rich or poor, it’s just scraps of paper that we collectively pretend are money. Some people run around working at multiple places, yet they never seem to get rich. In the worst cases, their health cannot keep up, so they ultimately fail. The money they earn isn’t even enough to treat their own illnesses. Health is the most important thing. They don’t take care of themselves at all.
This is exactly…
Slaves of money.
Slaves of desire, completely dominated by craving. It is true that people must work diligently to earn a living, but it should be within reasonable limits. Humans are not machines. We need time to rest. Yet some people only focus on working more and more.
But if they don’t take care of themselves, in the end… some die before they even grow old, right in the prime of their working years.
This is… not taking care of one’s own health.”
“…เราต้องเป็นตัวของตัวเอง การแข่งกับคนอื่นมันเป็นทุกข์ ทำได้เท่าที่เราทำได้ ไม่ต้องไปแข่งกับใครหรอก เอาที่เราสบายใจ และไม่ไปเบียดเบียนคนอื่นเขา ทำงานที่บริสุทธิ์ใจจริงๆๆ
ไม่ต้องกลัวตำรวจ
ไม่ต้องกลัวคนว่า ไม่รวยสักที
รวยหรือจน ก็แค่เศษเสี้ยวกระดาษ ที่สมมติกันว่าเงินๆๆๆ บางคนวิ่งทำงานตั้งหลายที่ ก็ไม่เห็นจะรวย ดีไม่ดีสุขภาพก็ไม่ตอบสนอง เลยไปไม่รอด ทำงานมาได้ก็เอาไปรักษาตัวเองก็ไม่พอ สุขภาพสำคัญที่สุด เขาไม่ดูแลดูตัวเองเลย
นี้แหละคือ…
ทาสของเงิน
ทาสของความอยาก ถูกความอยากครอบงำ จริงอยู่เป็นคนต้องขยันทํามาหากิน แต่ให้อยู่ในขอบเขต คนนะไม่ใช่เครื่องจักรกล ต้องมีเวลาพักผ่อนบ้าง มีแต่จะทำงานให้ได้เยอะๆ
แต่ไม่ดูแลตัวเอง ผลสุดท้าย… บางคนยังไม่แก่เลยมาตายเสียก่อน ในวัยที่กำลังทำงาน
นี้แหละคือ.. ไม่รักษาสุขภาพตัวเอง…”
“…Chúng ta phải là chính mình. Việc cạnh tranh với người khác là khổ đau. Làm được bao nhiêu thì làm bấy nhiêu. Không cần phải cạnh tranh với ai cả. Chỉ cần làm những gì khiến mình thoải mái, và không làm hại hoặc chen lấn người khác. Hãy làm việc với trái tim thực sự trong sáng.
Không cần sợ cảnh sát.
Không cần sợ người ta nói rằng mình chưa giàu.
Giàu hay nghèo, cũng chỉ là những mảnh giấy mà mọi người thỏa thuận coi là tiền bạc. Có người chạy khắp nơi làm nhiều việc, nhưng vẫn chẳng thấy giàu. Không chừng sức khỏe không theo kịp, cuối cùng không trụ nổi. Tiền kiếm được mang đi chữa bệnh cũng chẳng đủ. Sức khỏe là quan trọng nhất. Họ không chịu chăm sóc bản thân chút nào.
Đây chính là…
Nô lệ của tiền bạc.
Nô lệ của dục vọng, bị dục vọng chi phối. Đúng là con người phải chăm chỉ làm lụng kiếm sống, nhưng phải trong giới hạn. Con người không phải là cỗ máy. Phải có thời gian nghỉ ngơi. Thế mà có người chỉ muốn làm việc nhiều hơn, nhiều hơn nữa.
Nhưng nếu không chăm sóc bản thân, kết quả cuối cùng… Có người chưa già đã qua đời, ngay ở độ tuổi đang làm việc sung sức.
Đây chính là… không biết giữ gìn sức khỏe của chính mình.”
Luang Por Somkiat Chitmaro
Wat Pa Tham Phra Thepnimit, Udon Thani
22 July 2026
cred. to @วัดป่าถ้ำพระเทพนิมิตร-หลวงพ่อสมเกียรติ ชิตมาโร