Without the Precepts,the Practice Will Not Take Off :: Luangpu Pramote Pamojjo 27 Apr 2025

"In practicing meditation, intend to keep your sīla well. You must be able to keep the five precepts. If our sīla isn't good, meditation won't progress. I'm not threatening you or tricking a child—it's the truth. Especially for monks, if they commit an offense (āpatti), they can't meditate well. When the mind is about to settle, it will spring up; it can't settle. Some, when they were ordained, committed a saṅghādisesa offense and didn't confess it. When they disrobed and became laypeople, they found it harder to practice meditation than those who have never ordained. It's like they have bad kamma (karma) stuck with them. Therefore, try your best to maintain your sīla well. If we can keep our sīla, our Dhamma practice will flourish, and our mind will flourish. Some people say sīla is not important, they just cultivate sati, cultivate paññā, or practice samādhi. The samādhi that arises will be wrong Samādhi (miccā-samādhi); it's useless. Also, if you lack sīla, even if you've practiced samādhi before, once your sīla is broken, your samādhi will gradually fade away. When sīla is broken, the mind becomes gloomy and samādhi won't arise. So, resolve to keep your sīla well." Luangpu Pramote Pamojjo Wat Suansantidham 27 April 2025 ตารางแสดงธรรม: https://www.dhamma.com/calendar คำถามที่พบบ่อย: https://www.dhamma.com/thfaq ดาวน์โหลดแอปหลวงปู่ปราโมทย์: https://onelink.to/luangpu-pramote-app แผนที่เดินทางไปวัดสวนสันติธรรม: https://goo.gl/maps/Abb5nS95um62 ติดตามข่าวสาร เพิ่มเพื่อน   / luangporpramote     / lppramotemediafund     / luangpupramote   https://lin.ee/8UW6TVz © มูลนิธิสื่อธรรมหลวงปู่ปราโมทย์ ปาโมชฺโช ระเบียบการนำธรรมะไปเผยแพร่ต่อ: https://www.dhamma.com/redistribution...