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Sayadaw U Punnathami has quoted in dhamma talk during the last day of 10 days meditation retreat below:
Depend on yourself, not anyone nor anything else
Depend on Dhamma, not anyone nor anything else
The Dhamma, you need to depend on,
is the four foundation of mindfulness.
The four foundation of mindfulness that Vipassana Meditation focus on are
- Mindfulness on the body
- Mindfulness on the consciousness
- Mindfulness on the feeling and
- Mindfulness on the Dhamma.
Yogis who have been practising diligently during the retreat and listen to the Dhamma Talk, would understand about mind and matter, cause and effect. However, the true deep understanding shall come from personal experience in meditation practice and not from reading or book itself.
The insight knowledge from Vipassana Meditation arises from observation from your clear and pure mind. It is not something to search for, but something that you need to experience at your own. The noting mind and the noting object are discussed in the teaching. Sayadaw has personally demonstrated both sitting meditation and walking meditation to ensure Yogis have proper practice and understanding.
There were an average of 25 Yogis attended the daily meditation. One of the Yogis who spent the 10-days full retreat had quoted in the interview session that “this is the best holidays I have ever spent”. It was not easy to give up shopping spree and party celebration during the December festive season. “But, if you realize the benefits and you would enjoy doing it- and you will do it again!”
Isolate yourself from others during meditation practice, restrain yourself from talking, keeping precepts, stay silence for 10 days and watch your thought of daily activity seems “boring” to some people. Thus, it is not easy for repeating the same activity, sit for one hour and walk for another one hour for a duration of 15 hours daily starting from 4.30am to 9.00pm. It takes a lot of courage, self motivation, effort and “heroic act” to overcome pain during one hour of sitting meditation. However, Yogis managed to put their full effort, overcome it with mental energy and physical energy.
We are very thankful to the Dhamma friends and donors in terms of food, requisites to the Sangha, and volunteering job throughout the retreat. Without their help and support, the 10-days retreat could never be so successful. SADHU! SADHU! SADHU!
During the last day of retreat on 28-Dec, Sayadaw had called upon some Yogis, devotees and committee members such as Dr Lwin Lwin, U Lu Aye, Mr Jason , Mr Masdi, Daw Winnie, U Sein Win, U Ye Win, Daw Pyone, Ma Ohnmar, Daw Khin San Win, Ms Yong, Ms Katherine, to deliver their speeches. The feedbacks were positive and points were taken up for future improvement.
We hope the Yogis will carry on their mindfulness in meditation practice from time to time. We welcome new and old Yogis in future retreat in 2010. Again, we share our gratitude to our Dhamma friends for the great support to the centre throughout the year. As Buddha said, “The one who holds and carries the Dhamma, always being protected by the Dhamma”.
The PSMC committee would take this opportunity to wish all the members and Dhamma friends of the centre- HAPPY NEW YEAR and fruitful year in 2010!
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