About Being Mindful of the Joy of Confirmation

~ By Ajahn Jayasāro ~

About being mindful of the joy of confirmation

One day, shortly after I had delivered the Uposatha Day Dhamma Talk to the local villagers in our monastery, a middle-aged man approached me reverently, his face radiant. He bowed very slowly three times and then, raising his hands in anjali, thanked me for giving such a wonderful discourse. I asked him if there was anything in particular that I had said that had moved him so much. He said, ‘No, All of it. What you said just now agreed exactly with my own understanding’. ‘Maybe’, I said to him, ‘you should consider the possibility that we might both be wrong’.

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"Food for the Heart", a series of Dhamma teachings handwritten weekly is posted on the Buddhadāsa Indapañño Archives page with Ajahn's kind permission.

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For other teachings by Ven. Ajahn Jayasāro, please visit the Panyaprateep Foundation website.