Happiness In Peaceful State

Once upon the time, Buddha was dwelling in the forest of Kosala kingdom.

At that time,  Navakammika, a Brahman, was working there. Seeing the Blessed One in cross-legged situation, straight back and in peace, he thought: â€œI love working of wood in this forest but Sramana Gautama, what is interesting for him to be here?”

Then he came to Buddha with a verse:

 What are you doing now?

Why are you alone in the Sàla forest?

What kind of happiness did you find, Sramana Gautama?

And the Blessed One replied:

In the Sàla forest, I do nothing

For me,

All the forest’s roots had been cut off

And I am in liberation

No matter what difficulties

For my mind, has no effect.

Alone with equanimity

Ceasing all craving

Hearing such words, Brahman Navakammika said to Buddha:

 â€œIt is amazing thing, Bho-Gautama! Please take me as your disciple from now until finishing my life will devote for Buddhism.”

 Comment:

 Having pleasures, happiness is expressed out with bright light and flower, full of congratulation and big claps. But it also has some profound joy which belongsto inner feelings and not easy to be recognized by people. For someone who is never himself or return to themselves, no any experience of meditation, such kind of joy of which he will understand  the happiness of peaceful state.  

Navakkamika wondered that what was the purpose of Bho- Gautama in this forest or he might get some joy with the single life here? These thought still arise even nowadays when people want to know more about the living monkhood. 

In fact, people all have always pursuited happiness but the monk has abandoned the worldly happiness which is impermanent, faint and hide much suffering to seek a real happiness. The true happiness is not the satisfactory of material, power, sex, fame, and so on. It is just the peace in mind. The joy which comes from equanimity and meditation is the real joy which the monkhood can be reared. 

When the mind has been cleaned, all poisons and defilements are removed people will be in joy with any situation. Peaceful mind create peaceful world;therefore, the monk should not be toward outside for seeking perfection but inside for keeping right mindfulness. Keep the past and future out of your mind, pay attention for ease and happiness at the present, now and here.