Sep 17, 2026 · 25 min · 5 segments
 This Dhamma talk was offered on September 12, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
And this is one of the things that came to mind, is just the importance of of right view.
And if you live your life thinking that death is some sort of aberration that you have to conquer, you're going to be, it's going to be a tough ending.
Or that somehow The human condition is only going to give one pleasure and ease.
So it's going to be difficult.
But just having the right view, getting things in perspective, and aligning oneself with truth, then it's, you know, life is actually pretty easy.
It's no big deal.
There's a member of Ajahn Chah saying, the Dhamma goes beyond The Dhamma goes against, oh, the Dhamma goes against our habits.
The truth goes against our desires.
And it's just, this is the way it is.
So that being able to have the right view of this is, okay, this is, there are certain fundamental truths of the way things are.
And as in this, in this, human realm, and when that's really clear and there is a right view established in that, then one can be composed and unshakable and can deal with pretty much anything.
So that being able to keep practicing and training and of course, and I was also very sweet today because She recounted to us on several occasions how she came, and she was suffering over something, having some difficulty, and coming up and asking me for guidance and getting teachings and perspectives that just really helped her.
And of course, I have no recollection of this.
I said, but I guess it was good, I guess.
And certainly what she recounted, I said, oh, that was pretty good.
So it's not as if she never suffered in life.
And I think that's one of the things, part of right view, is the willingness to continually learn and to figure out ways to, how can I learn from this difficulty? How can I learn from this reality? So it's a...
You know, I think, and, and, you know, both of them, you know, the, the husband certainly, you know, he had his faults and his flaws, but, you know, he lived his life really well.
And, uh, And in the end, all he wanted to do was to listen to chanting and Dhamma talks.
And he was not somebody who was all that interested before.
But it's just, as you realize, it's turned his attention toward it.
And although they...
One of the things they're doing toward the very end, they really wanted to do was their favorite music, favorite movie that they had to watch was Sound of Music.
So they're watching Sounds of Music together.
It's very sweet.
And this is one of the things that came to mind, is just the importance of of right view.
And if you live your life thinking that death is some sort of aberration that you have to conquer, you're going to be, it's going to be a tough ending.
Or that somehow The human condition is only going to give one pleasure and ease.
So it's going to be difficult.
But just having the right view, getting things in perspective, and aligning oneself with truth, then it's, you know, life is actually pretty easy.
It's no big deal.
There's a member of Ajahn Chah saying, the Dhamma goes beyond The Dhamma goes against, oh, the Dhamma goes against our habits.
The truth goes against our desires.
And it's just, this is the way it is.
So that being able to have the right view of this is, okay, this is, there are certain fundamental truths of the way things are.
And as in this, in this, human realm, and when that's really clear and there is a right view established in that, then one can be composed and unshakable and can deal with pretty much anything.
So that being able to keep practicing and training and of course, and I was also very sweet today because She recounted to us on several occasions how she came, and she was suffering over something, having some difficulty, and coming up and asking me for guidance and getting teachings and perspectives that just really helped her.
And of course, I have no recollection of this.
I said, but I guess it was good, I guess.
And certainly what she recounted, I said, oh, that was pretty good.
So it's not as if she never suffered in life.
And I think that's one of the things, part of right view, is the willingness to continually learn and to figure out ways to, how can I learn from this difficulty? How can I learn from this reality? So it's a...
You know, I think, and, and, you know, both of them, you know, the, the husband certainly, you know, he had his faults and his flaws, but, you know, he lived his life really well.
And, uh, And in the end, all he wanted to do was to listen to chanting and Dhamma talks.
And he was not somebody who was all that interested before.
But it's just, as you realize, it's turned his attention toward it.
And although they...
One of the things they're doing toward the very end, they really wanted to do was their favorite music, favorite movie that they had to watch was Sound of Music.
So they're watching Sounds of Music together.
It's very sweet.
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