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"THE NOBLE SEARCH"
 

The time is approximately seven o'clock in the morning of the 11th March 2001.
The express train which left the city of Calcutta in India is heading towards Benares. I was enjoying the scenery of the green fields left and right. The passengers of the air-conditioned first class compartment in which I was traveling were still asleep in the cool comfort. A female passenger from the west, who was sitting two seats away from me, and myself were the only ones who had already washed ourselves and were observing the scenery outside with our own thoughts.

Human beings are those types of creatures who cannot always stay in their own homes which they possess. People travel east, west, north, south, by train, car, etc., as appropriate. They have to travel in search of money, education and experience. I myself had come to India from Myanmar for the purpose of achieving the educational milestone of the Ph.D. degree. Yes... it is true. I was thinking that human beings are those who go searching and preparing for what they need, but face death before they reach the end of their journey.

Over two thousand five hundred years ago Gotama Buddha from India (now Nepal) told the brothers of King Kosala on Indian soil as such: "Is it not more beneficial to search into yourself instead of searching for other things?" Only then did the princes searched into themselves as exhort by Buddha, and they all became Ariyas (noble persons).

Searching into yourself means to look into your body with your own mind. Eyes can see objects far away but do not notice its own pupils. Likewise people are only aware of the environment. There are only a few people who notice themselves.

Mogok Sayadaw Phayagyi said that to scrutinize your own mind is Vipassana. For those who are not interested, they would frown once they hear the great word Vipassana. However, knowing one's own consciousness, body, mind and ourselves are the basic elements that one should understand clearly. If you don't understand yourself, it is very difficult to understand others. Hence it is more important for people to understand themselves than to try and understand others.

Lord Buddha said "Yam passati na tarn dittham, Yam dittham tarn na passati". "Creatures do not see what they should, but see what they should not". This is the bad outcome of not observing what they should, and observing what they should not.

I pictured Buddha and the princes Bhaddavaggiya brothers and imagined that I was one of the Bhaddavaggiya brothers. What am I searching for? Are the articles I am searching for really durable? Do they have essence? Are they dependable? These thoughts came into my mind. I wanted to extract the precious things from my body and study them with my intellect just like the Bhaddavaggiya brothers did in understanding themselves.

Hence, according to the teaching "Pallankam abhujitva. Ujum kayam panidhaya. Parimukham satim upatthapetva", I sat down systematically, sat erect, paid attention to the inbreath and outbreath and commenced the setting up of mindfulness. Within a-short while I was able to concentrate and started concentration on the changes in the body. I noticed distinctly the consciousness of the mind. At that moment I forgot about the environment, and all those around me.

 All the passengers of the carriage were asleep and it was very silent.

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