The Simile of Digging a Well
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The Simile of Digging a Well
According to my teaching experience, meditation practice for developing concentration is like digging a well. If you dig a well very far from the river or sea, you need to dig very deep; but if you dig a well close to a river, the water comes up very quickly. The practice of meditators who have succeeded with samatha meditation in the near past is like digging a well near the river, and the results come very quickly. If success in samatha occurred in the more distant past, maybe in the fourth past life or the fifth past life, then they have practised well but not as recently, and so they need to take a little more time.
Therefore, those who have not seen the desired results should not make the wrong judgement and conclude that they do not have enough pāramī. If you feel your meditation is not going as well as you would like, perhaps you yourself have practised only in the rather remote past, and so you simply need to dig a little deeper. This is a very practical assessment. I have some disciples who have succeeded in their practice in just a short time. Some practised successfully within a few days, others within one month, and still others within two months. Then there are some who take one year, and others may even take four years. They are all very determined, and I respect them. I never find fault with my disciples. However much they try, I help them, because we need to be patient until the time has ripened. Therefore, be mindful, and be determined to continue with the journey – the journey which is our most important journey, our Dhamma journey.
If we look at our previous life from the perspective of our present life, it is our past. If we regard our present existence from the perspective of our future, then this present life will become our past. Therefore, in this very life we must engage more and more in doing wholesome deeds. This is pubbe ca katapuññatā for the future. Our present life is the existence in which we can really do something. If you have not yet discerned your past through concentration practice, you do not know your past. However, you can surely act in this very life, so try your very best right now.
Organising a meditation retreat is no easy task, so the organisers have the opportunity to accumulate a lot of good kamma. Dhamma workers get a great opportunity to accumulate wholesome kamma. For the benefits of those who want to practise meditation, they organise and help and do the many things that are necessary to provide support. If we view the present from the standpoint of the future, we see that, in all we are doing, we are accumulating wholesome kamma, which is pubbe ca katapuññatā. Be happy about that.
Bhikkhu Revata
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