Merry Christmas 🎁🎄!

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄!

Just praying or wishing by saying “Merry Christmas” is not enough. We mindfully and wisely have to modify our mind in accordance with our wishes on “Christmas”; it is more important than praying 🙏. Every religion tries to teach good deeds, words and good wishes but all of us must do it as we teach others and as we are taught, don’t we?

Life is too short. No matter what we believe in, and what philosophy we follow, we will definitely die in either far or near future; it is exactly the same to all of us, right? We have to leave everything we thought what we belong to when we die. It is also the same.

At the moment while living, the moral quality seriously developed in determination without being torn even for a little bit of it, charitable works done by deep love for the benefits of entire humanity, and the spiritual practice that develops hygiene of emotions and wisdom will always be with us by keeping us happy and confident forever.

No matter what we believe in, those who are used to doing nonsense and immoral behaviors knowing that these things are evil and wicked will never be happy even though they stand in the people pretending as if they are fully nice. They will never be happy accusing themselves “Oh, I did so many things wrong”.

For those kinds of people, no God and no saintly ones can help them wash their evil minds away to purify them. The only way to wash away their evil minds is to learn their lessons from their wrong doings by feeling deeply regretful and by modifying themselves in time not to do evils again any more. Only then can they get happy and confident again.

Only then will God and saintly ones in the entire universe bless such people who modify their evil minds in time feeling regrettable for their wrong doings. Only then will the power of God and saintly ones and the self-confidence of the victim of wrong deeds, itself, collaboratively wash away all of their evil minds and wrong deeds and purify them.

Therefore, on such great occasion of “Christmas” I wish you all to learn your lessons from your wrong deeds (if you would have done) feeling deeply regretful and try to modify your own mistakes by clearly admitting not to repeat them again. Then, try to let go of the past. Then, from such a great occasion of Christmas onwards, you should try to rebuild your happiest and the best future mindfully and wisely by doing all everything the best you can. “Merry Christmas” again.

Ashin Kelasa, who loves everyone
Mahagandhayon monastery
Amarapura
Myanmar.

Author:

Ashin Kekasa is a graduate in Mathematics. He finished his both public and monastic educations. His major interest was Mindfulness-Based Vipassana Meditation instructed in Buddhism. He took six months long retreat course in Mahasi Meditation Center when he was a layman. After his six months long meditation practice, he became a Buddhist ordained in Mahasi Tradition. However, he wanted to know much more about Buddhist philosophy so he moved to Mahagandhayon monastery to study Pali scriptures seriously. He has spent teaching and practicing in Mahagandhayon monastery. He did it well. Then, he moved to the forest for his serious meditation practice. He founded his own forest meditation center 15 years ago. He has been conducting Vipassana retreat for laypeople twice a year. He has also been used to travelling to abroad since 2004 because he is invited by people to teach them meditation. It is just a brief biography of Ashin Kelasa.