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good. When others ask us about our dhamma practice, and we talk about something that is not the same as our natural conditions, that is not good.
A few years ago, Than Mae Kru took us to Moo Island, Phetra Island, Laoliang Island, she also took her mother. We went by boat and they cooked seafood on the boat. It was not convenient for me to eat on the boat. Other tourists went snorkeling to look at corals. I had never been at sea. Sitting in a boat, I’d get seasick. If it was calm with a slight breeze, this was ne. But, if it was a little rough, I’d get seasick. When we went to scatter the ashes of Than Mae Kru’s mother over the sea (Translator’s note: During another trip), the boat was a double-decker. I was on the lower deck. After eating, I went up to the upper deck. But, the wind was strong and the waves were about two or more meters high. So, I became very sick—whatever I just ate, I gave it back to the sea. I was really seasick that day. The other day, I went by boat to Phang-Nga. The weather was alright. Now, I do not get motion sickness too often, too easily.
Today, let’s end here. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after that—if there are opportunities, perhaps we could sit down and have another conversation. Sometimes, practitioners do not relate natural conditions. This morning, many practitioners did not relate their natural conditions, so they came to have a chat. The
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