What is a boarderland, how to recognice?A monastery, traditional
Wat (pi:
vatta) is an outwardly Boarderland, sometimes called Wat-Aram, (derived from
ārammaṇa).
Vatta means tradition or duty, so a place of practicing traditional/fulfill duties (in this case like the wise praise).
Ārāma could be explained as means area, space, and
Ārammaṇa als "living, or existence place", where certain identification gets space, where the mind can dwell. One could "translate" it as "tradition awarness".
If wishing to find a Wat, monastery, an area which can be used as boderland outwardly, it has to start inwardly by having faith into certain factors and characteristics a borderland, outwardly by form and signs (speech by sound and gesture), and inwardly by remembering them.
There are three main-indices which pointing toward borderlands. Boderlands can be also understood as "access-concentration".
What ever can be used as boderland, whether outwardly (place, room, country, single person, group, society) and inwardly, ways of thinking and perceptions upholds and praises:
signs of
The Sublime Buddha (representing the Noble Domain, teacher toward it)
The Sublime well-gone/following Sangha of Bhikkhus (the following temporary or fully have left home)
The Sublime Dhamma (the teaching of what should be done/associated with and what should be avoided to do/assosociate with it, to reach/stay in boarderlands and to reach and remain in Noble Domain)
- Sila (abstaining from taking existence of beings, abstaining of taking what is not given, abstaining from abuse for sensuality, abstaining from speaking {incl. giving outward order or approve by gesture, signs, letters...} what is not true, abstaining from indulgence of nurishing on what causes heedlessness)
- Generosity (giving, gross (material, physical) or fine (e.g. mental, intelectual, time, skills...)
- Going forth (into homeless state, meaning leaving what ever kind of trade behind to maintain ones identity)
- Rendering help for parents (respecting those having prepared ones coming into being and recognizing the goodness and fulfilling the duties toward them; this incl. teacher, leader, gods, priests, contemplatives, according to ones dependency/society one feeds of/got/gets feeded for good way forward)
If such a boarderland, and it's importand to maintain, gain access and association outwardly as long no foodhold in the Noble domain, is not traceable around one, one should not waste time even a minute to go on searching for it and focus on getting free of debts to be able to get closer or even totally change ones dwelling in such borderlands, where right views is uphold and no topic to doubt it.
Again, what is right view:
He has right view and is not warped in the way he sees things: 'There is what is given, what is offered, what is sacrificed. There are fruits & results of good & bad actions. There is this world & the next world. There is mother & father. There are spontaneously reborn beings; there are brahmans & contemplatives who, faring rightly & practicing rightly, proclaim this world & the next after having directly known & realized it for themselves.'
A "boarderland" is a "state" between home and homelessness, outer lands and noble domain, outwardly and inwardly. Remember the 10
anussati or reflections. As one might understand, to remember something, it requires to have seen it, to have erected it previously. So for the most this perceptions are still defilet.
To get probably best perceptions of what moral (
sīla), generosity (
dāna), and the virtuos equal that of Devas are, they need to be practiced. If having not performed, developed this areas around boarderlands, if not having done merits, in times where cut of current existence and change into new, one can get totaly lost, and may no more find borderlands at all for a long long time.
Be clear that it a matter of strong condition causes, to be touched by such, yet where possible dwelling in the middle out outer lands. And it's because one has cut himself totally off, that even when getting in contact, even if touched, will not take it serious and remains on his sinking island, made of pride and conceit, woven by defilements, feeling total secure where his mind resist, where he/she dwells in and on.
May you and all beings be touched by it on whatever small rest of
upanissaya, lasting previous and current conditions toward heal and liberation. May the Devas forward this possibility to "catch awarness", "catch" this "vatta-ārammaṇa" and by dwelling in it rejoice having accessed a boarderland here and now for oneself.
Anumodana (take part on)
puñña (the merits/rejoicment/delightment)
kusala (in what is skilfull/good/conductive for long term happiness!)
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