คำสอน · พระอาจารย์สุรพงค์Teaching · Pra Ajarn Suraphong
ทำไมสำนักปฏิบัติต่างๆ จึงสอนหลายวิธี ทั้งที่ครูบาอาจารย์บอกว่าไม่ต้องทำอะไรเลยWhy Do So Many Traditions Teach So Many Different Methods, When the Teachers Already Say "Just Let Go"?
แต่ละสำนักสอนตามจริตของผู้ปฏิบัติที่ต่างกัน เมื่อปฏิบัติแล้วได้ผลอย่างไรก็สอนไปตามนั้น ถือว่าถูกต้องในแบบของตน ผู้ปฏิบัติที่อยากก้าวหน้าต่อก็ต้องขวนขวายหาครูบาอาจารย์เพิ่มเติมด้วยตนเองEach tradition teaches according to the differing dispositions of its practitioners — whatever produces results for a given temperament becomes that tradition's teaching, and each is correct in its own way. A practitioner who wants to progress further must actively seek out further teachers.
Someone asked: our teacher's talks conclude that we don't need to do anything at all — just let go and know. So why do so many different traditions still teach so many varied methods of practice, when the teachers themselves have already summed it up this simply?
In truth, every tradition teaches correctly, because each teaches according to the disposition of its practitioners. People have many different temperaments. When a teacher practices according to a particular temperament and it produces results, that teacher then teaches according to what worked — and this is a good thing, since it produces a greater variety of methods. Whoever gets results from a given approach should teach according to that approach; each is correct within its own frame. This world holds some seven billion people, and it's simply impossible for any one person to help everyone directly — so each teacher helps according to what they're able to reach, and everyone contributes what they can.
Once a practitioner has gotten results and wants to keep learning and progressing, they must actively seek out further teachers to guide them onward. The wholesome side will lead them to the right teacher for that stage. Everything has a backdrop behind it — we are never truly alone. Each of us has our own backdrop, our own lineage of elements and watching over us in countless ways; it is only side that keeps trying to interfere and obstruct, which is what makes us feel isolated in the first place.