พระอาจารย์อธิบายว่าการฟังธรรมหรืออ่านหนังสือหลักธรรมทำให้ดำรงอยู่ในกุศล บุญจึงไหลผ่าน ระบบกุศลลงซ้อน พระรัตนตรัยและพระนิพพานปรากฏสว่างและกลั่นแก้ธาตุธรรมให้บริสุทธิ์ เวลามานั่งสมาธิจึงนิ่งขึ้นPra Ajarn explains that listening to Dhamma or reading Dhamma books means abiding in the wholesome, so merit flows through, the wholesome system overlays, and the Triple Gem and nibbana appear radiant and refine one's elements to purity — so meditation becomes more still.
Someone asked: why is it that after listening to or reading books about the , meditation becomes more still?
Listening to Dhamma Is Abiding in the Wholesome, So Merit Flows Through
It's because we abide in . Reading books about the Dhamma makes merit flow through, because they concern the wholesome system, so merit flows through and the wholesome system overlays, drawing merit in. The Triple Gem appears radiant at our center and at the center of nibbana, and the stream of merit from nibbana flows through to refine our elements to . As the elements grow purer, the mind becomes still when we sit.