พระอาจารย์แนะให้เอ่ยนามในใจ ให้เสียงในใจดังซ้ำ ๆ จนเป็นอัตโนมัติ เพื่อเชื่อมไปถึงส่วนลึกภายใน เมื่อเชื่อมถึงแล้วเสียงสัมมาอะระหังจากส่วนลึกซึ่งเป็นตัวตนที่แท้จริงจะดังขึ้นเอง เป็นเสียงที่ไพเราะที่สุดพร้อมความสุขและความบริสุทธิ์Pra Ajarn advises reciting the name inwardly, letting the inner sound ring out repeatedly until automatic, so as to connect with the deep interior. Once connected, the 'Samma Arahang' from deep within — one's true self — sounds on its own, the most beautiful sound there is, arriving with happiness and purity.
Someone asked: when sitting in meditation and reciting the name , should one say it aloud or inwardly?
Recite Inwardly, Letting the Sound Ring Repeatedly Until Automatic
Even sitting alone, recite it inwardly. Let the inner sound ring out repeatedly until it becomes automatic. Once automatic, the name we recite inwardly connects with the subtle depths within.
Connecting With the Depths, the Inner Sound Rings on Its Own
When it connects with the subtle depths within, the sound of our own inner recitation of Samma Arahang fades, and that sound becomes a sound from deep within. Hearing it, we know it is the most beautiful sound of all — no sound in the world is more beautiful than 'Samma Arahang' from our own depths, both beautiful and arriving with happiness and , filling us with wonder.
Recite the Name Inwardly Always, in Every Posture
So we must recite the name inwardly at every moment — even while eating, cooking, sweeping, mopping, bathing, sitting or strolling — keep reciting it inwardly, until this sound connects with the depths of our subtle and celestial bodies. This sound clears impurity; flows in to clear away the impurity that blocks us from the depths. Once impurity is gone, the sound from within — our true self at various levels, from the subtle body, celestial body, and brahma body through to — connects, and we hear 'Samma Arahang' from deep within, because merit flows through the whole chain of our elements and bodies. Reciting 'Samma Arahang' is reciting the name of the one who governs system, who refines and corrects, connecting with our self at every level.