Translation of Luangpor's teaching at Wat Suansantidham, January 2013

From the Robe-donation ceremony, 27 October 2013, the talk is in memory of the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand who recently passed. It outlines the pain of those caught in the wheel of Samsara, and the state of those who have overcome this cycle of suffering.

Luangpor Pramote emphasizes how mindfulness allows us to see the truths of impermanence, suffering and non-self of body and mind

Luangpor Pramote warns us about believing in things we don't know to be true yet. Blind belief is dangerous. We have to put in the work and see for ourselves.

The episode focuses on the aspects of Dhamma necessary to achieve the first level of enlightenment -- stream-entry

Ajahn Pramote teaches to a Chicago audience that there are three types of wisdom, but it is only the third type -- seeing the truth in our own experience -- that is able to permanently reduce and even completely wash away the suffering in our hearts.