Cats who teach me to fly…

I’ve been looking for a teacher to validate my practice and finally I found one. She is Ayya Khema. The meditation experiences I had, aligned with her experience. When I first read her book “ The Path to Peace”, they were familiar. I went on reading another book “Know Where You’re Going” and whatever meditation experience she mentioned inside the book, all were familiar to me. I leapt with joy and told Mel that I think I finally found my teacher…

I can’t teach Dhamma and the only way to keep or preserve the Buddha’s teachings which I wish I could play a part too, is to share this book, her experience and information to whoever who wants validation, study and meditate.

16 copies arrived today and I had already received 14 copies two weeks ago. There’ll be 30 copies arriving by next week and more…

I asked Mel if I should wait till next week when the books arrived so that I can deliver to two different buddhist centers or should I deliver to Buddhist Fellowship first this Saturday. She said we’ll never know what happen tomorrow and it’s best to deliver this Saturday. I totally agree with her.

Ayya Khema may not be around anymore. I felt that such good teachings should not disappear and should be shared and carried on for a long time. Not everyone can explain the Jhanas in details. Ayya Khema did it very well. I am fortunate to have come across her teachings.

I will call other buddhist centers tomorrow to check if I can leave copies in their centers. There are a few centers in my mind and I may need help from the volunteers who are helping out in the center as well.

I am aiming at a hundred copies to be distributed for now. If the centers allow more copies, I would not hesitate to bring in more, even if it means a few more hundreds copies which I hope it will happen. All I want is to benefit the people. I hope to make life easy for the lay practitioners who always have trouble trying to understand their experiences.

I am currently reading another book “Being nobody, going nowhere” also by Ayya Khema and with Ayya Khema, I end my search for the right teacher!

May Ayya Khema’s teaching spread not only in Germany but all around the world.