Renting and hire peace - an inspiration and food for thought on global impact

[Johann]

What about the case where one thinks: why not renting potential forest land for my contribution to good climate, peace and generously letting other many being, far from trade, dwell?

What about the case where one thinks: why not hire common land owner for 'just' abstaining from harming environment, clearing, cutting, burning, killing... and observe precepts, so that conncentration to learn better livelihood and skills could be gained by him/them?

What would be the Dhammic worth, value for Virtue and peace? How often and far could it be 'resold', shared, the impact of giving ways toward the root of happiness, of wealth and highest freedom gain-able in the world of common societies, that of freedom from remorse?

Not even needed to buy free a bird or fish catched, which is so beloved done to gain some taste of having done good.

No idea of how one, able to go for a benefical trade, would calculate, for if having left the area of harm and occupy, no such trades are needed any more, brought one's impart on climate and harm to an area where no more really traceable. The best one could go after, with the Buddhas ensure of an real happy end, joined the path by freedom from remorse, laid down any harm.

[Johann]

On alms, hearing cutting at the mountain foot behind the village hall, Atna went up. Soon meeting a young men, maybe 20 years and brother, maybe 13 year, cutting 15-25 years old trees for coal burning. "Why do you cut the forest here?" "It's my land", the son of a former generous single poor Sui native told.

Starting to explain the impacts, destruction, selfharm and lose by cutting one's own future, feet away. The lose of concentration by doing harmful, making one incapable to learn or work good... the young man soon understood doubtless. "Yes, Venerable grandfather. I stop already. It's much better to make gardening, planting, plantation work from now on.

Approving his decision, Atma walked on, gone some meter, "thinking why not ask", Atma returned and asked him.

For example: If the is the case that a person whould come and say: "hey, I want to rent 1ha of your 1,5 ha forest land, just to let trees grow, stopping cutting and harming, burning and killing. So you might get more freedom to learn something to do good work and leave the place for Devas and other beings to live. For example, if one comes, would liberaly give you 50 or 100$ a month to stop cutting, let forest grow on your land, to keep precepts and go after good learning work, as you like, would you take it, would you agree such a promis?"

"That seens to be not proper to take such. I feel ashamed."

Atma asked: "Why feel a shamed when honored for doing good and helpful for all? Why don't feel ashamed to do wrong, harm, hurt all other and take not given?" Pointing on the bowl: "It's not improper to receive alms when going after harmless, having mettafor all and progress toward freedom from debts"

Repeated 2 times. The young respectfull son of native mother and khmer rouge soldier father, who might no more be near, got back light in his mind and rejoiced by a posdible good way, that leads to freedom from debt"

Telling him that Atma whould just share his possible agreement on such a deal, and that it's total not in the power or hand of Atma, but a matter of nissaya toward good. Nothing for sure, but good comes along when sacrificing good at first, quick or later, but for sure.

So here you are: your choices, on inspirations.

Whatdoes the imagine of being able to help keeping 1ha forest land in the heart of the olders Dhammic kingdom, the last refuge of scared being, and support of a young Naga-child to go on good ways cause for you? Just such thought now, not to speak on nurishing later on it, for ways of release, reflecting own goodness for long?

Even till this point, listening, rejoice in ways of good, the two young man toward made huge merits, of which they also saw and valued with "Sadhu", as Atma left.

Does one feel inspired to rent peace, lease way for release? Just try to meet him, or others, like a like, if wishing for a contract without string bond back into the world.

Wishing the old Khema (Khmer, peaceful) tradition survive the increasing flood of red?

[Vilā]

 

នេះជា ការបន្ថែមបន្ទុកសម្រាប់អ្នកកំពុងឈរចាំឲ្យ កូនរឹងមាំបន្តិច
កំពុង ព្យាយាមដោះដៃ ពីកូន។

[Johann]

Every being requires air to breath, proper rain to live, home and shadow to stay, and remote areas if wishing to escape, Nyom.

All wealth and money will not solve the issue of no one willing to give for abstain. If not all one's childern, one wouldn't meet.

Demanding, and calling for justice and right, just increase conflicts and plunder. The opposite, gratitude toward goodness and approve of good, withdraw from wrong, increase better ways for those willing to head toward them.

Those having left (all common children behind) can just point out the way to escape. Even Mara, once with Brahma Baka, urged the Buddha: Samanas of the past, once found the way, didn't teach it to anyone. Those of them who told it others later reapeared in hell. Only as the Buddha saw all his disciples where ripe already, left childhood, and because Ananda failed to ask him to continue, he followed the "promise" the made to Mara: as long not all "my children" are firm in Dhamma, the Tatagatha will continue".

Yet, the Buddha, the Brahmas, the Devas, praise those who go on for the highest alone. No duties and bonds for those having abound all relations, relays, in the world.

Children is a simile for Vipaka, and the related kamma is that of sensuality. Brahmas are already beyond bond to children, yet, they still build worlds, oversee them, for many.

Many are out there, wishing their children a peaceful and pleasant world to live, while telling they cut it down, agree to cut it, live from business around it. But it's not possible in this way, makes it even more worse.

The young man was smart. He stopped without any hope for direct profit, or because supported by else, but simply by seeing that his future is cut off it he destroys his own land, peace with all right next.

He had not doubt that the Devas had already stopped to come down to protect the world, as humans current destroy their last host.

Don't one say that there aren't those willing to make sacrifices and not follow the weak and careless.

So it's mostly about rejoicing with the spontaneous merits of the young man. Maybe it's because he does not have childten yet, or still small, that he's able to let go of what others wouldn't, but see focus on own children, beers, joy and wife.

Every being just tries to escape suffering, moment for moment, but fail not seeing the path. Sila, harmlessness, leads happiness, heavens, Sila leads to wealth, Sila leads to debtlessness and escape..

That's why should rejoice and encourage, if "children", being, chose this track, so less would take.