[ANNUAL MEETING: DHAMMA GIRI JANUARY 21, 1995 Q&A]
Make use of wonderful Dhamma. Understand what Dhamma is.
Don’t take it as Hindu Dhamma or Buddhist Dhamma or Jain Dhamma. It has nothing to do with these organized religions. Dhamma is totally apart from these organized religions; it is a way of life enabling us to understand the universal law of nature.
This is Dhamma: how mind and matter interact, with their currents, cross-currents and undercurrents. And how, out of ignorance we keep on reacting in ways that make us so miserable. By observing all this you realize how this law of nature applies to everyone. If you don’t enjoy burning yourself, then you keep your hand out of the fire. By reacting blindly you are burning yourself, harming yourself. Experience this. Merely talking like this won’t help. Let people experience it. More and more people should realize the reality of Dhamma, understanding that Dhamma has to be experienced and that it is not an intellectual game. And for experiencing it, well, here is this wonderful technique which will take you to the depth of your mind to the point where mind and matter are interacting, and where you can apply the wisdom to take you out of the habit of reaction which is actually harming you. By applying this wisdom you are making your mind purer and purer in order to live a happier life, a more harmonious life.