Ajahn Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu

We all have sati, mindfulness to begin with.

But it is just an ordinary level.

There is not enough of it.

It's too slow.

So we need to develop it so that sati, mindfulness is sufficient and of the highest speed.

Further, through practicing mindfulness with breathing, one will come to a very deep understanding of paticca samuppada, dependent origination.

The more deeply we practice mindfulness with breathing, the more apparent dependent origination will be for us.

We'll see more and more clearly how dukkha arises,

and how dukkha is quenched.

Mindfulness is like the vehicle of wisdom and it brings wisdom, it transports wisdom to the situation in front of us so that we will know how to deal with it in a way that no dukkha will arise.

The next we will look at is sampajjana, wisdom in action.

Wisdom is like medicine in the medicine chest.

In a house, there is a place where one stores all kinds of medicines and things, but one needs to choose the appropriate medicine for our ailment.

and brings it to the situation.

This specific cure for what ails us.

This is called Sampajanya.

Just bring that aspect of wisdom.

So now mindfulness goes and gets wisdom, brings it, and this specific wisdom functions for dealing with the situation.

The only question is whether there is enough power, whether the mind has enough strength to deal with the situation and be totally free.

This is a question of whether there is enough samadhi.