Ta Duk got mad

A mad man improperly dressed was walking nervously along the village road. It was a bald man who kept talking all non-sense words along the way. Dogs were barged when he passed by and the villagers prevented the dogs from barging. Group of kids who played nearby the road laughed of him and imitated him, or followed him with some distance. Sometimes, they threw rocks on him before the villagers to come and protect him. Though mad, Ta Duk was not violent. The villagers had pity of him and they used to bring him food and drink. Some other gave him shelter for night rest, but Ta Duk could not stay long in one place and he kept moving without direction. His family felt sad of him and tried without success in finding the remedy to him.

No one told us the real problem behind this. People just said "Ten Duk bek Kammathan". Ta Duk was the chief of monks in the nearby Pagoda. He was a kind, loving, and respectable venerable. The incidence happened just a year ago that forced him to leave the monkshood and come back home for the care of his family. The villagers still respected him, protected him, and gave him food anywhere he come.

I take me a long time to understand blurrily what is 'kammathan". According to my blur understanding, it is the 'Samadhi practice at the higher level'. So 'bek kamathan' should mean 'doing wrong in the practice of kamathan'. In sum, what I bear in mind is that Samadhi is dangerous for some people if he/she didn't practice it rightly.