Ajahn Chah (ajahnchah.org) via Ven. Sujato, Ellie Askew, Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
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| Ajahn Chah (ajahnchah.org) |
It's so easy once you understand. It's so simple and direct. When pleasant things arise, understand that they are empty. When unpleasant things arise, see that they are not ours. They pass away.
Don't relate to them as being "me," don't see them as "self" or anyone as the owner of them. He thinks that papaya tree is his. Then why doesn't he feel pain when it's cut down?
If we can understand this then the mind comes into balance. When the mind comes into balance then this is the correct path, the correct Teaching of the Buddha -- the teaching that leads to liberation.
People don't study that which is beyond good and evil. This is what should be studied. "I'm going to be like this, I'm going to be like that," they say. But they never say, "I'm not going to be anything because there really isn't any 'I.'" This they do not study.
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