Diejenigen, die Bücher lesen, können die Lehren nicht verstehen und können sogar in die Irre gehen.
Aber diejenigen, die versuchen, die Dinge, die im Geist vor sich gehen, zu beobachten, und die immer das, was in ihrem eigenen Geist sich als wahr erweist, als Maßstab nehmen, geraten nie in Verwirrung.
Sie sind in der Lage, das Leiden zu begreifen, und werden schließlich die Lehre verstehen.
Dann werden sie auch die Bücher verstehen, die sie lesen.

Ajahn Buddhadasa
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Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what's more, may even go astray.

But those who try to observe the things going on in the mind, and always take that which is true in their own minds as their standard, never get muddled. They are able to comprehend suffering, and ultimately will understand Dharma. Then, they will understand the books they read.

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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Morning #Meditation: You can see that all the problems, all the conflict, all the crises, are the result of selfishness.
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Living in the Present without past, without future. By Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

In other words, paying attention to the present is the way to live.

https://buddhismnow.com/2023/01/17/living-in-the-present-without-past-without-future-by-buddhadasa-bhikkhu/

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Intuitive Insight, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu.
Suppose we are examining a situation?

Plus a free PDF eBook.

https://buddhismnow.com/2014/12/28/intuitive-insight/

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Intuitive Insight, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

There is a word in Buddhism that covers this completely, the word sunnata, or emptiness, emptiness of selfhood, emptiness of any essence that we might have a right to cling to with all our might as…

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Morning Meditation: Mind through Endless Kalpas.

‘Mind through endless kalpas without beginning, has never varied. It has never lived or died, appeared or disappeared, increased or decreased.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

https://buddhismnow.com/2022/12/23/morning-meditation-mind-through-endless-kalpas/

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Morning Meditation: Mind through Endless Kalpas.

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Morning Meditation: To Understand Buddhism.
‘To understand Buddhism one must begin with the Dhamma.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
https://buddhismnow.com/2022/12/18/morning-meditation-to-understand-buddhism/

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Morning Meditation: To Understand Buddhism.

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