Ajahn Chah
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
There's nothing else to the practice.
If we have right view, wherever we go, we are content.
I have practiced and seen this already.
We shouldn't look for anything else.
So even though you may be unhappy, it doesn't matter.
That unhappiness is uncertain.
Is that unhappiness yourself?
Is there any substance to it?
Is it real?
I don't see it as being real at all.
Unhappiness is merely a flash of feeling which appears and then is gone.
Happiness is the same.
Is there any consistency to happiness?
Is it truly an entity?
is simply a feeling that flashes suddenly and is gone.
There, it's born and then it dies.
Love just flashes up for a moment and then disappears.
Where is the consistency in love or hate or resentment?
In truth there is no substantial entity there.
They are merely impressions which flare up in the mind and then die.