Ajahn Chah
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Only when he gets home can he really relax and be at peace.
Nowhere in the world is there any real peace to be found.
The poor have no peace and neither do the rich.
Adults have no peace and neither do the highly educated.
There's no peace anywhere.
That's the nature of the world.
Those who have few possessions suffer and so do those who have many.
Children, adults, old and young, everyone suffers.
The suffering of being old, the suffering of being young, the suffering of being wealthy and the suffering of being poor
It's all nothing but suffering.
When you've contemplated things in this way,
You'll see anicca impermanence and dukkha unsatisfactoriness.
Why are things impermanent and unsatisfactory?
Because they are anatta, not self.
Both your body that is lying sick and in pain
and the mind that is aware of its sickness and pain are called Dhamma.
That which is formless, thoughts, feelings and perceptions is called Nama Dhamma.
That which is wracked with aches and pains is called Rupa Dhamma.
The material is Dharma and the immaterial is Dharma.
So we live with Dharma in Dharma and we are Dharma.