Venerable Ajahn Chah
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Nothing remains.
If people want to talk a lot about theory, that's their business.
But no matter how much it's debated, the practice always comes down to this single point right here.
When something arises it arises right here.
Whether a lot or a little it originates right here.
When it ceases the cessation is right here.
Where else
The Buddha called this point the knowing.
When it knows the way things are accurately, in line with the truth, will understand the meaning of mind.
Things incessantly deceive.
As you study them,
They're simultaneously deceiving you.
How else can I put it?
Even though you know about them, you are still being deluded by them, precisely where you know them.
The aim of the Buddha's teachings is to figure out the way to liberate ourselves from these things through searching for the underlying causes.
I just knew that the path to liberation began with virtue, sila.
Virtue is the beautiful beginning of the path.
The deep peace of samadhi is the beautiful middle.
although they can be separated as three unique aspects of the training.
As we look into them more and more deeply, these three qualities converge as one.