Looking For Dharma
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Looking for Dharma
By Ajahn Chah
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The Dharma belongs to no one, it has no owner
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It arises in the world when a world manifests,
yet stand alone as the Truth.
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It is always here, unmoving, limitless …
… for all who seek it.
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Like water underground,whoever digs a well finds it.
Yet, whether or not you dig,it is always here, underlying all things.
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In our search for Dharma, sometimes we search too far,we overreach, over looking the essence.
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The Dharma is not out there …
… to be gained by a long voyageviewed through
a telescope.
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It is right here,nearest to us, our true essence - "non self"
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When we see this essence, we see that good, bad,
pleasure, pain, light, dark,
self, other …
… are just mereempty
phenomenon.
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When we come to know this essence
then detachment naturally arises.
and understand their true nature
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We learn to practice how "not to attain", and say "Nothing is me or mine, all is impermanent."
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True Dharma, after all, has no going forward,
no going backward,and no standing still.
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It's not about looking for goodor bad or anything at all.
It's not about being anything.
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But when you see happiness and displeasure arisingand not follow either, then you've discovered true joy
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This is the joy of true happiness,
The true joy of the Buddha.
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