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**healty-back** · 07-12-2010, 04:48 PM

Has anyone understood the Dhamma better than the Buddha?

No one I know of.

Albeit without being able to inhabit their skin, however, I would say that there are some who have penetrated the Dhamma deeply enough that I respect them as teachers. Ajahn Chah is one and some of his students. I particularly admire those who penetrate through to the heart of the matter and do not spend significant time or effort on irrelevancies, of which there are a great deal in what some see as Buddhism (e.g., amulets). Witness the simplicity of Ajahn Chah's practice!

The heart of the Path is so simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are. That is all I do in my own practice. Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. There are dozens of meditation techniques to develop samadhi and many kinds of vipassana. But it all comes back to this - just let it all be. When I encounter a teacher like that, the question of whether he surpasses the Buddha in understanding the Dhamma never arises. He has what I want, bears none of the marks of a false teacher, and that is enough.

And will it not be a joy to those who come to us with little or no knowledge of the Dhamma, when we can point out such a simple expression of the Path. Such a thing can only give them heart, I think.

07-12-2010, 04:48 PM	#8
healty-back Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	Has anyone understood the Dhamma better than the Buddha? No one I know of. Albeit without being able to inhabit their skin, however, I would say that there are some who have penetrated the Dhamma deeply enough that I respect them as teachers. Ajahn Chah is one and some of his students. I particularly admire those who penetrate through to the heart of the matter and do not spend significant time or effort on irrelevancies, of which there are a great deal in what some see as Buddhism (e.g., amulets). Witness the simplicity of Ajahn Chah's practice! The heart of the Path is so simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are. That is all I do in my own practice. Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. There are dozens of meditation techniques to develop samadhi and many kinds of vipassana. But it all comes back to this - just let it all be. When I encounter a teacher like that, the question of whether he surpasses the Buddha in understanding the Dhamma never arises. He has what I want, bears none of the marks of a false teacher, and that is enough. And will it not be a joy to those who come to us with little or no knowledge of the Dhamma, when we can point out such a simple expression of the Path. Such a thing can only give them heart, I think.
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