“...I began to see that the way to #enlightenment did not lie in being shut off from everything that was unpleasant, but rather through learning to understand all that we find unpleasant or difficult. Those particular conditions have been put there for a purpose, to teach us. No matter how little we want them and would like things to be otherwise, somehow they will persist in our lives until we have understood and transcended them.”

Anth Vol 1 #AjahnSumedho #AnnoyanceAsTeacher #buddhism #dhamma