The value of dhamma isn’t to be found in books. Those are just the external appearances of dhamma, they’re not the realization of dhamma as a personal experience. If you realize the dhamma you realize your own mind, you see the truth there. When the truth becomes apparent it cuts off the stream of delusion.
Ajahn Chah
from the book Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
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