Ajahn Chah - Let Your Aim be Nibbana | Theravada Dhamma Blog

Ajahn Chah - Let Your Aim be Nibbana Theravada Dhamma Blog: Actually, for most of us, if something is displeasing, we don’t really want to know about it. We get caught up in the aversion to it. If we dislike someone, we don’t want to look at their face or get anywhere near them. This is the mark of a foolish, unskillful person; this is not the way of a good person. If we like someone, then of course we want to be close to them, we make every effort to be with them, taking delight in their company. This is foolishness, also. They are actually the same, like the palm and back of the hand. When we turn the hand up and see the palm, the back of the hand is hidden from sight. When we turn it over, then the palm is not seen. Pleasure hides pain, and pain hides pleasure from our sight. Wrong covers up right, right covers wrong. Just looking at one side, our knowledge is not complete.