An illuminating quote from "What Buddhists Believe" (2002)

“Venerable, What do Buddhists believe?” He replied, “Buddhists do not believe anything!” Puzzled, the man asked, “ Then why did you write this book?” Ven Dhammananda smiled and said, “Well, read the book and see for yourself whether there is anything in Buddhism simply to believe.” The man then asked “Alright then, what do Buddhists do?” Ven Dhammananda replied, “Well, first they study, then they practice and finally they experience” (pariyatti, patipatti, pativedha).

離苦得樂

每次進入快樂學苑，都會思維一下，怎樣才會離苦得樂。今天偶一得之：世間並無樂可得。離苦即已近樂。倘若連苦樂之念都已平等平等，那就近道了。上座之時，不妨以此做為念頭參修。