Food for Thought #67

~ By Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu ~

Those who have never tasted something sweet cannot describe what it is like - they can only go around saying "sweet, sweet." This taste is difficult to explain, just like the taste of nibbana. The taste of nibbana is many times more difficult to explain than the tastes on your tongue - and similes and hypotheses still do not help to convey it.

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From “Food for Thought,” Some Teachings of Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu. Translated from the Thai (อาหารใจ) by Grant A. Olson. 

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