The Teaching of Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo.
Concentration is like a nail: and discernment, a hammer. If the nail isn’t held firm and straight, the will strike it only hit-or-miss, and the nail will never get through the board.
For the heart to penetrate the world and get through to the highest Dhamma, it must take a firm stance in concentration so as to give rise to intuitive understanding.
Intuitive understanding can occur only to those who have centered the mind in concentration.
As for discernment, it’s something we all have, but if it lacks intuitive understanding, it can never get beyond the world.
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Frames of Reference, by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/FramesOfReference/Section0000.html
PDF: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/Ebooks/FramesOfReference200826.pdf
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