“Reaching the Dhamma, awakening to the Dhamma: These things sound awfully exalted, too exalted to talk about. But actually, people like us are on a level where we can reach the Dhamma. Reaching the Dhamma is understanding, “This is evil. It’s wrong and doesn’t benefit me or anyone else at all.” When you understand in this way, that’s called reaching the Dhamma of what should be abandoned. This is what’s called awakening to the Dhamma.
It’s like going to a boat landing. When you’ve arrived at the landing, you’ve reached the landing. When you come up here to the meeting hall, you’ve reached the meeting hall. When you’re correctly acquainted with the truth, that’s what’s meant by reaching the truth, reaching the Dhamma. When you’ve reached the Dhamma, your defilements gradually fade away and decrease.
When your views are right, it’s normal that you’ll abandon your wrong views.”