#Ajahn Sumedho

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Some pictures from the Kathina Ceremony at Jetavana Temple Forest Monastery

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The Burdened Heart, by Ajahn Brahmamuni

For those with preferences, suffering is inevitable. 'The Burdened Heart', by Ajahn Brahmamuni http://wp.me/pFy3u-14V

Translated by Ajahn Sumedho  If we really investigate and examine our hearts [or minds], we will at some time experience joy, rapture and peace. At other times we will experience feelings of indifference, detachment and separation. If we experience the latter we should not blame the dharma [truth; the natural state; the teaching of the Buddha] because the dharma is the natural state. There are…

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Un sentiero antico quanto il mondo - Jack Kornfield

La via della meditazione è un percorso equilibrato che predilige sempre il giusto mezzo, inteso come una sorta di tracciato intermedio che si sviluppa gradualmente. Il fine è cogliere l’insieme quanto l’essenza di ogni manifestazione. La via mediana ti consente dunque di partecipare, ma senza identificarti. La realtà non è bianco o nero, ma un succedersi continuo di entrambi. Cos’è davvero il…

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identity part 2

Excerpts from “Intuitive Awareness,” by Ajahn Sumedho, the Chapter titled Identity. This is a free Dhamma publication available as PDF EPUB MOBI. Look for the link at the end of this post. As soon as we identify with a negative thought, it hooks us: ‘Oh, here I go again, being critical and negative about somebody and I shouldn’t do that. I’ve been a monk all these years and how can I stop doing…

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Ajahn Sumedho

American-born Ajahn Sumedho, a monk of over 30 years, was abbot of Amaravati Monastery near London from its consecration in 1984 until his retirement in 2010. Regarded as Ajahn Chah’s most influential Western disciple, Sumedho is considered a seminal figure in the transmission of the Buddha’s teachings to the West.

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3 DHAMMA TALKS BY AJAHN SUMEDO

Amaravati video >> Ajahn Sumedho – Dhamma talk: Witnessing Who You Really Are • Amaravati Buddhist Monastery [Released 30 March 2023 / 50mins.+26secs.]:

This Dhamma talk Witnessing Who You Really Are was given by Luang Por Sumedho on 29 March 2023 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK.

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Amaravati video >> Ajahn Sumedho – Dhamma talk: What’s Left When All Else Dies • Amaravati Buddhist Monastery [Released 17 December 2023 / 47mins.+43secs.]:

This Dhamma talk What’s Left When All Else Dies was given by Luang Por Sumedho on 12 December 2023 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK.

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Amaravati video >> Ajahn Sumedho – Dhamma talk: Beliefs and Wisdom • Amaravati Buddhist Monastery [Released 26 January 2024 / 47mins.+59secs.]:

This Dhamma talk Beliefs and Wisdom was given by Luang Por Sumedho on 18 January 2024 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK.

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The Sound of Silence

In terms of emotional habits, when somebody insults me or does something I find offensive, I feel anger, and then maybe think, 'How could he do that? That's disgusting! He was supposed to be my friend but he's betrayed me, he's disappointed me, I'll never forgive him! No, I'm not even going to speak to him again — but I'm going to confront him! I'm going to seek revenge!' and I can go on and on like that.

Then the rational mind says, 'Oh, just forget it! He's trying his best,' and there is a feeling of magnanimity, a grand gesture of understanding.

But you can't sustain that for long before it goes back into,

'How could he? I'll never forgive him.' And there is a struggle between the magnanimous, generous 'Forgive!

He's just doing the best he can. Don't make it personal. We all have our bad days..!' and 'I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM!' At least this is how my mind works.

I have heard all the good advice, but the hurt, the pain of disappointment, the sense of betrayal is still there. So I contemplate these things.

And then in this emptiness or this 'sound of silence', the thinking process stops.

~ Ajahn Sumedho

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Today, readings from the mystic divine love poetry of Bhai Nand Lal Ji, disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, The Acts of John (New Testament apocryphal writing), the Sikh scriptures (Adi Granth, Gurbani), Naam Or Word authored by Kirpal Singh, Baba Ram Singh from a January, 2023 collection of satsang discourses on Naam: Sant Mat Meditation of the Inner Light and the Sound Current, the Sufi poets Rumi and Shah Niaz, Ajahn Sumedho on "The Sound of Silence" (from the Buddhist world), also from Anmol Vachan, a rare book of Q and A by Sant Garib Das of the Radhasoami Faith (another spiritual successor of Swamiji Maharaj), Shiv Brat Lal's Radhaswami spiritual classic Light on Ananda Yoga, Kirpal Singh's Spiritual Elixir, and… the mystic poetry of Edmond Bordeaux Szekely. There is Divine Light and Sound Within You, Within Everyone - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast @ YouTube

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Libertà - Freedom - Ajahn Sumedho

🌸Libertà🌸 Si parla molto di libertà nel senso di essere fisicamente in grado di fare ciò che si vuole. E tuttavia quel tipo di libertà può portare alla schiavitù.Ajahn Sumedho🌸🌿🌸#pensierieparole🌸Freedom People talk a lot about freedom in the sense of being physically able to do what one wants. And yet that kind of freedom can lead to slavery.Ajahn Sumedho

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Có một khả năng tiếp nhận cuộc đời như chính nó - Ajahn Sumedho

Khi tôi nói chuyện với các bậc cha mẹ, họ cho biết là rất đau khổ vì họ mong chờ rất nhiều ở con cái. Khi muốn con cái phải như thế nầy, phải như thế kia, chúng ta đang tạo phiền não và đau khổ cho mình. Continue reading Có một khả năng tiếp nhận cuộc đời như chính nó – Ajahn Sumedho

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Livros para aprender meditação

Uma seleção de livros para aprender meditação, mindfulness com os melhores mestres nesse assunto com técnicas milenares. Livro gratuito: As Quatro Nobres Verdades – Ajahn Sumedho Este livro foi compilado e editado a partir de palestras proferidas pelo Venerável Ajahn Sumedho acerca do ensinamento central do Buddha – que a infelicidade humana pode ser transcendida através do caminho espiritual. A…

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Try to imagine deathlessness, by Ajahn Sumedho

Try to imagine deathlessness, by Ajahn Sumedho https://wp.me/pFy3u-1t

Try to imagine deathlessness, and all you get is some kind of immortal fantasy, a heavenly fantasy where everything is beautiful, you are young forever, and there is no disease. This is a childlike fantasy of paradise. As you trust awareness more, however, the formless, the unbounded, isn’t seen as a state of void ― a kind of unconscious annihilation ― but is where ignorant grasping is no longer…

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La Natura del Silenzio Interiore - Ajahn Sumedho

L’autore esplora il concetto del “suono del silenzio”, un ronzio percepibile quando la mente è tranquilla. Questo suono può essere utilizzato come oggetto di meditazione, aiutando a focalizzare l’attenzione e a osservare ciò che è sempre presente e immutabile. Sumedho sottolinea l’importanza di non attaccarsi ai pensieri o alle emozioni che sorgono durante la meditazione. Invece, suggerisce di…

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intuitive awareness part 3

Ajahn Sumedho Excerpts from “Intuitive Awareness,” by Ajahn Sumedho. This is the third and last part of the first chapter. The book is a free Dhamma publication available as PDF, EPUB, MOBI. Look for the link at the end of this post. We live on a planet that is quite beautiful. Nature is quite beautiful to the eye. Seeing it from sati-sampajañña, I experience joy from that. When we speak from…

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Ajahn Sumedho (born Robert Karr Jackman on July 27, 1934) is an American Buddhist monk. He was ordained in 1967, and was instrumental in establishing Wat Pa Nanachat in Thailand and the Cittaviveka and Amaravati monasteries in England. One of the most senior Western representatives of the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravāda Buddhism, Sumedho is considered a seminal figure in the transmission of the Buddha's teachings to the West.

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