Ajahn Sumedho explores old age and personality from a meditive persective.
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — But as a real refuge.
‘But as a real refuge to take in order to see and realise the truth, you can look at the Buddha as that which is mindful, the pure intelligent awareness.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The way of mindfulness is always appropriate.
‘The way of mindfulness is always appropriate to the time and the place, to the way things are in their good and bad aspects.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Awareness; you can chew gum, wash up and listen.
‘Awareness; you can chew gum, wash up and listen to the radio at the same time and still be aware, because it includes the thing.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal.
‘Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal. It isn’t a compounded state that depends on other conditions.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The Eightfold Path is really just awareness.
‘The Eightfold Path is really just awareness. Awareness is the path, and the eight parts are more or less positions for reflection.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The way of virtue is respecting the world.
‘The way of virtue is respecting the world — respecting our own bodies, respecting the rights of other beings, living in a way that is not cruel, not harmful, not divisive, not insensitive, not brutal.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — There are various ways to help others.
‘There are various ways to help others, but one way you can really help is by not creating a problem, by trusting the presence of awareness.’
Ajahn Sumedho
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