A talk by Ajahn Sumedho on Chronic Pain, Ego and Liberation.
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Reflecting on the way it is brings into consciousness.
‘Reflecting on the way it is brings into consciousness what a lifespan as a human being involves.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — We can notice visual change and sound.
‘We establish loving-kindness with ourselves by not creating burdens out of what we have done in the past.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces beyond our control.
‘Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces beyond our control. We can, of course, learn how to live more carefully, respecting life, not misusing our bodies, nor exploiting them.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — We establish loving-kindness.
‘We establish loving-kindness with ourselves by not creating burdens out of what we have done in the past.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Reflective thought, isn’t a judgement.
‘Reflective thought, isn’t a judgement, it’s not should or shouldn’t; it’s saying: There’s suffering; there’s this feeling of pain; there’s this feeling of anguish, there’s a recognition of the way things happen to be as an individual being.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves.
‘From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves as individuals, if we never change that perspective, then whatever happens to us we hold onto that conditioning for the rest of our lives.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Thinking makes it so, by Ajahn Sumedho.
Exploring the Unborn.
Buddhism now 