‘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
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.
Morning meditation — People talk a lot about 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
Brahmaviharas by Ajahn Sumedho
Brahmaviharas (The Four Immeasurables): Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy.
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
Buddhism now 