The human habit of clinging to desire is ingrained. We in the West think of ourselves as sophisticated and educated, but when we really begin to see what is going on in our minds, it is rather frightening-most of us are horribly ignorant…
Ajahn Sumedho
Try to imagine deathlessness, by Ajahn Sumedho
..and all you get is some kind of immortal fantasy, a heavenly fantasy where everything is beautiful…
Loving kindness and equanimity, by Ajahn Sumedho
But metta is much deeper than just nice ideas and good thoughts, isn’t it? It is a way of receiving everything and allowing things to be what they are, both internally and externally…
Samatha and Vipassana
In the Theravada teachings on samatha-vipassanà, they divide meditation ― that English word ‘meditation’ ― into tranquillity and insight (samatha and vipassanà).
Meeting with Father Bede Griffiths, by Ajahn Sumedho
‘I had a stroke and I lost my memory . . . thank goodness!’ He looked overjoyed!
Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand in 1967…
The path of mindfulness is the path of no preferences
.. after that I contemplated my attitude; I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity any more.
November 1995 Buddhism Now
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