‘Lot of our experience is of confusion, doubt, uncertainty, but we don’t like these kinds of feelings, do we? We prefer clarity and certainty.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Trust is important.
‘Trust is important. There is so much fear and suspicion in our lives that we don’t trust ourselves or anyone else very much.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Awareness is aware of doubts.
‘Awareness is aware of doubts about our ability to meditate, about our doubts about being aware!’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Awareness isn’t personal.
‘Awareness isn’t personal. The idea that we are not aware and need to develop awareness, is in itself a creation.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Buddha was a conscious individual human.
‘Buddha was a conscious individual human being not lost in delusion or the conditioning of his mind.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Emotions can be very convincing.
‘Emotions can be very convincing, very powerful, like a melodrama. They can sound real and true when they’re going on.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — When operating on a personal level.
‘When operating on a personal level ― from how things should be ― it seems that life is always a struggle.’
Ajahn Sumedho
You don’t have to believe these Four Noble Truths. By Ajahn Sumedho
You don’t have to believe these Four Noble Truths — but realise them.
Buddhism now 