‘Our lives as human beings are spent in dealing with the experience of consciousness.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Theravada
You Don’t ‘Experience’ Consciousness, by Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist insights, from impermanence to conscious awareness, bright, shining everywhere.
Morning Meditation: Only one familiar with the observation.
‘Only one familiar with the observation of mind can really understand Dhamma.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — The Four Stages as described.
‘The Four Stages as described in the Pali Canon are reflective teachings aimed at getting perspective on our own experience.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Evening Meditation: When we say that there is no self.
‘When we say that there is no self, people get worried, or angry. Their attachment and identification to this idea of a self is so strong.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Followers of the way, we are all brothers and sisters.
‘Followers of the way, we are all brothers and sisters because we all share the same—old age, sickness, and death.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning Meditation: Work with an empty mind.
‘Whether one’s a thinker, scientist, or whatever, all must work with an empty mind. If least hint of ego sneaks in, things fall apart.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditation: If we’re thinking only of pleasing the boss.
‘If we’re thinking only of pleasing the boss, of getting some reward.. there’s no way we will escape suffering.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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