Satipatthana sutta setting out the Buddha’s teaching to overcome suffering.
Theravada
Consciousness is Immeasurable, by Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho encourages us to see clearly that all thoughts arise and cease, and to realise that we cannot, therefore, trust them as a means of enlightenment.
Kalama Sutta translated by Rupert Gethin
Kesaputta (Kalama Sutta: sometimes called ‘The Buddha’s Charter of Free Inquiry’).
No View is Right View, by Ajahn Sumedho
Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal. It isn’t a compounded state that depends on other conditions.
Do you know what this mind is? by Ajahn Chah
In our practice it isn’t necessary to talk of samatha or vipassanā; just call it the practice of Dhamma, that’s enough.
Switching on the Light of Awareness, by Ajahn Sumedho
Question: Would you call awareness ‘enlightenment’?
Tittha Sutta: Buddhist Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant
An allegory on truth and interpretation. A group of six blind men endeavour to describe an elephant.
Two: Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah
Practice is separate from any posture. It is a matter of directly looking at the mind.
