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.
Theravada
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.
Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah
Greed and hatred are the same in an Eastern or a Western mind. Suffering and the cessation of suffering are the same for all people.
