In the late seventies I began to meditate in the Soto Zen tradition with my first Buddhist teacher, Vajira Bailey in Birmingham. In August 1979 I underwent Jukai and committed myself to Buddhism as a Zen Buddhist at Throssel Hole… Read More ›
Ajahn Sumedho
Four Noble Truths, talk by Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho gives a Dhamma talk on meditation, the Four Noble Truths and the impermanence of all conditioned phenomena… Short film 43mins
Trust in your awareness, by Ajahn Sumedho
‘This is the awareness ― listening ― relaxed attention.’ Then you will feel the connection. It is a natural state that sustains itself. It isn’t up to you to create it. It isn’t dependent on conditions to support it. It is here and now whatever is happening…
The Burdened Heart, by Ajahn Brahmamuni
True peace is found only in the dharma. When we practise meditation and our hearts attain to the dharma of letting go, or non-attachment to all moods, feelings and emotions, when we do not incline towards or attach to any mood whatsoever, then we will escape the repetitious cycle of birth and death; then we will escape Samsara…
Realise the Peace of the Unconditioned, by Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho delivers an inspiring Dhamma talk centred around the conditioning we receive throughout our lives, and the tools one can use to see clearly and to realise the peace of the unconditioned. The talk was given at the Ajahn… Read More ›
Dhammacakka Teaching, by Ajahn Sumedho
Listen to this Dharma talk by Ajahn Sumedho…
Compose your minds, by Ajahn Sumedho
For many people the attitude towards meditation is one of always trying to change something.
Liberating Emotions, by Ajahn Sumedho
Sometimes metta is presented as a kind of ‘think pink’ idea, where we are just saying very nice things and wishing everybody well and it is all very sweet and nice, but underneath there might be a kind of volcano of rage and resentment…
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