To think ‘I am screwed up’, is a value judgement, isn’t it? ‘Screwed up’ makes the ‘I am’.
consciousness
The Awareness of the Self is not the Self, by Ajahn Sumedho
‘The condition of a self arises and ceases according to time and place.’ Film around 90 minutes.
Seeds of Happiness and Sorrow, by Thich Nhat Hanh
It is certain that we have seeds of happiness, seeds of joy, of peace, of love, in us, but it may be that during our daily lives, nobody knows how to touch those seeds…
Doctrine of Dependent Origination, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Anybody who is able to comprehend the doctrine of dependent origination has the capability to engage in his own cultivation and end his suffering…
Buddha, by Ajahn Sumedho
Rather than trying to seek for Buddha or truth (dhamma) in terms of some idea or some doctrinal dogma that we might form around the concepts of Buddha and dhamma, the Buddha pointed to suffering and its cause. By recognising its cause as attachment to desire, we let go. When we let go of the cause, then we realise the cessation of suffering. The Buddha was actually teaching the way of nonsuffering. The Eightfold Path is really the experience of nonsuffering, in the present, in the here-and-now…
Mindfulness a talk by Ajahn Sumedho
Subjects include: Meditation, Mindfulness, Consciousness, and how we create ourselves.
Direct Knowing, by Ajahn Sumedho
Now the Buddha was a sage who tried to convey a particular teaching that would encourage the realization of ultimate reality. And the teaching of the Buddha sometimes baffles modern humanity because it does seem somewhat strange to our way of thinking; we are used to regarding religion from the point of view of being told something. A sage, or philosopher, or some prophet tells us something, and we either agree with it or not…
Escape Hatch from Samsara, by Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho, abbot emeritus of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, visits Seattle Insight Meditation (SIMS) and offers teachings on…
Buddhism now 