When you feel ashamed, depressed, and defeated by your suffering, it presses you down, causes you to contract. Buddha was thinking this way, brahma sahampati, the creator deity in hinduism, came. Website for ajahn sumedho further talks by ajahn sumedho books in english by ajahn sumedho dhamma books in other languages. The literal translation of poo is person, and roo, knowing. Ajahn sumedho was born robert jackamn in seattle, washington in 1934. Ajahn sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and suffering, just as the buddha himself did two and a half thousand years ago. You see people sometimes trying to have right speech.
It is with this in mind that this book is freely offered. Those of you who were ordained in the many ordinations that ajahn sumedho presided over have a direct dharma relationship with him. Join facebook to connect with ajahn sumedho and others you may know. Just as anatta notself is the expression of ultimate truth, ajahn sumedho suggests that the root of ignorance is the illusion of self. As a book, the sound of silence has its origins in a collection, intuitive awareness, which was produced by samanera amaranatho from talks that ajahn sumedho gave in the monastic retreat at amaravati in 2001. While incorporating that material, the sound of silence added another sixteen talks from 2005 and earlier to give a fuller perspective on. So when you understand that, how could you claim to be anything at all. Ajahn sundaras presentation about mid suffering caused by. Peace is a simple step p eace is a simple step abhayagiri. Dont take your life personally new book by ajahn sumedho posted on october 22, 2010 by undumbara ajahn sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and suffering, just as the buddha himself did two and a half thousand years ago.
The sound of silence by ajahn sumedho as you calm down, you can experience the sound of silence in the mind. Well, what im pointing to is to put yourself in a state where you feel at ease, but attentive. Jul 11, 2011 ajahn sumedho gives a dhamma talk on meditation, the four noble truths and the impermanence of all conditioned phenomena. Right speech, by ajahn sumedho by buddhism now on 30 november 2012 4.
Oct 19, 2011 intuitive awareness is compiled from talks given mainly in 2001 by ajahn sumedho. He is beloved for his direct teaching of the way it is and his skilful, humourous pointing. Ajahn sumedho played an instrumental role in building up this international monastic community. Business card corporate credit line shop with points credit card marketplace reload your balance amazon currency converter. This book contains a collection of teachings of ajahn sumedho given to people who are familiar with theravada buddhism and. Home teachings audio ajahn sumedho audio ajahn sumedho.
Ajahn sumedho quotes author of dont take your life. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ajahn sumedho s imminent retirement was announced in february 2010, and he retired in november of that year. You are invited to use this book as a stepbystep manual. Ajahn sumedho e uma figura proeminente na tradicao tailandesa da floresta. Ajahn sumedho the four noble truths the four noble truths. Top 10 quotes of ajahn sumedho famous quotes and sayings. Aug 23, 2019 ajahn sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and suffering. A collection of ajahn sumedho ji pictures, ajahn sumedho ji images. Ajahn sumedho inspired the retreatants with his three daily impromptu talks, and casually spent his lunch hour and the one and onehalf hour tea break willingly answering their questions about dhamma practice and entertaining them with stories about monastic life in thailand. Home ajahn sumedho a buddhist path by ajahn sumedho. Ajahn sumedho is a prominent figure in the thai forest tradition.
The selected teachings of ajahn sumedho kindle edition by sumedho, ajahn, ajahn amaro, sumedho, aja, amaro, aja, amaranatho, samanera, amaro. Intuitive awareness ajahn sumedho 2004 these transcribed talks by ajahn sumedho convey an intuitive understanding of the buddhas teaching which has arisen from the authors many years of practice as a buddhist monk. Now when you begin to hear that sound of silence, its a sign of emptiness of silence of the mind. But if you can learn to separate your resistance to suffering from the actual pains and difficulties in your life, an incredible transformation. Buddhism for peace of mind suffering should be welcomed by ajahn sumedho, wisdom of buddha duration. Download the free ebook intuitive awareness by ajahn sumedho. His successor is the english monk ajahn amaro, hitherto coabbot of the abhayagiri branch monastery in californias redwood valley. The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. Although many of these talks were delivered to monastics, the beauty of the dhamma is that it is available to those who wish to listen. Born in seattle, he went to thailand in 1966 to practice meditation, where he. In the monastic retreats ajahn sumedho develops a theme from the buddhas teaching over a. Im not going to talk about worldly things like politics and football. He was a student of matsu and from the same line as hui neng, huang po and rinzai linchi. Short description of book containing the modern practical teachings from one of the oldest buddhist traditions, this collection of sumedho s wisdom and humor bring readers into the heart of buddhist meditation.
A classic zen text written in the 8th century by hui hai. The monastery is closed to visitors from march 24, 2020. He had dysentery and fevers and god knows what other tropical aijments, and became far too weak to walk down the mountain several miles to a. Oct 22, 2010 dont take your life personally new book by ajahn sumedho posted on october 22, 2010 by undumbara ajahn sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and suffering, just as the buddha himself did two and a half thousand years ago. Description of the book dont take your life personally. The sound of silence is like a subtlety behind everything that you awaken to. It is a collection made up of three books cittaviveka, teachings from the forest and the four noble truths. Ajahn sumedho gives a dhamma talk on meditation, the four noble truths and the impermanence of all conditioned phenomena. In my 21 years of zen meditation, ive never read a book by a zen teacher as lucid as this one by sumedho. Teachings of a buddhist monk by ajahn sumedho pdf book. If i started saying im a very wise person, then it would be selfview claiming to be wise. The way it is ajahn sumedho added on apr 27th, 2018. Ajahn sumedho played an instrumental role in building this international monastic community. Ajahn sumedho ordained in 1967 and spent 9 years with thailands ajahn chah.
This wisdom is otherwise known as dhamma, or the way things are. Nov 30, 2012 home ajahn sumedho right speech, by ajahn sumedho. This is the path we develop in our lives as human beings. The ajahn sumedho project tutorteacher facebook 26. Sahampati, the creator deity in hinduism, came to the. Yet as we start to become more poised, more present, fully receptive of all this moment has to offer, we start to experience it vividly and listening to it can draw us everdeeper into the mysteries of now. I would like to begin by asking you to elaborate on what you mean by relaxed attention. Title peace is a simple step ajahn sumedho pdf author ajahn sumedho. Retired, he still shares insights with students around the world from a thailand base.
I would follow ajahn sumedho, my teacher, to tibets. Dont take your life personally new book by ajahn sumedho. Jul 21, 2014 buddhism for peace of mind suffering should be welcomed by ajahn sumedho, wisdom of buddha duration. This volume contains material gathered from talks given by ajahn sumedho in the late 1980s and 1990s. Short description of book peace is a simple step brings together material that forms a foundation to ajahn sumedhos teachings, from talks that were given in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Due to the uk lockdown being put in force, the monastery is having to close to visitors until further notice. Ajahn sumedho, known to his community as luang por sumedho, and for most of the residents of the city of ten thousand buddhas i dont need to introduce him because he is very much a familiar face. Of course, on a conventional level im willing to play the game. Luang por ajahn sumedho is the most senior representative of the thai forest tradition of theravada buddhism in the west.
Ajahn sumedho is abbot of the amaravati buddhist monastery in hemel hempstead, england. The aim of the editors in compiling this book has been explicitly to maintain the style and spirit of the spoken word. Mary margaret funk, osb, ajahn sundara from gethsemani encounter ii, april 2002 click here for a printer friendly version of this article mary margaret funk. Kindle edition by sumedho, ajahn, ajahn amaro, sumedho, aja, amaro, aja, amaranatho, samanera, amaro. Kuala lumpur, malaysia from the navy to the monastery, from an american city to the forests of thailand the trajectory of ajahn sumedhos life is interesting, to say the least. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed. Publication date 19920101 usage attributionnoncommercialnoderivs. Genuine teachings of the buddha and his noble disciples 12,414 views. This small booklet was compiled and edited from talks given by venerable ajahn sumedho on the central teaching of the buddha. Ajahn sumedhos approach starts with accepting ourselves as we are.
In this last century, its clear and practical teachings have been well received in the west as a source of understanding and peace that stands up. The fourth noble truth is what we call the eightfold path. Ajahn sumedho archives amaravati buddhist monastery. Peace is a simple step by ajahn sumedho pdf book download. It is made up of two collections the way it is and buddhism now. Not that he is trying to annihilate or reject some personal qualities but rather to point out how suffering arises through attempting to sustain an identity denoted by body and mind. Mp3 talks by ajahn sumedho at video of interview on youtube. Title teachings of a buddhist monk ajahn sumedho pdf.
Amaravati publications amaravati buddhist centre great gaddesden. In his talks and sermons he stresses the quality of immediate intuitive awareness and the integration of this kind of awareness into daily life. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Thank you ajahn sumedho for taking the time to share your teachings with the spirit rock community. Ajahn sumedho ajahn sumedho interviewed dhamma talks. Ajahn sundaras presentation suffering caused by sickness and aging sr. For those who may have somehow not got the gist of it this morning, i might recapitulate that there is a 100 percent. In the way it is, ajahn sumedho shows in plain talk how to access ones awareness and to deal with the realities of ones life. When you are overcome with resentment and aversion to suffering, your resistance is indeed an affliction.
In many of these talks ajahn sumedho expounds on the uniquely buddhist expression of. A famous thai meditation teacher said once that in buddhism its not a god that creates. Anthology vol 3 direct realization amaravati buddhist. Peace is a simple step abhayagiri buddhist monastery. Meditation and the four noble truths by ajahn sumedho. Venerable ajahn sumedho is a bhikkhu of the theravada school of buddhism, a tradition that prevails in sri lanka and s. Relaxed attention to freedom, interview with ajahn sumedho. See all books authored by ajahn sumedho, including the way it is, and dont take your life personally, and more on. As ajahn sumedho himself commented, the book is meant to be suggestions of ways to investigate conscious experience. An obvious parallel to ajahn sumedho s usage of the word consciousness is the thai phrase poo roo as employed by many of the forest ajahns.
Ajahn sumedho author of dont take your life personally. A buddhist path by ajahn sumedho by buddhism now on 22 february 2020 5. Peace is a simple step brings together material that forms a foundation to ajahn sumedhos teachings, from talks that were given in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ajahn sumedho aka robert jackman remembers his guru and his own novice days. Browse through our collection of god pictures, deity pictures at. Recalling his wise ways by kee hua chee, the star, january 9, 2010. Ajahn sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and suffering. Books by ajahn sumedho online, in epub, mobi or pdf format. Ajahn sumedho books list of books by author ajahn sumedho. The talk was given in january 2010 at a retreat center in janda baik, a. So poo roo has been variously rendered as knowing, the one who knows, awareness, or even buddhawisdom. Intuitive awareness is compiled from talks given mainly in 2001 by ajahn sumedho.
Ajahn sumedho teus the story of how in the months fojjowing my visit, during the hottest of the hot season in thaijand, he got very sick. You hear it as a kind of high frequency sound, a ringing sound thats always there. He was raised as anglican and from 1951 to 1953 studied chinese and history at the university of washington. He served as a medic for the us navy until returning to the university to ccomplete a ba in far eastern studies in 1959. By doing this a relaxation can take place that creates space for insight to arise. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the sound of silence. Dhammatalks by ajahn chah the teachings of ajahn chah.
The following chapters are edited from longer talks ajahn sumedho has given to meditators as a practical approach to the wisdom of buddhism. Ajahn sumedhos imminent retirement was announced in february 2010, and he retired in november of that year. His teachings are very direct, practical, simple, and down to earth. Ajahn sumedho focuses on the simple reality of the here and now, and the awareness of just this, where all thoughts and concepts drop away in favour of insight and understanding.
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