Description of the book dont take your life personally. This book contains a collection of teachings of ajahn sumedho given to people who are familiar with theravada buddhism and. Ajahn chahs wonderfully simple style of teaching can be deceptive. During the monastic retreats, ajahn sumedho frequently teaches. In the hot season of 1975, venerable sumedho and a handful of western bhikkhus spent some time living in a forest not far from wat nong pah pong. Amaravati publications amaravati buddhist centre great gaddesden hemel hempstead hertfordshire hp1 3bz england who retains. He was raised as anglican and from 1951 to 1953 studied chinese and history at the university of washington. It is a state of being you can realize at any moment once you let go of grasping. In many of these talks ajahn sumedho expounds on the uniquely buddhist expression of notself anatta. Aug 24, 2019 venerable ajahn sumedho to the monastic community of amaravati during the winter the teaching of the buddha is the understanding of the way things are. Most of the chapters are edited from talks given during retreats for lay people. 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. Nirvana now nirvana, says ajahn sumedho, is not some faroff goal that can only be attained through years of effort.
Ajahn sumedho said that he was directly influenced by edward salim michaels book, the way of inner vigilance republished in 2010 with the new title, the law of attention, nada yoga and the way of inner vigilance and for which ajahn sumedho wrote a preface. Wisdom is a way of living and being, and ajahn chah has. The following teaching is taken from the first two talks given by venerable ajahn sumedho to the monastic community of amaravati. They were still built upon a foundation of many classic elements. Now based in england, he is the spiritual head of a global community of monks and nuns.
With warmth and a wonderful sense of humor, ajahn sumedho draws what would life be like if each one of us chose compassion over anger, lovingkindness over hatred. Since then, ive found myself unable to stay away from ajahn chahs teachings, and ive had what is probably the not uncom. Wisdom is a way of living and being, and ajahn chah has endeavored to preserve the simple monastic lifestyle in order that people may study and practice the dhamma in the present day. Mar 12, 2019 venerable ajahn sumedho to the monastic community of amaravati during the winter the teaching of the buddha is the understanding of the way things are. Then suffering isnt dependent on the world being good or bad, but on how willing we are to use wisdom in this present moment. He served as a medic for the us navy until returning to the university to ccomplete a ba in far eastern studies in 1959. Most of the chapters are edited from talks given during retreats for lay. You see people sometimes trying to have right speech. Ajahn sumedhos exemplary life illuminates this timeless transforming wisdom, and the simple clarity of his words help light our own spiritual journey. Dont take your life personally9780861715152, teachings of a buddhist monk9780946672318, the mind and the way9780946672233, the sound of silence9780861710812, the mind and the way9788486615574, the mind and the way9781846043642, etc.
In my 21 years of zen meditation, ive never read a book by a zen teacher as lucid as this one by sumedho. The sound of silence has been a meditation object that ajahn sumedho used extensively since arriving in britain in the late 1970s. Dec 10, 2019 venerable ajahn sumedho to the monastic community of amaravati during the winter the teaching of the buddha is the understanding of the way things are. The way it is by ajahn sumedho mindfulness exercises. Short description of book containing the modern practical teachings from one of the oldest buddhist traditions, this collection of sumedhos wisdom and humor bring readers into the heart of buddhist meditation. Ajahn sumedho s exemplary life illuminates this timeless transforming wisdom, and the simple clarity of his words help light our own spiritual journey. When they lose faith in him, these five friends or disciples left the buddha which gave. In the monastic retreats ajahn sumedho develops a theme from the buddhas teaching over a couple of months, linking it to other aspects of the dhamma, embellishing it with accounts of his personal experiences, demonstrating its relevance to the society in general, or using it as an exhortation to the sangha to live up. In his talks and sermons he stresses the quality of immediate intuitive awareness and the integration of this kind of awareness into daily life. Wonderful theravada dhamma talks by a buddhist practitioner steeped in the thai forest tradit. He talks about lifestyle as a buddhist monk, the mindful state of being open and receptive. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Ajahn sumedho uses frequently in this collection particularly the sound of silence, intuitive awareness, and consciousness.
Oct 14, 2011 ajahn sumedho gives a dhamma talk on various aspects of buddhism, and points to what the real message of the buddhas teaching is. Intuitive awareness in the same way that some elements of the buildings, and the members of the community, have changed and some have continued, the winter retreat teachings ajahn sumedho continued to give for many more years similarly matured and transformed. The first of these, the sound of silence, is described in the talk with that title. The meditation teaching of venerable ajahn sumedho sumedho on. Publications and embarked on a translation of ajahn chahs teachings that ended up in 2001 as being dharma. The way it is ajahn sumedho this book contains a collection of teachings of ajahn sumedho given to people who are familiar with theravada buddhism and have some experience of meditation. This wisdom is otherwise known as dhamma, or the way things are.
Protectourcoastline your search result for ajahn sumedho. Added on apr 27th, this book contains a collection of teachings of ajahn sumedho given to people who are familiar with. The emphasis was always on surrender to the way things are, and great stress was placed upon strict observance of the vinaya. The following chapters are edited from longer talks ajahn sumedho has given to meditators as a practical approach to the wisdom of buddhism. Venerable ajahn sumedho who as a good friend and teacher encouraged me to look directly at the suff ering in my life, and showed me what to do about it. By his own admission, ajahn sumedho has spent the last 40 years paring everything down to the way things are and this book is. The four noble truths by ajahn sumedho the four noble truths is composed of extracts from various talks given by ajahn sumedho and is available in book form from. Nicely designed pdf s with writable fields to add your. Dhamma the way it is, by ajahn sumedho by buddhism now on 14 august 2016 1 ajahn sumedho points to the real message of the buddhas teaching. By his own admission, ajahn sumedho has spent the last 40 years paring everything down to the way things are and this book is testimony to his monumental achievements. Ajahn sumedho passes on the pure essence of buddhism as taught by ajahn chah and other great thai forest tradition theravadan masters. Ajahn sumedho has been informed by his life as a buddhist monk and, perhaps even more importantly, his observations of thai culture.
Ajahn sumedho was born robert jackamn in seattle, washington in 1934. Ajahn sumedho, an american buddhist monk, practised for ten years in thailand with the well known monk, ajahn chah. Dhamma the way it is, by ajahn sumedho buddhism now. Dont take your life personally is an interesting book. Luang por chah and his pupils teachings internet archive. Most of the chapters are edited from talks given during retreats for lay people for ajahn sumedhos monastic ordained disciples, so they require some careful. Download the free ebook intuitive awareness by ajahn sumedho. Title teachings of a buddhist monk ajahn sumedho pdf author ajahn sumedho. By buddhism now on 2 march 2018 0 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. Most of the chapters are edited from talks given during retreats for lay people or for ajahn sumedhos monastic disciples. 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. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. With warmth, compassion, and a sense of humour ajahn sumedho draws upon his own experience alongside centuriesold theravadan buddhist tradition to reveal how we can all free the mind and open the. The way it is ajahn sumedho added on apr 27th, 2018.
Aug 14, 2016 home ajahn sumedho dhamma the way it is, by ajahn sumedho. Dhamma the way it is 1 of 2 by ajahn sumedho youtube. Im not going to talk about worldly things like politics and football. The way out of suffering is now, in being able to see things as they are. It had a quote that says there is no way to happiness. The talk was given on 17 january 2010 at uttama bodhi vihara in. He has since spent over thirty years in england and is the founder of the cittaviveka forest monastery in west sussex and the amaravati buddhist monastery in hertfordshire. Teachings of a buddhist monk by ajahn sumedho pdf book. For twelve years, beginning in 1966, he studied closely with the renowned meditation master ajahn chah, who appointed him to be the first western abbot of a thai monastery. For various reasons, i had to leave a day before everyone else at the end of the retreat and was granted a private audience with ajahn sumedho to say my goodbyes and raise any issues or breakthroughs i. The mind and the way is a wonderfully accessible and compassionate expression of the buddhas teachings. This is needed because people want to romanticize meditation as a way to enter a transcendent space beyond human suffering. He maintains this to be the buddhas way of pointing to the experience of ultimate reality that is the goal of many religions.
Dont take your life personally new book by ajahn sumedho. 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. Ajahn sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and fi. Ajahn sumedhos approach starts with accepting ourselves as we are. The advice of the author in the mind and the way is to live simply, contemplate the way things are, and let go of suffering all attractively clear concepts in these confused and anxious times. Oct 19, 2011 intuitive awareness is compiled from talks given mainly in 2001 by ajahn sumedho.
Dont take your life personally9780861715152, teachings of a buddhist monk9780946672318, the mind and the way 9780946672233, the sound of silence9780861710812, the mind and the way 9788486615574, the mind and the way 9781846043642, etc. This computer edition of the book food for the heart may be freely copied and redistributed electronically, provided that the. He talks at length about this technique in one of his books titled the way it is. Venerable ajahn sumedho to the monastic community of amaravati during the winter the teaching of the buddha is the understanding of the way things are. This volume contains material gathered from talks given by ajahn sumedho in the late 1980s and 1990s. Ajahn chah and ajahn sumedho were invited to visit britain by the english sangha trust, a charity with the aim. Right speech, by ajahn sumedho by buddhism now on 30 november 2012 4. Venerable ajahn sumedho is a bhikkhu of the theravada school of buddhism, a tradition that prevails in sri lanka and s. Ajahn sumedho has brought to his practice and his teachings. Intuitive awareness is compiled from talks given mainly in 2001 by ajahn sumedho. He urges us to jive with things as they are, directly, simply and mindfully.
In this last century, its clear and practical teachings have been well received in the west as a source of understanding and peace. This edition of food for the heart is taken from the book the teachings of ajahn chah. By the time venerable sumedho was a bhikkhu of five vassas, and ajahn chah considered him competent enough to teach. In the course of events, other westerners came through wat pah pong.
Excerpts from the bbc documentary the mindful way which show luang por chah also available in full on video. For instance, i bring up my own personality, im ajahn sumedho. For nearly fifty years ajahn sumedho has embodied the buddhas way. This volume is a reprint of the sound of silence, published by wisdom publications in 2007 and offered by them to amaravati publications for free distribution. Ajahn sumedho the way it is pdf venerable ajahn sumedho to the monastic community of amaravati during the winter the teaching of the buddha is the understanding of the way things are.
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