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 may have had during my stay. The monastery is closed to visitors from march 24, 2020. Sep 02, 2018 dont take your life personally by ajahn sumedho editor. Every thing relating to mind is explain in simple terms. Due to the uk lockdown being put in force, the monastery is having to close to visitors until further notice.
Description of the book dont take your life personally. Dont take your life personally is an interesting book. Ajahn sumedho archives amaravati buddhist monastery. Right speech, by ajahn sumedho by buddhism now on 30 november 2012 4. Sep 03, 2014 if you enjoyed dont take your life personally by ajahn sumedho, please support our efforts to continue making teachings from ram dass and friends accessible to all. Offer the gift of dhamma to others as freely as it has been offered to you. Nirvana now nirvana, says ajahn sumedho, is not some faroff goal that can only be attained through years of effort. Teachings of a buddhist monk by ajahn sumedho pdf book. Ajahn chahs teachings, and ive had what is probably the not uncom. Biography of ajahn sumedho at amaravati buddhist monastery. Ajahn munindo this book contains a selection of 52 verses taken from the dhammapada.
Peace is a simple step abhayagiri buddhist monastery. During his 34 years in the united kingdom, he taught extensively throughout the world, ordained numerous monks and nuns, and authorized the establishment of six other monasteries in the lineage of ajahn chah. The clarity, wisdom, humor and above all practicality of ajahn sumedho s teaching usually come as a surprise to those not familiar with him. Interpretation of lord buddhas words are very good. Oct 19, 2011 intuitive awareness is compiled from talks given mainly in 2001 by ajahn sumedho. While incorporating that material, the sound of silence added another sixteen talks from 2005 and earlier to give a fuller perspective on ajahn sumedho s approach to dhamma. Books by ajahn sumedho author of dont take your life. 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. Title teachings of a buddhist monk ajahn sumedho pdf author ajahn sumedho. Jun 28, 2015 being an emotional wreck 46 minutes, by ajahn sumedho on june 28, 2015 dont take it personally 61 minutes, by ajahn sumedho on june 28, 2015 suffering should be welcomed suffering has been welcomed 66 minutes, by ajahn sumedho on june 28, 2015. Ajahn chah was born on 17 june 1918 near ubon ratchathani in the isan region of northeast thailand. Ajahn sumedho ajahn sumedho interviewed dhamma talks.
It is a state of being you can realize at any moment once you let go of grasping. The sound of silence is like a subtlety behind everything that you awaken to. While incorporating that material, the sound of silence added another sixteen talks from 2005 and earlier to give a fuller perspective on ajahn sumedhos approach to dhamma. Download dont take your life personally ebook in epub. Luang por ajahn sumedho is the most senior representative of the thai forest tradition of theravada buddhism in the west. Ajahn sumedhos approach starts with accepting ourselves as we are. The following chapters are edited from longer talks ajahn sumedho has given to meditators as a practical approach to the wisdom of buddhism. Ajahn sumedho is a prominent figure in the thai forest tradition. Peace is a simple step brings together material that forms a foundation to ajahn sumedho s teachings, from talks that were given in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is with this in mind that this book is freely offered. The ajahn sumedho project tutorteacher facebook 27 photos.
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. Mar 26, 2017 ajahn sumedho, the anthology, the sound of silence, volume 4. Ajahn sumedho was born robert jackamn in seattle, washington in 1934. His teachings are very direct, practical, simple, and down to earth. Good read and give path to achieve sovan and finally nivan. 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. Ajahn sumedho author of dont take your life personally. In this volume we have abbreviated the introductory material from the wisdom publication, but offer ajahn amaros opening remarks on some of ajahn sumedho s. The aim of the editors in compiling this book has been explicitly to maintain the style and spirit of the spoken word. Jun 04, 2017 ajahn sumedho is a prominent figure in the thai forest tradition.
Compilation of 108 mp3 talks or reflections given by luang por sumedho from 1978 until 2010. The sound of silence abhayagiri buddhist monastery. Publications and embarked on a translation of ajahn chahs teachings that ended up in 2001 as being dharma. Enjoy this book on your ereader and in the format you prefer. Nov 30, 2012 home ajahn sumedho right speech, by ajahn sumedho. This book contains a collection of teachings of ajahn sumedho given to people who are familiar with theravada buddhism and. Luang por ajahn sumedho born robert jackman, july 27, 1934, seattle is the most senior representative of the thai forest tradition of theravada buddhism in the west. 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. Ajahn sumedho has 33 books on goodreads with 2721 ratings.
Ajahn sumedho played an instrumental role in building this international monastic community. In his talks and sermons he stresses the quality of immediate intuitive awareness and the integration of this kind of awareness into daily life. His successor is the english monk ajahn amaro, hitherto coabbot of the abhayagiri branch monastery in californias redwood valley. Ajahn sumedho has played an instrumental role in building the international monastic community. A collection of ajahn sumedho ji pictures, ajahn sumedho ji images. Download the free ebook intuitive awareness by ajahn sumedho. Ajahn sumedhos most popular book is dancing with life.
This wisdom is otherwise known as dhamma, or the way things are. Collection of 1,298 mp3 talks or the entire collection of dhamma talks given by luang por sumedho until 2014. You see people sometimes trying to have right speech. He served as a medic for the us navy until returning to the university to ccomplete a ba in far eastern studies in 1959. 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. Ajahn sumedho s imminent retirement was announced in february 2010, and he retired in november of that year. Ajahn sumedho was born in the usa, became a bhikkhu in 1967 and trained nine years under ajahn chah at wat pah pong, a forest monastery in ubon province, thailand. Since then, ive found myself unable to stay away from ajahn chahs teachings, and ive had what is probably the not uncom. Buddhism for peace of mind suffering should be welcomed by ajahn sumedho, wisdom of buddha duration. Ajahn sumedho end of the storm dharma talk 1999 youtube. He was raised as anglican and from 1951 to 1953 studied chinese and history at the university of washington.
As is traditional, ajahn chah entered the monastery as a novice at the age of nine, where, during a threeyear stay, he learned to read and write. The ajahn sumedho project tutorteacher facebook 26 photos. The word ajahn is not a proper name, but a title which means teacher in thai. When i was a freakedout young man, i dumped myself on the. Jul 21, 2014 buddhism for peace of mind suffering should be welcomed by ajahn sumedho, wisdom of buddha duration. The way it is ajahn sumedho added on apr 27th, 2018. He was living together with another monk in a cottage in the ruins of an ancient cambodian mountain temple, after completing his first rains retreat as a fully ordained bhikkhu with ajahn chah. In this volume we have abbreviated the introductory material from the wisdom publication, but offer ajahn amaros opening remarks on some of ajahn sumedhos. Ajahn sumedho was abbot of amaravati buddhist monastery, uk, until his retirement in 2010, and is the seniormost western disciple of the late thai meditation master ajahn chah. Browse through our collection of god pictures, deity pictures at. As ram dass says, when you see the beloved all around you, everyone is family and everywhere is love. Books by ajahn sumedho online, in epub, mobi or pdf format mp3 talks by ajahn. 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.
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