Ajahn Sumedho
Born
in Seattle, The United States
July 27, 1934
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Don't Take Your Life Personally
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2010
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The Four Noble Truths
6 editions
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1992
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The Sound of Silence: The Selected Teachings
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4 editions
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2007
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The Mind and the Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life
6 editions
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1994
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Mindfulness, The Path To The Deathless: The Meditation Teaching Of Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
4 editions
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1987
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The Way It Is
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1991
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Intuitive Awareness Ajahn Sumedho
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2004
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Cittaviveka: Teachings from the Silent Mind
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1983
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Teachings of a Buddhist Monk
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1995
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Now Is The Knowing
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“Oftentimes, the First Noble Truth is misquoted as “All life is suffering,” but that is an inaccurate and misleading reflection of the Buddha’s insight. He did not teach that life is constant misery, nor that you should expect to feel pain and unhappiness at all times. Rather, he proclaimed that suffering is an unavoidable reality of ordinary human existence that is to be known and responded to wisely.”
― Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
― Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
“The point is, the Four Stages are not for ego-development or attainment; they are a skilful means for recognizing the way we cling to things.”
― Don't Take Your Life Personally
― Don't Take Your Life Personally
“When you are overcome with resentment and aversion to suffering, your resistance is indeed an affliction. When you feel ashamed, depressed, and defeated by your suffering, it presses you down, causes you to contract. But if you can learn to separate your resistance to suffering from the actual pains and difficulties in your life, an incredible transformation takes place. You are able to meet your suffering as though you were a wagon receiving the load being placed on it. Paradoxically, the effect is that your load is lightened, and your life can roll forward, whatever its destination.”
― Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
― Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
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