Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone should behave. But it is not our task to create an ideal. It's our task to see how it is, and to learn from… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share Image
The problem is grasping the clock. So what do I do? Let it go, lay it aside - put it down gently without any… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable. — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing. — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go. — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone should behave. But it is not our task… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
The empty mind - the pure mind - is not a blank, zero-land, where you're not feeling or caring about anything. It's an effulgence… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed. — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them,… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore. — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share
