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 of the mind. It's a brightness that is truly sensitive and accepting. It's an ability to… — 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
