The problem is grasping the clock. So what do I do? Let it go, lay it aside - put it down gently without any kind of aversion. Then I can pick it up again, see what time it is and lay it aside when necessary.
Meditation is a skilful letting go: gently but with resolution. - Ajahn Sumedho
Meditation is a skilful letting go: gently but with resolution.
- Ajahn Sumedho
Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them… - Ajahn Sumedho
Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them…
We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable. - Ajahn Sumedho
We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.
A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing. - Ajahn Sumedho
A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.
The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed. - Ajahn Sumedho
The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.
Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go. - Ajahn Sumedho
Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.
I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore. - Ajahn Sumedho
I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.
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… - Ajahn Sumedho
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…
The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no longer seek it as an e… - Ajahn Sumedho
The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no longer seek it as an e…
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