Teachings of a Buddhist Monk

Modern practical teachings from an American monk living within one of the oldest Buddhist traditions.Ajahn Sumedho invites us all, ordained and lay people alike, to enjoy the freedom beyond all conditions, a freedom from fears, from gain and loss, from pleasure and pain. This is the joy and happiness of the Buddha.Ajahn Sumedho was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand in 1967 and trained under the guidance of the highly respected Thai teacher, Ajahn Chah. He was the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist monastery in England for many years.

Spiritual life is not about becoming someone special but discovering a greatness of heart within us and every being. It is an invitation to inwardly drop our opinions, our views, our ideas, our thoughts, our whole sense of time and ourselves, and come to rest in no fixed position. Ajahn Sumedho invites us all, ordained and lay people alike, to enjoy the freedom beyond all conditions, a freedom from fears, from gain and loss, from pleasure and pain. This is the joy and happiness of the Buddha.

Jack Kornfield

Contents

Ajahn Sumedho, Foreword, Let go of Fire, Tools to Use, One Inhalation, Taking a Stand, It’s Not Fair, An Ugly Sand Grain, Being the Knowing, He Did Not Pass the Cakes

Ajahn Sumedho was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand in 1967 and trained under the guidance of the highly respected Thai teacher, Ajahn Chah. He was the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist monastery in England for many years.