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The selected teachings of ajahn sumedho kindle edition by sumedho, ajahn, ajahn amaro, sumedho, aja, amaro, aja, amaranatho, samanera, amaro. Letting go of desire the shiningthrough of the divine a time to love switzerland. For some people this space arises as the sound of silence, or simply a quiet or empty mind. In this passage, taken from a chapter called refuge in. He also emphasizes taking refuge in awareness, rather than in ones personality. The sound of silence by ajahn sumedho as you calm down, you can experience the sound of silence in the mind.
The sound of silence only one breath stillness and response turning towards emptiness beyond belief being nobody nondualism dependent origination. In his book, the sound of silence, he talks about the subtlety and silence that underlies all life being something that humans can awaken to and experience directly. The sound of silence is like a subtlety behind everything that you awaken to. Some of the talks were part of a series that ajahn sumedho gave to the monastic community on the theme of dependent origination excerpt from.
Download the free ebook intuitive awareness by ajahn sumedho. By doing this a relaxation can take place that creates space for insight to arise. There is the unborn, uncreated, unformed, unoriginated, and therefore there is an escape from the born, created, formed, originated. Sumedho, ajahn, ajahn amaro, sumedho, aja, amaro, aja, amaranatho, samanera. However it manifests, this points to the unconditioned. If you are interested in learning more, try reading ajahn sumedhos book. Ajahn sumedho volume 4 the sound of silence learn from the sound of silence as it explores in detail the topic of silence itself along with intuitive awareness everpresent inside all of us. Shraddha tv can be watched twentyfour hours a day via peo tv channel number 99 and dialog tv channel number 27 in sri lanka. The collected teachings of ajahn sumedho by ajahn sumedho. Description of the book dont take your life personally. The suffering that we are talking about comes from attachment out of ignorance, out of habit, greed, hatred, and delusion. Pdf i heard the sound of silence download full pdf.
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Buddhism for peace of mind suffering should be welcomed by ajahn sumedho, wisdom of buddha duration. The still silence, by ajahn sumedho by buddhism now on 18 december 2011 10. The collected teachings of ajahn sumedho by ajahn sumedho the sound of silence. The aim of this book is to provide instruction and reflection on buddhist meditation as taught by ajahn sumedho, using material extracted from talks he gave in the early 1980s. Ajahn sumedho s most popular book is dancing with life. This book is the fourth of five volumes created to honour the life and work of ajahn sumedho on his. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Extracts from this are quoted at the beginning of each chapter describing the four truths. The first noble truth is the understanding of suffering and the second is the insight into letting go. This book is the second of five volumes created to honour the life and work of ajahn sumedho on his 80th birthday. The sound of silence by ajahn sumedho inner sonic key. The sound of silence most venerable ajahn sumedho maha. Home ajahn sumedho a buddhist path by ajahn sumedho.