The sound of silence is like a subtlety behind everything that you awaken to; you don't notice it if you're seeking the extremes. Yet as we start to become more poised, more present, fully receptive of all this moment has to offer, we start to experience it vividly and listening to it can draw us ever--deeper into the mysteries of now. Always skillful and good humored, Ajahn Sumedho's teachings defy boundaries. Anyone--from laypeople looking to deepen their grasp of the Buddha's message, to lifetime Buddhist monastics--will appreciate the author's sparkling insights into to such key Buddhist themes as awareness, consciousness, identity, relief from suffering, and mindfulness of the body. The Sound of Silence represents the best of Ajahn Sumedho's masterful work to help us all see each life with a new and sustaining clarity.

The Sound of Silence: The Selected Teachings of Ajahn Sumedho

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Sumedho, Ajahn

Alternative Medicine

Wisdom Publications

Containing the modern practical teachings from one of the oldest Buddhist traditions, this collection of Sumedho's wisdom and humor bring readers into the heart of Buddhist meditation. (World Religion)

Teachings of a Buddhist Monk

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Buddhist Publishing Group

Ajahn Sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and suffering, just as the Buddha himself did two and a half thousand years ago. Ajahn Sumedho, an American Buddhist monk, practised for ten years in Thailand with the well known monk, Ajahn Chah. He has since spent over thirty years in England and is the founder of the Cittaviveka Forest Monastery in West Sussex and the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hertfordshire. ‘Mindfulness or awareness is knowing. It is a direct knowing, immanent here and now. It is being fully present, attentive to this present moment as is. But defining mindfulness tends to make it into something — and then it is no longer mindfulness. Mindfulness is not a thing; it is a recognition, an intuitive awareness; it is awareness without grasping.’

Don't Take Your Life Personally

"Collected Bodhi Leaves Publications Volume IV (includes Bodhi Leaves 91-121) This book contains 30 of the Bodhi Leaves Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha's teaching.91: Buddha-Bush Bhikkhu Khantipalo92: Radical Buddhism and Other Essays Leonard Price93: The Heart Awakened Eileen Siriwardhana94: The Rebirth of Katsugoro Lafcadio Hearn95: Meditating on No-Self Ayya Khema96: To The Cemetery and Back Leonard Price97: Sayings and Parables Various Authors98: Heedfulness Bhikkhu Khantipalo99: The Middle Way and other essays M. O C. Walshe100: The Doctrine of Rebirth in Eastern and Western Thought Karel Werner101: Mind Training in Buddhism Natasha Jackson and Hilda M. Edwards102: Bhikkhu Tissa Dispels Some Doubts Leonard Price103: Religious Convention and Sila Practice Ajahn Sumedho104: Walking Dhutanga in Britain Bowing to conventions Bhikkhu Sucitto105: An Exhortation Self-image or Self-knowledge? Ayya Khema106: The Ups and Downs of Rebirth Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw107: The Training of the Heart Ajahn Chah108: Aggression, War, and Conflict Bhikkhu Khantipalo109: Positive Response: How to Meet Evil with Good Acharya Buddha-rakkhita110: The Buddha and Catch-22 Samanera Bodhesako111: Our Real Home Ajahn Chah112: The Problem of Fear in Time of Grief Nina Van Gorkom113: The Walking Meditation Suvimalee Karunaratna114: Going Into Homelessness Georg Grimm115: Anapanasati: Meditation on Breathing Ven. Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera116: Essential Advice of the Kadampa Masters Geshe Wangyal117: A Buddhist View of Abortion Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano118: On Pilgrimage Susan Elbaum Jootla119: Dhamma Discourse III Venerable Webu Sayadaw120: The Self Made Private Prison Lily de Silva121: Why the Buddha Did Not Preach to a Hungry Man Louis van Loon" (Note: This title was previously published under ISBN 9781681720845. Due to technical issues a new ISBN had to be assigned. Rest assured that both versions of this title are exactly the same.)

Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV: Numbers 91 to 121

Hearn, Lafcadio

Price, Leonard

Publishing, Pariyatti

Werner, Karel

Khantipālo, Bhikkhu

Khema, Ayya

Walshe, M. O'C.

Siriwardhana, Eileen

Edwards, Hilda M.

BPS Pariyatti Editions

The advice of the author in The Mind and The Way is to live simply, contemplate the way things are, and let go of suffering - all attractively clear concepts in these confused and anxious times. With warmth, compassion, and a sense of humour Ajahn Sumedho draws upon his own experience alongside centuries-old Theravadan Buddhist tradition to reveal how we can all free the mind and open the heart to discover peace in our everyday lives. For both the beginner seeking an introduction and the experienced practitioner seeking inspiration, The Mind and The Way is an invaluable resource.

The Mind And The Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life

Rider

This book is compiled from talks given mostly in 2001 by Ajahn Sumedho; they convey an intuitive understanding of the Buddha's teaching which has arisen from over 35 years of practice as a Buddhist monk. This approach starts with accepting ourselves as we are, not as some ideal of whom we think we should be. By doing this a relaxation can take place that creates space for insight to arise. Meditation can mean all kinds of things. It's a word that includes any kind of mental practices, good or bad. For his part, Sumedho means meditation as centering, that sense of establishing, resting in the center. The only way that one can really do that is not to try and think about it and analyse it; you have to trust in just a simple act of attention, of awareness.

Intuitive Awareness

Amaravati Publications

Buddhist book on the Meditation Teachings of Ajahn Sumedho.

Mindfulness The Path To The Deathless. The Meditation Teachings of Ajahn Sumedho

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