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Ajahn Sumedho's Dharma Talks
Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho is a prominent figure in the Thai Forest Tradition. His teachings are very direct, practical, simple, and down to earth. In his talks and sermons he stresses the quality of immediate intuitive awareness and the integration of this kind of awareness into daily life. Like most teachers in the Forest Tradition, Ajahn Sumedho tends to avoid intellectual abstractions of the Buddhist teachings and focuses almost exclusively on their practical applications, that is, developing wisdom and compassion in daily life. His most consistent advice can be paraphrased as to see things the way that they actually are rather than the way that we want or don't want them to be ("Right now, it's like this..."). He is known for his engaging and witty communication style, in which he challenges his listeners to practice and see for themselves. Students have noted that he engages his hearers with an infectious sense of humor, suffused with much loving kindness, often weaving amusing anecdotes from his experiences as a monk into his talks on meditation practice and how to experience life ("Everything belongs").
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2006-05-20 8 Precepts 65:46
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Amaravati Monastery :  10 Day Retreat
2005-07-02 I'm Saturday Morning 52:03
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Noticing mundane experiences can help us realize the difference between conventions and reality.
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2005-07-02 Mother Earth, Father Sky, & The Middle Way 66:13
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Practicing with the Middle Way & the 4 Noble Truths.
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2005-07-01 Listening To The Sounds Of The Morning 64:37
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Instructions on how to open up to pure awareness.
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2005-06-30 A Sense Of Relaxed Attention 67:43
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Learning to balance effort in our practice takes the application of our intuition.
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2005-06-29 That Which Is Inclusive 66:25
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Noticing the sound of silence and space which are open and inclusive forms of reflections.
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2005-06-29 It Is The Way It Is 1:12:01
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The value of reflecting on thought and thinking other than merely thinking about thinking.
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2005-06-28 Where Jackals Cease 1:12:55
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Using awareness of consciousness to realize the Third Noble Truth of cessation.
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2005-06-28 In Awareness There's No Dukkha (AM Instructions) 1:14:55
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When we dwell with Mindfulness and Awareness we can realize freedom from suffering.
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2005-06-26 Unconditional Love 66:22
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The importance of starting practice from the unconditional, and Metta as unconditional love.
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