New book of Ajahn Sumedho talks

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New book of Ajahn Sumedho talks

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Don't Take Your Life Personally by Ajahn Sumedho

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. Buddhism is not about becoming the model of humanity or escaping the natural consequences of our past deeds, but of putting aside all pretence and all ideas in order to simply be where we are. The author therefore encourages us not to take our lives personally, but to look at the reality of this moment free from beliefs, views and opinions. He refers frequently to his own experiences, his own journey along the path, and this he does humorously, guilelessly and sometimes with brutal honesty. 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. His many books include The Mind and the Way, Teachings of a Buddhist Monk, and The Sound of Silence.

Available here:
http://www.buddhistpublishing.com/BN/ap ... Code=DTYLP" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and here:
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Take-Your-Li ... 0946672318" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I received my copy today and am very impressed. Over 420 pages and thirty new Dhamma talks by the renowned Venerable Ajahn Sumedho.

:anjali:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Re: New book of Ajahn Sumedho talks

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Ajahn Chah spoke directly and simply of the truth, and Ajahn Sumedho is not only his student, but also the first to open a Thai Forest monastery in the USA.
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Re: New book of Ajahn Sumedho talks

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ajahndoe wrote:Ajahn Chah spoke directly and simply of the truth, and Ajahn Sumedho is not only his student (and successor), but also the first to open a Thai Forest monastery in the USA.
Hello ajahndoe,

Ajahn Sumedho is not Ajahn Chah's successor. Ajahn Liem is Ajahn Chah's successor -

Ajahn Liem
Ajahn Liem Thitadhammo, a highly respected and revered Buddhist monk in the classical Thai Forest Tradition, is Ajahn Chah’s chosen successor. He was born in Sri Saket Province, in Northeastern Thailand, in 1941 and took full bhikkhu ordination at the age of 20. In 1969 he began training under Ajahn Chah, one of Thailand’s most beloved and renowned monks. Even today Ajahn Chah’s reputation and influence continues to grow and spread throughout the world.

Living at Wat Nong Pah Pong (Ajahn Chah’s monastery) under Ajahn Chah’s direct guidance, Ajahn Liem soon became one of his closest disciples. In 1982 when Ajahn Chah became too ill to carry on with his duties, he entrusted Ajahn Liem with full authority and responsibility to run the monastery. Shortly thereafter, as Ajahn Chah’s illness progressed and he was no longer able to speak, the Sangha of Wat Nong Pah Pong appointed Ajahn Liem to take over the abbotship. He continues to fulfill that duty up to the present day and has maintained the heritage of Ajahn Chah’s Dhamma and characteristic way of monastic training for bhikkhus, nuns and lay disciples.

For the Sangha at Wat Pah Nanachat (Ajahn Chah’s International Forest Monastery for training monks using English as the language of instruction), Ajahn Liem is a dearly respected teacher and guide in the monastic life. He has conducted every monastic ordination ceremony at Wat Nanachat for over a decade and serves there as the ordination preceptor or upajjhaya to all of the newly ordained monks at Nanachat. His Majesty the King of Thailand has twice bestowed honorary monastic titles on Ajahn Liem.
http://spiritrock.org/display.asp?pagei ... 4&scatid=8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: New book of Ajahn Sumedho talks

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Interesting, I must have misread! Thank you for the correction and details. :smile:
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