More “doing” and “not doing,” and less analyzing and justifying…

“[H]eedlessness is … rationalization, wanting to criticize, analyze or find reasons for doing or not doing something. If we live our lives in #wisdom, then we do or don’t do. With #awareness we know what to do – the #generous, the #beautiful, the #kind, the #spontaneous.”

Anth Vol 1 #AjahnSumedho #TrustYourself #TrustYourWisdom #DoOrDoNotDo #buddhism

“...I began to see that the way to #enlightenment did not lie in being shut off from everything that was unpleasant, but rather through learning to understand all that we find unpleasant or difficult. Those particular conditions have been put there for a purpose, to teach us. No matter how little we want them and would like things to be otherwise, somehow they will persist in our lives until we have understood and transcended them.”

Anth Vol 1 #AjahnSumedho #AnnoyanceAsTeacher #buddhism #dhamma

Be an earthworm.

“Instead of becoming the world’s leading expert on #Buddhism and being invited to great international Buddhist conferences – just let go, let go, let go. ...I’m making it very simple...to save you from...huge amounts of suffering. You might have the desire to become the Buddha ... radiating love throughout the world, but instead I suggest just being an earthworm, letting go of any such desire. Just be an earthworm who knows only two words: ‘Let go.'”

Anth Vol 1 #AjahnSumedho

“If you find you’re still full of doubt ... unsure of where you are, what to do ..., or how to get out of the prison cell, the wisest thing to do, rather than throwing keys away or collecting them, is to take one key and figure out how to use it. That’s what we mean by #meditation #practice. The practice of the #Dhamma is learning to take a particular key and use it to open the door and walk out. Once you’re out, you know. There’s no more doubt."

Anth Vol 1
#AjahnSumedho https://amaravati.org/audio/chapter-1-religious-conventions-sila-practice/