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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

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Episodes

  1. Ajahn Sumedho: Anicca, Dukkha & Anatta

    (Unknown)

  2. Ajahn Sumedho: Investigating the Four Noble Truths

    (Unknown)

  3. Ajahn Sumedho: Karma and Rebirth

    (Unknown) exact date unknown

  4. Ajahn Sumedho: The Eight Precepts

    (Unknown) exact date unknown

  5. Ajahn Sumedho: Advice to New and Old Monks

    (Unknown) 18 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  6. Ajahn Sumedho: Sickness Depression and Ones Own Virtues

    (Unknown) 29 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  7. Ajahn Sumedho: The Bodhisatva Ideal

    (Unknown) 35 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  8. Ajahn Sumedho: Seeing Conditions in Perspective

    (Unknown) 41 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  9. Ajahn Sumedho: Consciousness Nibbana and Self

    (Unknown) 42 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  10. Ajahn Sumedho: That Which is Not a Condition

    (Unknown) 43 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  11. Ajahn Sumedho: Advice on Meditation

    (Unknown) 23 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  12. Ajahn Sumedho: Responding to Structures with Awareness

    (Unknown) 15 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  13. Ajahn Sumedho: Consciousness and Guilt

    (Unknown) 31 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  14. Ajahn Sumedho: What it is Like to be a Human Being

    (Unknown) 03 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  15. Ajahn Sumedho: Understanding Conditions

    (Unknown) 12 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  16. Ajahn Sumedho: Practice in Society and Individual Conditioning

    (Unknown) 30 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014) 00:00 Q1: Have you ever had doubts and considered disrobing?; 03:55 Q2: What do you think of more socially, enviromentally engaged monks? 14:08 Q3 [Some people say] there is a conspiracy of the older monks against…

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  17. Ajahn Sumedho: Experiences with Krooba Ajahns

    (Unknown) 34 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  18. Ajahn Sumedho: Getting Samadhi

    (Unknown) 24 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  19. Ajahn Sumedho: Consciousness

    (Unknown) 40 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  20. Ajahn Sumedho: The Monastic Form

    (Unknown) 21 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  21. Ajahn Sumedho: Fear and Stress in Life

    (Unknown) 28 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  22. Ajahn Sumedho: Advice for Taking on the Monastic Form

    (Unknown) 17 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  23. Ajahn Sumedho: Sakkayaditthi

    (Unknown) 39 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  24. Ajahn Sumedho: It Should be Like This

    (Unknown) 38 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  25. Ajahn Sumedho: Dullness and Anger - 23.06.2012 & 27.06.2013

    (Unknown) 27 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  26. Ajahn Sumedho: Mindfulness - Not only for the Particulars

    (Unknown) 36 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  27. Ajahn Sumedho: Using the Monastic Form for Awakening

    (Unknown) 16 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  28. Ajahn Sumedho: Pariyatti and Patipatti

    (Unknown) 33 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  29. Ajahn Sumedho: Understanding Structures

    (Unknown) 04 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  30. Ajahn Sumedho: The Sense of I Am

    (Unknown) 13 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  31. Ajahn Sumedho: Mindfulness of the Four Noble Truths

    (Unknown) 26 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  32. Ajahn Sumedho: Contentment Gratitude

    (Unknown) 02 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  33. Ajahn Sumedho: We Create the World

    (Unknown) 14 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  34. Ajahn Sumedho: Watch Your Mind

    (Unknown) 10 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  35. Ajahn Sumedho: Desire Hatred Delusion

    (Unknown) 09 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  36. Ajahn Sumedho: Cessation

    (Unknown) 37 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  37. Ajahn Sumedho: The One Who Knows

    (Unknown) 08 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  38. Ajahn Sumedho: Timelessness

    (Unknown) 07 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  39. Ajahn Sumedho: Meditation Technique

    (Unknown) 25 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  40. Ajahn Sumedho: Worldly Dhammas

    (Unknown) 32 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  41. Ajahn Sumedho: Paccuppanna Dhamma

    (Unknown) 06 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  42. Ajahn Sumedho: Discernment

    (Unknown) 05 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  43. Ajahn Sumedho: The Unconditioned

    (Unknown) 01 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  44. Ajahn Sumedho: Contemplating Asubha

    (Unknown) 11 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

  45. Ajahn Sumedho: Deathlessness Is Like This

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  46. Ajahn Sumedho: Closing

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  47. Ajahn Sumedho: Buddho, Dhammo, Sangho

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Using Buddho, Dhammo, Sangho as a reminder not to take refuge in conditions.

  48. Ajahn Sumedho: Mirror, Mirror...

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Developing gratitude, contentment, and joy plus more reflections on the fetters.

  49. Ajahn Sumedho: Four Times Three Equals Twelve

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Ajahn Sumedho reflects on the use of the Four Noble Truths to investigate experience. He also continues to explore the fetters that block the spiritual path, while also speaking about the paticca samuppada, or Dependent Origination.

  50. Ajahn Sumedho: I'm Right, You're Wrong

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

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About this show

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

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Abhayagiri Monastery: Ajahn Sumedho's most recent Dharma talks have?

Abhayagiri Monastery: Ajahn Sumedho's most recent Dharma talks has 133 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on January 25, 2014.

What is Abhayagiri Monastery: Ajahn Sumedho's most recent Dharma talks about?

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...

How often does Abhayagiri Monastery: Ajahn Sumedho's most recent Dharma talks release new episodes?

Abhayagiri Monastery: Ajahn Sumedho's most recent Dharma talks publishes about every 88 days, based on its 133 episodes since May 1982.
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