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**beloveds** · 04-07-2011, 04:46 PM

I think Ajahn Sumedho has to be the master of uncomplicating the seemingly complicated teachings; always getting us to point back to this awareness. As he always says, you don't have to try and figure out why you get angry at this or delighted at that etc. That task is never ending because it's coming from a personality point of view; why do "I" get angry, "I" need to become someone that doesn't get angry, or what do "I" do about this anger. Just recognise, the mind in this state, is like this. Then you're no longer feeding the anger or the personality view.

It would have been nice to have started my journey into Buddhism with Sumedho's teachings.

04-07-2011, 04:46 PM	#14
beloveds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 591 Senior Member	I think Ajahn Sumedho has to be the master of uncomplicating the seemingly complicated teachings; always getting us to point back to this awareness. As he always says, you don't have to try and figure out why you get angry at this or delighted at that etc. That task is never ending because it's coming from a personality point of view; why do "I" get angry, "I" need to become someone that doesn't get angry, or what do "I" do about this anger. Just recognise, the mind in this state, is like this. Then you're no longer feeding the anger or the personality view. It would have been nice to have started my journey into Buddhism with Sumedho's teachings.
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