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Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
Dharma Talk:
The Tangle of Views
Emptiness of Personality
Biography
Luang Por Sumedho was born in Seattle, Washington in 1934. After serving four years in the US Navy as a medic,
he completed a BA in Far Eastern Studies and a MA in South Asian Studies.
In 1966, he went to Thailand to practice
meditation at Wat Mahathat in Bangkok. Not long afterwards, he went forth as a novice monk in a remote part of the country,
Nong Khai, before receiving full ordination in 1967.
A year of solitary practice followed. Although fruitful, it showed
him the need for a teacher who could more actively guide him. A fortuitous encounter with a visiting monk led him to Ubon
province to practice with Luang Por Chah. He took dependence from Luang Por Chah and remained under his close guidance for
ten years.
In 1975, Luang Por Sumedho, established Wat Pah Nanachat, International Forest Monastery where Westerners
could be trained in English.
In 1977, he accompanied Luang Por Chah to England and took up residence at the Hampstead
Vihara, with three other monks.
Luang Por Sumedho was made an Upachaya, in 1981. Since then he has given upasampada (Bhikkhu precepts) to
more than a hundred aspirants of many nationalities. Luang Por Sumedho was integral in establishing the Forest Sangha tradition
in the United Kingdom. He was central in establishing Amaravati Buddhist Monastery and Chithurst Buddhist Monastery. He is
currently resident as senior incumbent at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hertfordshire.
Ajahn Sumedho Books
Venerable Ajahn Sumedho was born in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1934. He left the States in 1964 and took bhikkhu ordination
in Nong Khai, N.E. Thailand in 1967. Soon after his ordination, he went to stay with Venerable Ajahn Chah at Wat Pah Pong,
a forest monastery in Ubon Province. Ajahn Sumedho stayed there for ten years and became one of the most trusted
disciples of Ajahn Chah. He is abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near London, England, and spiritual leader of its many
branches.
- All the Time in the World
- Happiness Forever
- The Five Hindrances
- Being Patient with our Inability to Forgive
- The Way It Is
- Is Buddhism a Religion?
- Sumedho Bhikkhu: Ajahn Sumedho Interviewed [Interviewer: Roger Wheeler].
- Being Nobody [from The Way It Is].
- Beyond the Self Position [Bodhinyanarama Newsletter, July 1998].
- The Four Noble Truths.
- Listening to Thought
- The Human Family [Forest Sangha, October 1995, Number 34].
- Life Is Like This. [Fearless Mountain, Summer 1999, Vol 4 No 2].
- Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless.
- Noticing Space [BSWA Newsletter, January-March 1994].
- Now Is the Knowing.
- Self and Self-Naughting [Forest Sangha, April 1998, Number 44].
- There's No Place Like Here. [Fearless Mountain, Summer 1999, Vol 4 No 2].
- Universal Loving Kindness [Forest Sangha, October 1997, Number 42].
- Who We Really Are [Forest Sangha, October 1996, Number 38].
Cittaviveka
Teachings from the Silent Mind
Gratitude to Parents
From a talk in 1994 on a day that the Sri Lankan community had asked to have dedicated to remembering parents
Change, Celebration and Practice
Forest Sangha, July 1999, Number 49.
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