What would life be like if each one of us chose compassion over anger, loving kindness over hatred, awareness over ignorance? "The Mind and the Way" demonstrates a radically simple approach to life, one in which we are able to awaken to our true loving nature and delight in the mystery and wonder of the world. With warmth and a wonderful sense of humor, Ajahn Sumedho draws on the experiences of ordinary life to convey ancient Buddhist insights that for 2500 years have continued to remain vital and pertinent to our lives.
Mind and the Way, Ajahn Sumedho, Wisdom Publications, 220 pages, $22.95
For nearly fifty years Ajahn Sumedho has embodied the Buddhas way. As a
young man he completed an M.A. at the University of California at
Berkeley, was a medic in the Navy, and taught in the Peace Corps in
Borneo. For twelve years, beginning in 1966, he studied closely with the
renowned meditation master Ajahn Chah, who appointed him to be the
first Western abbot of a Thai monastery. Now based in England, he is the
spiritual head of a global community of monks and nuns.
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