Ajahn Sumedho Quotes

The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.

Whatever you think you are, that's not what you are.

We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.

Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.

I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.

Meditation is a skilful letting go: gently but with resolution.