The result of absorption into conditioned phenomena is our identification with it. The only way to resolve that problem is to awaken to it.

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This dhamma talk was given by Luang Por Sumedho on 30th January 2021 at Amaravati. buddhismnow.com/2021/02/06/aja…

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Dhamma isn’t karmic, isn’t self, Ajahn Sumedho buddhismnow.com/2021/05/16/dha…

Buddha said, ‘The Tathāgata is merely one who shows the way.’ buddhismnow.com/2021/06/26/oth…

“Mindfulness or awareness is knowing. It is a direct knowing, immanent here and now. It is being fully present, attentive to this present moment as is. But defining #mindfulness tends to make it into something... ~Luang Por Sumedho quotes

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When we attach to a personality, we 'become' a personality and interpret experience through the distortions of our personal habits. And as long as that distortion is not seen through, not realized and accepted, we are always going to be frightened.

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If you have the idea that you just have to be mindful without this sense of including whatever arises, you are always going to be failing at it.

An ideal is a thought, isn't it? It is the very best, the superlative, and has no life. It doesn't breathe or feel anything. That is why idealistic people sometimes lack feeling or empathy with suffering. You can be very idealistic and quite cold-hearted.

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Non-attachment is a natural state; it isn’t some refined state that depends on other conditions.