Seeing the Way: Discerning Timeless Truth in Traditional Buddhist Teachings

by Ajahn Sumedho (Contributor), Ajahn Khemadhammo (Contributor), Ajahn Sucitto (Contributor)

An Anthology of Transcribed Talks and Essays by Monks and Nuns of the Forest Sangha Tradition.

The book is distributed for free, both in print and as an online copy, which is available on the site of the publisher:
http://forestsanghapublications.org/a...

Genres: Buddhism

197 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Ajahn Sumedho was born Robert Jackamn in Seattle, Washington in 1934. He was raised as Anglican and from 1951 to 1953 studied Chinese and history at the University of Washington. He served as a medic for the US Navy until returning to the University to ccomplete a BA in Far Eastern Studies in 1959. In 1966 he went to Thailand and was ordained as a novice Buddhist; in 1967 he received a full ordination.

Reviews

[Vesna · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful review of insights accomplished by Western disciples of Luang Por Chah

[Nikita · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a wonderful book!

I got a copy when I stayed at Tisarana monastery. The book is a collection of talks by many of the monks associated with Thai Forest Tradition. I struggled to find a common theme for the chapters, nor I think it meant to have one: there were talks tailored more to the monastic community that I found harder to read and understand, but there were also talks for lay people.

I especially liked the last chapter of the book by Ajahn Chandako which unlike other chapters isn't a dhamma talk, but rather a wonderful story of journey undertook by two monks. Somehow, this story in its simplicity managed to highlight some of the more complex ideas covered in the book.

For a person that doesn't have much "formal" knowledge about Buddhism, this book was truly a gem.