In this talk, Ajahn Jayasāro speaks about how we often find our way to peace in practice not by striving for a state we have yet to experience, but by letting go of all that is not peace, just as a sculptor chips away all the parts of a stone which are not the form he hopes to carve. Additionally, Tan Ajahn describes how, over time, practice makes us more sensitive to goodness, among other themes.
Ajahn Jayasāro was born on the Isle of Wight in England. At the age of sixteen having been in contact with Buddhism through reading, he left for India where he spent "a couple of years" traveling and learning before hitchhiking back to England. At the time he was still looking for a way of life in line with his personal principles. In Asia he heard about an Englishman who had been a monk in the Thai Forest Tradition and was leading meditation retreats. Upon hearing his stories of the life as a forest monk he realized it was the way of life he was looking for.
After joining Ajahn Sumedho's community as an anagārika in 1978 he travelled to Thailand to ordain at Wat Nong Pah Pong in 1979.[1] He received full ordination by Ajahn Chah in 1980 and was abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat from 1997 to 2002.
Ajahn Jayasāro has been involved in educating Thai people about the ivory trade. In 2018, Ajahn Jayasāro authored a biography of Ajahn Chah entitled Stillness Flowing.
In 2019, Jayasāro was honoured with a royal title from Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), and on in 2020, Jayasāro was granted Thai citizenship by royal decree. He currently lives alone in a hermitage in Thailand.
For more information, visit www.jayasaro.panyaprateep.org/
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