Week 3: Four Noble Truths Sumedho - Denial of Suffering - Brian - 04/04/2026

About this episode

Brian discusses the First Noble Truth and the denial of suffering in the context of Ajahn Sumedho's teachings.

On this episode, Brian continues our study of the Four Noble Truths as presented by Ajahn Sumedho with a closer look at the First Noble Truth and how we deny suffering and how we can use morality and compassion to investigate it. Next week we'll wrap up the First Noble Truth with Pleasure / Displeasure and insight into our various situations. The Four Noble Truths offer us a profound means to understand the nature of our own experience. Details can be found on the Classes page of the website along with a link to Ajahn Sumedho's (free) book. We will be working through this material over the next three months. Should you have any questions, or wish to join us via Zoom, please Contact us via our website. If you are subscribed to our Podcast on Podbean, iTunes, or Spotify you will receive notifications when new episodes are posted.

People in this episode

Host: Brian

Topics covered

• Four Noble Truths
• suffering
• morality
• compassion
• Buddhism
• self-investigation

Keywords

• Four Noble Truths
• suffering
• Ajahn Sumedho
• morality
• compassion
• Buddhism
• self-investigation

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