BEGINNING CONCENTRATION
Beginning Concentration § When we practice breath meditation, we’ve been given methods for warding off the various Hindrances that will
Read moreBeginning Concentration § When we practice breath meditation, we’ve been given methods for warding off the various Hindrances that will
Read moreThe Basics of Breathing § When the body is still, you gain knowledge from the body. When the mind is
Read moreThe Skills of Jhāna § Momentary concentration is like a house roofed with thatch; its posts are made out of
Read moreWings to Awakening § When you keep the breath in mind, you get all four frames of reference in one.
Read moreMonastic Life § Why did the Buddha grow weary of the world? Because he asked himself, “When we’re born in
Read moreTeaching & Learning § People with thick defilements are easier to teach than people with thin defilements. They’ve got a
Read moreBirth, Aging, Illness, & Death § Whatever appears and takes shape is bound to give rise to stress. § If we lay
Read moreAll-around Discernment § The Dhamma is in everyone. Whether or not you realize it, it’s there. Whether or not you
Read moreLetting Go § “We” are like a tree. “Attachment” is like vines. If we feel desire for sights, they’ll wind
Read moreGlossary Ajaan: Teacher; mentor. Arahant: A Worthy one or Pure one. A person whose heart no longer has any defilements and is
Read moreTHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHRA AJAAN LEE PHRA SUDDHIDHAMMARANSI GAMBHIRAMEDHACARIYA (DHAMMADHARO, LEE) Translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) Copyright copyright (First Edition)
Read morePART I I WAS BORN at nine in the evening on Thursday, the 31st of January, 1907—the second day of the
Read morePART II AT THE END of the Rains Retreat, Wat Boromnivasa arranged Chao Khun Upali’s funeral, and nearly all the senior
Read morePART III ALTOGETHER I spent 14 rainy seasons in Chanthaburi, to the point where I almost came to regard it as
Read morePART IV FROM PHITSANULOKE I went on to Phetchabun to visit a student who had set up a monastery at Lom
Read moreEpilogue The thirteen-spired chedi Ajaan Lee mentioned in his plan for the Festival Celebrating 25 centuries of Buddhism was never
Read moreEndnotes Note 1: A traditional custom in Thailand was for a woman to lie by a fire after giving birth, for
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