HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – FOREWORD & ABOUT THE AUTHOR
HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – FOREWORD & ABOUT THE AUTHOR FOREWORD In 1956, the Venerable Buddhadasa Bhikkhu gave a series of
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – FOREWORD & ABOUT THE AUTHOR FOREWORD In 1956, the Venerable Buddhadasa Bhikkhu gave a series of
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 1. LOOKING AT BUDDHISM If we open any recent book on the origins of religion, we
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 2. THE TRUE NATURE OF THINGS The word “religion” has a broader meaning than the word
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 3. THREE UNIVERSAL CHARACTERISTICS We shall now discuss in detail the three characteristics common to all
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 4. GRASPING AND CLINGING How can we get away from and become completely independent of things,
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 5. THE THREEFOLD TRAINING In this chapter we shall examine the method to be used for
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 6. THE THINGS WE CLING TO What are we clinging to? What is our handhold? What
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 7. INSlGHT, BY THE NATURE METHOD In this chapter we shall see how concentration may come
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 8. INSIGHT, BY ORGANIZED TRAINING Now we shall deal with the organized systems of insight training,
Read moreHANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 9. EMANCIPATION FROM THE WORLD Vipassana meditation is mental training aimed at raising the mind to
Read moreTHE PRISON OF LIFE Bikkhu Buddhadasa (from a lecture given to foreign meditators on 10 February 2531 (1988) at Suan
Read moreNIBBANA FOR EVERYONE A Truth Message from Suan Mokkh Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (adapted and translated by Santikaro Bhikkhu) This text is
Read moreFOREST WAT, WILD MONKS Buddhadasa Bhikkhu Today, I’ll speak about “Forest Wat Wild Monks.” A topic like this is easy
Read moreESSENTIAL POINTS OF THE BUDDHIST TEACHINGS Ven. Ajahn Buddhadasa On the occasion of giving a special talk, I feel I
Read moreEMPTINESS Ajahn Buddhadasa From: ‘Heart-wood from the Bo Tree’, a collection of three talks given by Venerable Ajahn Buddhadasa to
Read more