THANISSARO BHIKKHU

Protecting Your Space May 12, 2011 Think of the whole body breathing in, the whole body breathing out. Try to

An Anthropologist from Mars May 28, 2008 Years back, I taught a course on the forest tradition at a Buddhist

Renunciation March 16, 2005 There go the helicopters again. That’s what happens when you hold on, hold on, hold on:

PART IV : ADVANCED PRACTICE The Four Jhanas January 30, 2009 As you sit here with your eyes closed, where

The Poison Blowfish August 21, 2011 The Buddha didn’t say that life is suffering but there is a lot of

Proactive with Pain September 4, 2011 Aging, illness, death: These are the things we don’t like to think about. And

The Swinging Balance March 10, 2011 When you focus on the present moment, you’re trying to become friends with it.

A Recipe for Jhana February 14, 2009 When you meditate, try to be very conscious of holding a particular perception

Sensitive to the Breath December 25, 2011 When you work with the breath, it’s good to not have too many

Generating Energy January 2, 2012 In Thailand they sometimes compare practicing meditation to flying a kite. It takes a fair

Balance & Release January 27, 2011 When we focus the mind on the breath, we can observe both of them.

Broad, Tall, & Deep October 6, 2010 When Ajaan Fuang was teaching people to meditate, they’d get to the point

Full Attention December 29, 2011 Ajaan Suwat used to call this place our quiet corner here. We’re literally at the

Levels of Truth October 7, 2010 Close your eyes, focus on the breath, notice where you feel the breathing. You

Feeding on Feeding November 11, 2011 There’s a saying in Thailand that if you haven’t suffered, you usually don’t go

Feeding Frenzy: Dependent Co-arising October 23, 2006 The Pali word for the worlds we create in the mind is bhava, which literally

Good Eating July 31, 2008 You may have noticed that when babies come across something new, they don’t engage in