THANISSARO BHIKKHU

Understanding Goodwill & Equanimity February 2, 2018 The sublime abidings start with goodwill and end with equanimity. In a sense,

The Brahmaviharas Are Not a Complete Practice March 16, 2019 There’s a sutta where the Buddha talks about one of

Happy for People You Don’t Like September 3, 2019 When we spread goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity to all

Equanimity as a Skill May 24, 2019 You’ll notice in the chant we had just now on the four sublime

The Gatekeeper Doesn’t Just Note September 4, 2019 The duty of mindfulness is to remember. What does it remember? It

Anupassana April 18, 2018 Tell yourself that the breath is your friend, and you’re going to stay with your friend.

All Three Functions of Mindfulness March 3, 2018 Mindfulness means keeping something in mind, like we’re doing right now. We’re

Death Without Drama March 2, 2018 There was a nice cartoon in The New Yorker recently: three hooded death figures with scythes,

A Concentration Diet October 9, 2019 There’s a series of questions and answers that the Buddha used to teach the

The Current News March 18, 2019 I had a student once who told me that his version of checking the

A Rite of Passage December 10, 2018 One of the things our culture lacks is a serious rite of passage:

Comfortable as an Outsider December 28, 2019 We suffer largely because of the way we talk to ourselves. That’s what

Filling in the Buddha’s Outline January 4, 2019 We’re working on a set of skills here that are meant to

No One Size Fits All October 17, 2018 Ajaan Fuang once told me he heard Ajaan Mun say that we

Appreciating Your Practice January 5, 2019 When Ajaan Fuang taught meditation, he would hand out a copy of Ajaan Lee’s

Be Precise March 9, 2019 We’re here to observe our minds. But we start by observing the breath, because the

The Prison Break May 29, 2019 Ajaan Suwat once made an interesting observation. He noted that all beings are looking