THANISSARO BHIKKHU

The Middleness of the Path August 13, 2004 This path we’re following: There’s a way in which you could call

Active Truth April 7, 2005 The Buddha had a very active sense of the truth. True things on the conditioned

No Preferences July 20, 2005 The Canon tells us that the Buddha’s contemporaries fell into two main camps: what you

Licking Yourself Clean May 25, 2005 The Buddha once said that one of the prerequisites for concentration is a sense

The End of Uncertainty May 5, 2005 Very few things in life are certain. Even the thoughts we know to be true:

Habits of Perception November 27, 2004 What have you got here in the present moment? You’ve got the body, you’ve

A Multilingual Mind April 2, 2005 One of the things you notice in meditation as you start looking at your

The Meaning of the Body October 15, 2004 Everything in life is fabricated. It’s all put together. And it doesn’t

Pleasure & Pain April 15, 2005 Pleasure and pain are big issues in our lives — so big that you’d

Investing Your Happiness August 3, 2004 One of the purposes of meditation is to sensitize yourself to the fact that

Things as They’ve Come to Be August 29, 2005 Sometimes at the end of suttas, when the Buddha has been

Fabricating the Present August 20, 2004 Bring the mind to the breath, for this is where everything important is happening.

Standing Where the Buddha Stood January 18, 2005 In all the passages where the Buddha describes his Awakening, he talks

Battling Darkness August 6, 2005 One of the standard analogies for meditation is that you’re going into battle with all

Perception August 19, 2005 That phrase in the chant just now — “those who don’t discern suffering” — sounds a

Strategies for Happiness August 26, 2004 Those chants are often juxtaposed just before we meditate: “The world is swept away.”

Freedom Undefined December 17, 2004 There’s a passage in the Dhammapada where the Buddha says that life as a householder is difficult,