THANISSARO BHIKKHU

The Skill of Restraint December 20, 2007 People often ask how to bring the practice into daily life. The answer

Guardian Meditations June 8, 2007 If you’ve ever opened a book to look at dependent co-arising, your first impulse was

Cleanliness is Next to Mindfulness February 10, 2006 There’s a famous poem in Thailand about the amorous adventures of two

A Sense of Entitlement April 12, 2004 Some of the chants we recite in the evening are meant to inspire

Right Livelihood December 21, 2007 We’re often impatient at the practice. We want to go straight to insight, straight to

Factions in the Mind September 14, 2003 When you stop to look at your mind, you begin to realize that

A Warrior’s Stronghold November 10, 2006 Sit with your back straight, facing straight ahead, and your eyes closed. Place your

How to Be Alone December 7, 2007 As a culture, we don’t have much practice in being alone, even though

Love for the Dhamma October 7, 2003 Back when Ajaan Mun was alive, scholarly monks would say of meditating monks,

Universal Truths June 13, 2007 When you meditate during the Dhamma talk, 99% of your attention should be with your

Stupid about Pleasure September 27, 2007 When it comes to the issue of pleasure, we prefer both/and. We don’t like

The Taste vs. the Reality August 1, 2007 In India they have an interesting theory about why people enjoy art.

Levels of Addiction November 11, 2006 What is attachment? It’s basically a kind of addiction, trying to find happiness in

Antidotes for Clinging October 7, 2007 There are some places in the Pali Canon where the Buddha says that the

Fear of Death October 11, 2005 The Buddha’s decision to go off into the forest started with his realization that

The Raft of Concepts August 3, 2007 When you start out meditating, you have to think — but in a

Kamma & Rebirth February 29, 2008 We’re born into this world without an instruction booklet. There’s nothing to explain which