THANISSARO BHIKKHU

See Your Thoughts as Strange August 17, 2018 Try and settle into the body—the body as you feel it from

A Conglomeration of Germs July 18, 2018 I don’t know if you’ve ever contemplated our hummingbirds. They’re living in a

A Snare of Death Laid Out December 6, 2018 Craving has a location. In fact, it defines locations. It becomes

Don’t Just Fatten Your Mind October 9, 2018 We practice concentration as our food on the path. We try to

You Can’t Relax Your Way to Awakening December 13, 2018 There’s a Pali phrase that the Thai ajaans repeat a

Wise about Pain July 19, 2019 Take some good, long, deep in-and-out breaths. Get a sense of where you feel

Let Pleasure & Pain Fall Off the Plow June 1, 2018 Ordinarily, the mind goes bouncing back and forth between

The Dead Snake Around Your Neck June 23, 2018 We’ve talked a lot in the past about how the three

Worries & Regrets June 22, 2018 By the time I went to stay with him, Ajaan Fuang very rarely accepted

Unchanged by Loss September 18, 2018 One of the passages we often chant together is, “I will grow different, separate

Angry August 21, 2018 In the forest tradition, it’s rare that someone would practice goodwill as a basic practice. As

Dispassion Isn’t Depression December 3, 2018 Those five reflections that the Buddha recommends that we reflect on often are, in

The Thinking Heart December 28, 2018 In Western languages, we have separate words for heart and mind. But in most

The Safety of Dualities July 21, 2019 The Buddha generally wasn’t the sort of person who’d go out to look

The Buddha’s Questions September 9, 2009 When you read the Buddha’s accounts of his own quest for awakening, it’s hard

Training Your Desires March 7, 2019 All phenomena are rooted in desire—everything we experience, the Buddha said. And we desire

The Desire to Be Free from Desire October 4, 2019 There’s a passage in the Canon where a young monk