THANISSARO BHIKKHU

For Your Benefit Here & Now August 5, 2015 When we meditate, we’re working on a skill: how to bring

In Alignment December 24, 2014 Ajaan Lee used to say that when you sit up straight in meditation—not leaning to

In the Present December 22, 2014 The verse we chanted just now, An Auspicious Day, is one of the few

Remember This January 16, 2014 One of the really useful qualities we’re developing as we stay with the breath is

The Governing Principle May 5, 2014 In the passage where the Buddha describes the different functions of the qualities you

The Easy Way Out July 28, 2015 As the Buddha said, we’re all born into this world with an arrow

The Sport of Wise People June 19, 2015 Ajaan Fuang once called concentration practice “the sport of wise people.” Like

The Thread of Mindfulness April 13, 2015 The Buddha speaks of concentration as a perception-attainment through all the levels from

Imperturbable June 18, 2014 Before the mind can settle down, you have to do a little housecleaning, to clean up

Scramble the Image December 9, 2014 A common habit when you focus on the body is to tense up at

Dethinking Thinking September 15, 2015 Dogen had a nice definition for meditation, which is “dethinking your thinking.” You’re trying to

Training Your Cynical Voices March 18, 2014 Training the mind is work. Greed, aversion, and delusion have gotten very well

Boring November 27, 2011 The voice that says, “This is boring”: Why do we believe it so easily? Lots of

Your Intentions Come First June 12, 2015 The passages we chant before we begin to meditate are for the purpose

Questioning Your Unconscious Actions December 28, 2015 We practice to overcome our ignorance. What kind of ignorance is it? The

Protection Through Mindfulness Practice December 24, 2015 The Buddha often talks about the practice of satipatthana, or the establishing of mindfulness, as

Recollection of the Buddha October 30, 2014 Recollection of the Buddha is one of the guardian meditations. What does it