THANISSARO BHIKKHU

Judging Your Meditation February 3, 2008 Meditation is supposed to work. It’s supposed to make a difference in your mind.

Good & Bad Meditation February 6, 2008 Meditation is supposed to work. It’s supposed to make a difference. That’s why

Evaluating Your Practice January 12, 2012 When you try to bring the mind into concentration, there are two mental faculties

Measuring Progress November 28, 2010 This is a path that we’re following. The Buddha’s first teaching was about the noble

Delusion Concentration November 19, 2010 When you meditate, there are two problems on two sides that you have to watch

No Mistakes Are Fatal January, 2003 Our minds are pretty chaotic systems, which is why following the middle way is

Ups & Downs October 3, 2009 I saw a chart recently of a famous golfer and the winnings he had

Patience & Urgency July 26, 2009 We’re both lucky and unlucky that there are so many books on the practice.

Fabricating with Awareness August 10, 2012 When the Buddha explains the causes of suffering, he starts with ignorance, and from

The Arrow in the Heart August 17, 2012 A Thai poet, Sunthorn Phu, once wrote an adventure tale as a

Unskillful Thinking November 24, 2004 The practice of concentration often goes best when you treat it as a game, something

Unlearning Unskillful Behavior April 14, 2011 When you read the autobiographies of the forest ajaans, it’s hard not to be

The Arrows of Emotion April 21, 2010 There’s a famous discourse when the Buddha talks about pain, how the wise

A Refuge from Aging, Illness, & Death July 22, 2012 There’s a passage in the Canon that connects the teachings

Sober Up January 30, 2011 In English, when we talk about getting the mind to stay focused on something, we

In the Mood October 20, 2011 When you meditate, you’ve got to put the mind in the right mood. Sometimes,

Today Is Better than Yesterday August 15, 2011 At Wat Dhammasathit there would be traveling salesmen who would come driving