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Visit to Laos
A collection of photos from a recent trip to Laos depicting various Buddhist sites in Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Continue reading
The Dhamma Is Our True Mother – Part 3
The third and final section of Venerable Ajahn Panyananda’s talk given on Mother’s Day 1990. Continue reading
Energy as a Path to Success (Iddhipada)
An excerpt from Venerable Phra Payutto’s book ‘Buddhadhamma’ on energy as a path to success. Continue reading
Mindfulness in the Context of Insight Meditation
An excerpt from chapter 16 of Venerable Phra Payutto’s book Buddhadhamma, describing the power of mindfulness in cutting through negative habits and tendencies. Continue reading
The Dhamma Is Our True Mother – Part 2
Part two of Ajahn Panyananda’s Dhamma talk given on Mother’s Day in which he talks about his early childhood in the south of Thailand and the love that Phra Chao Taksin felt for his mother. Continue reading
The Dhamma is Our True Mother – Part 1
A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Panyananda on Mother’s Day, 1990. Continue reading
Enthusiasm as a Basis for Concentration
A description by Venerable Phra Payutto of how enthusiasm or love—one of the four paths to success—acts as a basis for concentration in Buddhist meditation. Continue reading
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Life in the Saffron Forest: Chapter 10
In the Saffron Forest, the one thing that was the same for the monks and novices was the procedure of confessing offences, which the novices called ‘redeeming one’s virtue.’
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Life in the Saffron Forest: Chapter 9
An account of the Buddhist monks at Wat Bahn Huay in Thailand preparing for the Vassa – the annual Rains Retreat. Continue reading
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Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Thaddeus Golas (quoted in ‘Snow in the Summer’ by Sayādaw U Jotika)