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Simple Teachings on Higher Truths by Ajahn Anan

Admin — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 12:16:00 +0000

Simple Teachings on Higher Truths by Ajahn Anan, the current abbot at the Wat Marp Jan monastary in Thailand . From the intro: “The mind has been spinning all morning, ... Read more and download PDF

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The Life and Work of Buddhaghosa

Admin — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:00:02 +0000

The Life and Work of Buddhaghosa is the biography of Buddhaghosa a 5th-century Indian Theravadin Buddhist commentator and scholar. Buddhaghosa’s best-known work is the Visuddhimagga, or Path of Purification, a comprehensive summary and ... Read more and download PDF

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The Four Noble Truths by Mogok Sayadaw

Admin — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:19:08 +0000

The Four Noble Truths by Mogok Sayadaw is the transcribed and translated notes taken during a series of meetings in Yangoon 1962. Mogok Sayadaw was an extrodinary monk in the ... Read more and download PDF

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The Sacred Books of the East – all 50 volumes

Admin — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:03:31 +0000

The Sacred Books of the East is an enormous project undertaken by Max Müller and various authors from 1879 and 1910. The group’s work was published by Oxford University Press ... Read more and download PDF

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Snow in the Summer by Sayadaw U Jotika

Admin — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 18:00:22 +0000

Snow in the Summer is a compilation of extracts from letters written by Sayadaw U Jotika, a Burmese Buddhist monk living in the forest, to his Western students. Sayadaw U Jotika ... Read more and download PDF

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Things as they are by Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno

Admin — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:41:14 +0000

Things as they are are talks initially given to the monks at Acariya Maha Boowa’s monastery, Wat Pa Baan Taad, in Udorn Thani Province, Thailand. As might be expected, they ... Read more and download PDF

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The Anapanasati Sutta – A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation

Admin — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:10:35 +0000

The Anapanasati Sutta – A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation by Maha Thera Sayadaw Gyi U Vimalaramsi was written in 1995 and is now issued ... Read more and download PDF

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Maha Satipatthana Sutta

Admin — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 21:19:20 +0000

Maha Satipatthana Sutta has been translated into The Greater Discourse on Steadfast Mindfulness or The Great Discourse on Establishing Awareness. It is acknowledged as the most important Sutta that the Buddha ... Read more and download PDF

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Udana: Exclamations

Admin — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 15:49:36 +0000

Udana: Exclamations – A Translation (2012) with an Introduction & Notes by Thanissaro Bhikku. The term Udana has two meanings, one denoting a vocal expression, the other a genre of ... Read more and download PDF

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