Simple Teachings on Higher Truths by Ajahn Anan
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
Theravàda
Theravàda is an ascetic branch of Buddhism and the oldest existing school of Buddhism. The conservative Theravàda-tradition is dominant in Southeast Asia, especially in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. The Pali Canon is at the core of the practice of Theravàda Buddhism. In the West namely Vipassana meditation has been adopted from Theravàda Buddhism.
The Life and Work of Buddhaghosa
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
The Four Noble Truths by Mogok Sayadaw
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
The Sacred Books of the East – all 50 volumes
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
Snow in the Summer by Sayadaw U Jotika
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
Things as they are by Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno
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
The Anapanasati Sutta – A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation
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
Maha Satipatthana Sutta
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
Udana: Exclamations
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
