Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka and the author of Mindfulness in Plain English. He is president of the Bhavana Society in High View, West Virginia, an organization that promotes meditation and monastic life.

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Magazine Buddhism for Beginners

What Exactly Is Vipassana Meditation?

Vipassana or insight meditation is a clear awareness of exactly what is happening as it happens.

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Breathing

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana on mindfulness of breathing.

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Spring 1995

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Five Practices to Change Your Mind

Basic Buddhist meditation practices can transform the way you think and the way you view the world. Here, five teachers offer introductory methods for changing your mind—and your life.

By Barry Magid, Gil Fronsdal, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Peter Doobinin, Judith Simmer-Brown, and Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Summer 2005

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Crossing the Ocean

Theravada Buddhist monk Bhante G explains that looking inward to realize the impermanence of all conditioned phenomena is the path to nirvana

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, edited by Douglas John Imbrogno

Jan 19, 2022

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Bhante Gunaratana on Guiding Meditations via Zoom, Daily Mindfulness, and Facing Death

The Theravada Buddhist monk affectionately known as ‘Bhante G’ reflects on the past year and offers advice to new practitioners

Interview with Bhante Henepola Gunaratana by Douglas John Imbrogno

Jun 03, 2021

close-up photo of a buddha statue's face for story on loving friendliness meditation

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

11 Benefits of Loving-Friendliness Meditation

Theravadan Buddhist monk Bhante Gunaratana outlines the ways meditation can benefit our mind and our body—and even our complexion.

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Mar 30, 2019

Magazine

Overcoming Ill Will

How to change the way we interact with those who anger us

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Spring 2017

Magazine

The Seal of Sila

Select wisdom from sources old and new

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Spring 2015

Magazine

Like a Mirage

Distorted perceptions are like a mirage. Deceived by a mirage, a deer runs quickly toward what it perceives as water. As he runs, he sees that the water-like mirage is still far ahead of him. So he keeps running toward it to drink. When he is even more tired and thirsty, he stops and looks […]

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Summer 2014

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By Sarah Fleming

Summer 2022

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The Three Beautiful Roots: Cultivating the Three Wholesome Qualities in Unwholesome Times

How can we find the courage to have alobha, to give freely without attachment; adosa, to let go of aversion and punitive actions and live with integrity; and amoha, to gain insight into the nature of things without delusion? In this dharma talk, we will learn to practice the three beautiful branches of dana (giving), sila (moral integrity), and bhavana (cultivation, meditation), and to live as heart-centrically as we can.

Joshua Bee Alafia

May 2022

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