Contemplate the Body, Free the Mind
A challenging teaching on letting go of attachment to the body
Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco
Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco (1919–2001) was an abbot in the Thai forest tradition. In the 1980s he moved to California, where he later founded the Metta Forest Monastery. This essay—translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu—appears in Fistful of Sand, a collection of Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco's teachings.
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