Starting Out Right
The virtues the Buddha taught to his own son
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Thanissaro Bhikkhu is an American Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai forest tradition. He currently serves as abbot of the Metta Forest Monastery in San Diego County, California, and is a frequent contributor to Tricycle. Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s talks, writings, and translations are all freely available at his website, dhammatalks.org.
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The Buddha’s Original Teachings on Mindfulness
The Satipatthana Sutta, from the Pali Canon, outlines some of the Buddha’s first instructions in establishing mindful awareness.
Realization
A late Forest Tradition teacher on the insights that come from seeing things as separate
Give Before You Get
On the ultimate happiness that comes from developing the skill of generosity
Spider Mind
What arachnids can teach us about restraint and awareness.
The Desire for Awakening
While you’ll eventually need to abandon your sense of “I” as you approach the final stages of the path, you won’t arrive there unless you first put that “I” to good use.
The Corpse on Her Lap
A Thai ghost story told by the late Forest Tradition teacher Ajaan Suwat Suvaco
Dharma Talks
Skillful Approaches to Anger
Led by meditation teacher Thanissaro Bhikkhu, this Dharma Talk discusses how to use the Buddha’s teaching on the three fabrications (sankhara)—bodily, verbal, and mental—to break down anger and replace it with a perspective that’s more conducive…
Working and Playing with the Breath
In this retreat, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, abbot of Metta Forest Monastery, offers instruction and guidance to develop our awareness of the breath and discover its benefits to both body and mind.
The Ten Perfections
The ten paramis or perfections provide the most useful framework for guiding Dharma practice in daily life. Any activity or relationship approached wisely with the primary purpose of developing the perfections in a balanced way becomes…
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