Thai King Bestows High Honor on Western Buddhists
One of the four Thai Forest monks granted a royal title explains the significance of this ceremony in Thailand and the West.
Thai Forest Tradition
How a Forest Monastery Took Root in British Columbia
After years of practice on a shoestring budget in the Canadian wilderness, Ajahn Sona has established Sitavana Monastery as a refuge and model of ecological mindfulness.
Confronting Corpses
In some Thai hospitals, Buddhists can observe autopsies to contemplate death. A Thai Forest monk explains the power of this practice.
My Teacher, The Tree
Thai Buddhist monk Ajahn Pasanno and environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill discuss what nature can teach us about love in an interview with Inquiring Mind.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
When My Son Became a Monk
A mother adjusts to her son’s new way of being in the world.
Knowing the story doesn’t solve it
A few days ago I posted an interview with Jack Kornfield and said I’d post an earlier interview with him soon. Well, here it is. The interview was given in 2000, around the time Kornfield’s After…
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Just Another Thing in the Forest
Ajahn Amaro, the co-abbot of Abhayagiri forest monastery in northern California, on the renunciant life, divesting the heart of baggage, and feeding the mosquitoes.
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