THE STORY OF VENERABLE ACHARN CHOB
Acharn Chob had a natural tendency to like wandering in the forests and hills, but he disliked any involvement with other Bhikkhus and Samaneras.…
The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandhas
(Composed by Ven. Phra Acharn Mun Bhuridatto)
Namatthu sugatassa Panca dhamma-khandhani
I pay homage to the one Well-gone, the Foremost Teacher, the Sakyan Sage, the rightly Self-Awakened One; & to the…
WALKING MEDITATION
ACHARN MUN
The key technique for walking meditation is to be mindful of walking and aware of the touching of the feet to the ground. Before starting walking…
LUANG POO TUAD
(Statue of Luang Poo Tuad at Wat Prayong Gittivararam)
Also called “Luang Poo Tuad who transformed sea water into drinking water”
Gatha: This Gatha is usually chanted…
Eleven Benefits of Practicing Metta
"Monks, for one whose awareness-release through good will is cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given grounding, steadied, consolidated, and well-undertaken,…
An Overview of Loving-kindness Meditation
Loving-kindness meditation can be brought in to support the practice of 'bare attention' to help keep the mind open and sweet. It provides the essential…
Kalama Sutta
The Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry
Preface
The instruction of the Kalamas (Kalama Sutta) is justly famous for its encouragement of free inquiry; the spirit of the Sutta signifies a teaching…
Velama Sutta
The Scale of Good Deeds
Once, when the Buddha was dwelling near Savatthi at the Jeta Grove, the householder Anathapindika visited him and, after greeting him politely, sat down at one side.
The Exalted One…
Numerical Sayings - Ańguttara Nikāya I [5-6]
Useless – Akammanīya
At Savatthi ... the Blessed Buddha said this:
Bhikkhus, I know of no other single thing, as useless as the unrefined mind!
The undeveloped mind, Bhikkhus, is of no use… Bhikkhus, I…
Buddha's Teaching on Dealing with Pain (Samyutta Nikaya 36/6)
The Blessed One said, " When touched with a feeling of pain, the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person sorrows, grieves, & laments, beats…