These are a set of qualities that the Buddha numbered among his most important teachings. 15, 2018) In May of 2017, members of Le Refuge, a Buddhist group located near Marseilles, invited me to lead a nine-day retreat on the topic of the five faculties (indrīya): conviction, persistence, mindfulness, concentration, and discernment. The Five Faculties: Putting Wisdom in Charge of the Mind, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
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Read epub azw3 mobi pdf share On the Path Particular attention is given to the many accounts of the Buddha’s awakening and the role that his awakening played in shaping the Dhamma he taught. While the passages in the Canon are not sufficient for a strictly chronological account, they do contain ample material for a thematic one that highlights the Buddha’s three main accomplishments: 1) finding the path and attaining awakening, 2) teaching that path to his contemporaries, establishing a living apprenticeship for awakening, and 3) establishing the Dhamma and Vinaya to give structure to that apprenticeship so that the True Dhamma would last for many generations. The translated passages are interspersed with a minimum of explanation, allowing the compilers of the Canon to speak for themselves. 13, 2021) A biography of the Buddha using passages collected exclusively from the Pāli Canon.
Noble Warrior : A Life of the Buddha Compiled from the Pāli Canon, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu & Khematto Bhikkhu. Read epub azw3 mobi pdf share Ajaan Dune Atulo ((There is no printed version of this ebook.)) And the third, the poem The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandhas, was found after his death among the few papers he left behind. The second, The Ever-present Truth, is drawn from notes of Ajaan Mun’s sermons taken by two of his students during the last two years of his life, covering a wide range of topics, including some standard accounts of the Buddha’s life. (Most of his teachings he left in the form of people: the students whose lives were profoundly shaped by the experience of living and practicing meditation under his guidance.) The first piece translated here, A Heart Released (Muttodaya), is a record of passages from his sermons, made during the years 1944-45 by two monks who were staying under his guidance. 15, 2018) Much has been written about the life of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhūridatta Thera (1870-1949), the founder of the Thai Forest Tradition, but very little was recorded of his teachings during his lifetime. Read epub azw3 mobi pdf share The Question of Bhikkhunī OrdinationĪ Heart Released: The Teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. Students of Early Buddhism, Theravadin history, or contemporary Theravadin issues should also find this book interesting, as should anyone who is serious about the practice of the Dhamma and wants to see how the Buddha worked out the ramifications of Dhamma practice in daily life.
The book as a whole is aimed primarily at those whose lives are affected by the rules-bhikkhus who live by them, and other people who have dealings with the bhikkhus - so that they will be able to find gathered in one location as much essential information as possible on just what the rules do and do not entail.
The Pāṭimokkha training rules as explained in the Suttavibhaṅga are the topic of the first volume the rules found in the Khandhakas, the topic of the second. 26, 2020) This two-volume set attempts to give an organized, detailed account of the Vinaya training rules and the traditions that have grown up around them. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II, translated and explained by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.