From The Darkness To The Light
Dhamma talk given in 1996 to monks, novices and nuns after the ceremony of asking forgiveness.… Read the rest
The Real Practice
Three talks to the monastic community of Wat Pah Nanachat.… Read the rest
On Love
From the book: Is it (love) truly part of the solution to our suffering in life or does it merely compound it? My short answer to this question is that it depends. On what? On the kind of love and how you care for it.… Read the rest
Daughters And Sons
From the book: (my parents had) looked after me for eighteen years, given me food every single day—three or four times a day—and they’d still worried that the food might not be delicious enough for me. They’d given me both clothes and shelter. They’d taken me to a doctor when I was sick, and when I was ill they’d seemed Daughters and sons 7 to suffer more than I did. Why was I never impressed with that? I suddenly felt that I’d been shamefully unjust. I realized how much I’d taken them for granted. At that moment, it was as if a dam burst. Many examples of my parents’ boon khoon, their generosity and kindness, came to my mind, so overwhelming, so impressive. That was the beginning of my gratitude toward my parents.… Read the rest
What Is Buddhism
What is Buddhism offers a very clear and concise overview of Buddhism and its core teachings, and addresses many questions that people unfamiliar with or new to it’s teachings often raise.… Read the rest
Seeing The Way: Volume Two
Following the style of the first volume of Seeing the Way, this volume two presents an anthology of transcribed talks from eighteen senior monks and nuns in Ajahn Chah’s monasteries.… Read the rest
Seeing The Way: Volume One
An anthology of transcribed talks from senior Western disciples of Ajahn Chah.… Read the rest
No Ajahn Chah
From the introduction: This collection… gives us some insight into concepts such as impermanence, virtue, not-self and so on… Hopefully the reader can catch a glimpse of the “No Ajahn Chah” who used to say, “I’m always talking about things to develop and things to give up, but, really, there’s nothing to develop and nothing to give up”.… Read the rest
The Teachings of Ajahn Chah
A collection of Ajahn Chah’s translated Dhamma talks.… Read the rest