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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

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