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Small Boat, Great Mountain

Ajahn Amaro reflects on the teachings of The Natural Great Perfection from the Dzogchen teachings and compares it with those familiar in the Pali Canon and in the Thai Forest Tradition.… Read the rest

Silent Rain

This book is an account of a ‘tudong’ walk through England, made by Ajahn Amaro in 1983. It was previously published in a shorter book called Tudong:The Long Road North.… Read the rest

Finding the Missing Peace

This booklet, describing meditation tools and techniques for beginners in a series of lessons, is based on a six week series of classes given in Mendicino, California, in 2002.… Read the rest

Rain on the Nile

From Ajahn Amaro: “When Silent Rain was first compiled, part of the idea of producing such a varied collection of material – talks, poems, travelogues and artwork – was that it would then provide an easy source for smaller offprints over the years. Rain on the Nile is both an outcome of that original intention as well as an arena for the offering up of some more recent material – to wit, the travelogue of a journey to Egypt made in December of 2006.”… Read the rest

Rugged Interdependency

Ajahn Amaro shares his experiences and thoughts from his first visit to the US in 1990 up to 2007. During those years much happened, most importantly the founding of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery. This travelogue gives the reader a healthy glimpse into the short yet rich history of bringing Ajahn Chah’s monastic tradition to the US.… Read the rest

Mara and the Mangala

This story is intended to be both a partner to the novel ‘The Pilgrim Kamanita,’ written by Karl Gjellerup in 1906, and a tale that stands on its own. There is no need to have read the earlier book in order to make sense of this one.… Read the rest