References – Straight from the Heart (1987) 
Modern / Ajahn Mahā Boowa / Straight from the Heart (1987)

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Reading: “Birth and Death” from Straight from the Heart by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, pp. 55-71. Read by Ajahn Cunda.

Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition [2014], Session 8


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Reading: “The Principle of the Present,” Straight from the Heart by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, pp. 129-149. Read by Ajahn Cunda.

Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition [2014], Session 26


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Reading from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 9, pp. 157-158. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Straight from the Heart by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, p. 228

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 45, Excerpt 5


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“Can you explain what Ajahn Mahā Boowa means by ‘the essence of a level of being’ in Straight from the Heart by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, p. 228, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 158?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Becoming] // [Clinging] [Birth] [Fetters] [Restlessness and worry] [Conceit] [Knowing itself]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 46, Excerpt 6