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(699) Ajahn Chah Subhaddo

(323) Ajahn Pasanno

(226) Suffering (dukkha)

(221) Abhayagiri Monastery

(201) Monastic life (brahmacariyā)

(197) Relinquishment (paṭinissagga)

(183) Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati)

(176) Self-identity view (sakkāya-diṭṭhi)

(168) Teaching Dhamma

(164) Culture/Thailand

(161) Discernment (paññā)

(156) Happiness (sukha)

(152) Goodwill (mettā)

(150) Culture/West

(132) Death (maraṇa)

(126) Compassion (karuṇā)

(126) Proliferation (papañca)

(124) Mindfulness (sati)

(121) Faith (saddhā)

(117) Liberation (vimutti)

(116) Generosity (dāna)

(116) Similes (opammā)

(115) Wat Nong Pah Pong

(114) Ajahn Sumedho

(114) Impermanence (anicca)

(113) Tranquility (passaddhi)

(109) Clinging (upādāna)

(107) Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)

(103) Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati)

(102) Aversion (dosa)

(98) Conditionality (idappaccayatā)

(97) Concentration (samādhi)

(95) Not-self (anattā)

(95) Pāli

(94) Kamma

(92) Learning (suta)

(92) Sickness (byādhi)

(89) Gratitude (kataññu)

(89) Thai Forest Tradition

(88) Fear (bhaya)

(87) Vinaya

(86) Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra)

(84) Meditation (bhāvanā)

(81) Chanting

(81) Translation

(80) Jhāna

(80) Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā)

(78) Ajahn Amaro

(78) Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering)

(75) Clear comprehension (sampajañña)

(75) Virtue (sīla)

(75) Wat Pah Nanachat

(74) Family

(72) Knowing itself

(71) Dhamma

(71) Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā)

(70) Sensual desire (kāmacchanda)

(69) Saṅgha (Monastic community)

(68) Ajahn Mun Bhūridatto

(68) Human (manussa)

(67) Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati)

(65) Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)

(64) Patience (khanti)

(63) Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ)

(63) Craving (taṇhā)

(63) Sutta

(61) Lay life

(60) Community

(60) Feeling (vedanā)

(59) Desire (chanda)

(59) Politics and society

(58) Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga)

(58) Equanimity (upekkhā)

(58) Four Noble Truths (cattāri ariya-saccāni)

(57) Delusion (moha)

(56) Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā)

(56) Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra)

(56) Recollection (anusati)

(54) Buddha

(53) Buddha/Biography

(53) Communal harmony (sāmaggī)

(53) Health care

(53) Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni)

(53) Perception (saññā)

(52) Continuity of mindfulness

(52) Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta)

(52) Three Refuges (tisaraṇa)

(52) Mental volition (manosañcetanā)

(51) Heart/mind (citta)

(51) Language

(51) Thai language

(51) Views (diṭṭhī)

(50) Humor

(50) Nature of mind

(50) Rebirth

(50) Truth (sacca)

(49) Culture/Natural environment

(49) Energy (viriya)

(49) History/Thai Buddhism

(49) Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati)

(48) Merit (puñña)

(48) Nibbāna

(48) Recollection/Death (maraṇassati)

(48) Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā)

(47) Fierce/direct teaching

(47) Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya)

(47) Mutual lay/Saṅgha support

(47) Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha)

(46) Direct experience

(46) Lodging (senāsana)

(46) Precepts (sikkhāpada)

(45) Ajahn Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

(45) Idealism

(45) Insight meditation (vipassanā)

(45) Personality

(45) Work

(43) Almsround (Pindapat Thai)

(43) Ardency (ātāpi)

(43) Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi)

(43) Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana)

(42) Ajahn Liem Ṭhitadhammo

(42) Calming meditation (samatha)

(42) Unattractiveness/32 parts (asubha/dvattiṁsākāra)

(42) Volitional formations (saṅkhāra)

(41) Doubt (vicikiccha)

(41) Seclusion (viveka)

(41) Simplicity

(41) Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā)

(40) Grief (domanassa)

(40) Pain (dukkha)

(39) Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca)

(39) Characteristics of existence

(39) Conflict

(39) Determination (adhiṭṭhāna)

(39) Long-term practice

(39) Posture/Walking (caranta)

(39) Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)

(39) Sequence of training

(38) Cessation (nirodha)

(38) Judgementalism

(38) Monastic life/Motivation

(38) Present moment awareness

(38) Rapture (pīti)

(37) Commerce/economics

(37) Dispassion (virāga)

(37) Everyday life practice

(36) Ageing (jarā)

(36) Dhamma books

(36) Meditation retreats

(35) Consciousness (viññāṇa)

(34) Role of abbot

(34) Christianity

(33) Admonishment/feedback

(33) Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammā­nu­dhamma­p­paṭipatti)

(33) Right Speech (sammā-vācā)

(32) Becoming (bhava)

(32) Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā)

(32) Guilt/shame/inadequacy

(32) Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati)

(32) Spaciousness

(32) Stages of awakening

(31) Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā)

(31) Ordination (upasampadā)

(30) Ajahn Ñāṇiko

(30) Conceit (māna)

(30) Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda)

(30) Deva

(30) Environment

(30) Great disciples

(30) Habits

(30) Stream entry (sotāpanna)

(29) Almsfood (piṇḍapāta)

(29) Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga)

(29) Lunar observance days (uposatha)

(29) Mentoring

(29) Parents

(29) Relationships

(29) Respect

(28) Ajahn Karuṇadhammo

(28) Devotional practice

(28) Emotion

(28) Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā)

(28) Theravāda

(27) Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana)

(26) Buddhist identity

(26) Culture/India

(26) Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto)

(26) Elements (dhātu)

(26) Joseph Kappel

(26) Master Hsuan Hua

(26) Personal presence

(25) Commentaries (aṭṭhakathā)

(25) Funerals

(25) Health

(25) Meditation/General advice

(25) Respect for elders

(25) Saṅgha decision making

(25) Saṅghapāla Foundation

(25) Teachers

(25) Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries

(24) Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra)

(24) Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha ariya-sacca)

(24) Questions (pañhā)

(24) Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi)

(24) Trust

(23) Ajahn Ṭhānissaro

(23) Animal (tiracchāna)

(23) Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana)

(23) History/Western Buddhist monasticism

(23) Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā)

(23) Jack Kornfield

(23) Killing (pāṇātipāta)

(23) Meditation/Techniques

(23) Rains retreat (vassa)

(23) Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro)

(23) Thai sects

(23) Upasikā Kee Nanayon

(22) Ajahn Jayasaro

(22) Contentment (santuṭṭhi)

(22) Conventions

(22) Paul Breiter

(22) Posture/Sitting (nisinna)

(22) Psychic powers (iddhi)

(22) Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati)

(22) Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa)

(21) Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa)

(21) Craving not to become (vibhava-taṇhā)

(21) Leadership

(21) Renunciation (nekkhamma)

(21) Saṃsāra

(20) Amaravati Monastery

(20) Emptiness (suññatā)

(20) Humility

(20) Ill-will (byāpāda)

(20) Meditation/Unusual experiences

(20) Protocols (kiccavatta)

(20) Spiritual urgency (saṃvega)

(20) The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata)

(20) Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks)

(20) Vajrayāna

(19) Ajahn Sucitto

(19) Cittaviveka Monastery

(19) Cultural context

(19) Depression

(19) Progress of insight

(19) Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati)

(18) Ajahn Buddhadāsa Indapañño

(18) Ajahn Tongrat Kantasīlo

(18) Arahant

(18) Contact (phassa)

(18) Disrobing

(18) The Gradual Teaching (anupubbikathā)

(18) Memory (sati)

(18) Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati)

(18) Release (vossagga)

(17) Attachment to precepts and practices (sīlabbata-parāmāsa)

(17) Bowing

(17) Buddho mantra

(17) Building projects

(17) Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni)

(17) History/Early Buddhism

(17) Robes (cīvara)

(17) Self-reliance

(17) Temporary ordination

(17) Unification (ekaggatā)

(17) Visiting holy sites

(17) Zen

(16) Abuse/violence

(16) Medicinal requisites (gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ)

(16) Military

(16) Perfectionism

(15) Ceremony/ritual

(15) City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

(15) Heedfulness (appamāda)

(15) Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā)

(15) Technology

(15) Western psychology

(14) Buddha images

(14) Cleanliness

(14) Disenchantment (nibbidā)

(14) Form (rūpa)

(14) Not handling money

(14) Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā)

(14) Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo)

(14) Visualization

(13) Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo

(13) Artistic expression

(13) Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva)

(13) Birth (jāti)

(13) Forest versus city monks

(13) Forgiveness (khama)

(13) Geography/Thailand

(13) History/Sri Lankan Buddhism

(13) Ignorance (avijjā)

(13) Monastic routine/schedule

(13) Novices (sāmaṇera)

(13) Pace of life

(13) Pāṭimokkha

(13) Realms of existence

(13) Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati)

(13) Four Requisites

(12) Ajahn Chah lineage

(12) Ajahn Sudanto

(12) Children

(12) Dtao Dtum Monastery

(12) Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā)

(12) Ghost (peta)

(12) Media

(12) Monasteries

(12) Monastic titles

(12) Māra

(12) Nature of the cosmos

(12) Postulants (anagārika)

(12) Four Postures

(12) Poverty

(12) Purpose/meaning

(12) Spiritual traditions

(11) Ajahn Kinaree Candiyo

(11) Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā)

(11) Body scanning

(11) The Dalai Lama

(11) Dhamma online

(11) Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni)

(11) Empathetic joy (muditā)

(11) Etymology

(11) Greed (lobha)

(11) Mahāyāna

(11) Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā)

(11) Nimitta

(11) P. A. Payutto

(11) Pandemic

(11) Recollection/Devas (devatānussati)

(11) Travel

(11) Wat Keuan

(10) Abhidhamma

(10) Ajahn Anan Akiñcano

(10) Insight Meditation Society

(10) Lay supporters

(10) Listening

(10) Meditation/Results

(10) Six Principles of Cordiality (cha dhammā sārāṇīyā)

(10) Protective chants (paritta)

(10) Science

(10) Study monks

(9) Ajahn Chah monasteries

(9) Ajahn Dune Atulo

(9) Ajahn Sundarā

(9) Ajahn Teean Cittasubho

(9) Almsbowl (patta)

(9) Bhikkhu Bodhi

(9) Dreams (supinā)

(9) Education

(9) Kaṭhina

(9) Kittisaro

(9) Mae Chee Thai

(9) Moods of the mind (Arom kong git Thai)

(9) Online community

(9) Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati)

(9) Recreation/leisure/sport

(9) Suicide

(9) Sīladharā

(9) Tipiṭaka (Pāli Canon)

(9) Women in Buddhism

(8) Activism

(8) Ajahn Baen Dhanākaro

(8) Ajahn Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo

(8) Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto

(8) Ajahn Jotipālo

(8) Ajahn Khao Anālayo

(8) Doctrine-of-self clinging (attavādupādāna)

(8) Elders' Council monasteries

(8) False speech (musā-vādā)

(8) Formless attainments (āruppa)

(8) God

(8) Hinduism

(8) Idle chatter (samphappalāpa)

(8) Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati)

(8) Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā)

(8) Older monks

(8) Relics (sarīra)

(8) Selfishness

(8) Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra)

(8) Spiritual bypass

(8) Women's monastic forms

(8) Ṭhānissarā

(7) Ajahn Puriso

(7) Anumodanā (Delighting in goodness)

(7) Bhikshu Heng Shun

(7) Blame and praise (nindā ca pasaṃsā ca)

(7) Competitiveness

(7) Crime

(7) Drawbacks (ādīnava)

(7) Mae Chee Kaew

(7) Mantra

(7) Non-contention

(7) Pūjā

(7) Stupas/monuments (thūpaṃ)

(7) Time management

(7) Seven Treasures (satta dhanā)

(7) Types of monks

(7) Vegetarianism

(6) Ajahn Anando

(6) Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

(6) Ajahn Viradhammo

(6) Beauty

(6) Bhikkhunī

(6) Bodhisattva

(6) Entertainment and adornment (nacca-gīta-vādita)

(6) Exercise

(6) History

(6) History/Indian Buddhism

(6) Holy Transfiguration Monastery

(6) Internet

(6) Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā)

(6) Movement meditation

(6) Outflows (āsava)

(6) Pacific Hermitage

(6) Posture/Standing (tiṭṭhanta)

(6) Stories

(6) Wat Tam Saeng Pet

(6) Weather (utu)

(6) Western Ajahn Chah monasteries

(6) Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā)

(5) Ajahn Khemadhammo

(5) Ajahn Koon Aggadhammo

(5) Ajahn Mahā Amorn Khemacitto

(5) Ajahn Mahā Prasert

(5) Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho

(5) Ajahn Wanchai Vicitto

(5) Asking forgiveness ceremony

(5) Tan Chao Khun Upāli Guṇūpamājahn

(5) Courage

(5) Disasters

(5) Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana)

(5) Five Faculties (pañca indriyā)

(5) Festival days

(5) Heedlessness (pamāda)

(5) History/Western Buddhism

(5) Lay teachers

(5) Mahasi Sayadaw

(5) Mental illness

(5) Noting

(5) Perception of light (āloka-saññā)

(5) Poo Jum Gom Monastery

(5) Posture/Lying down (sayāna)

(5) Right Action (sammā-kammanta)

(5) Royalty

(5) Service

(4) Addiction

(4) Advertizing

(4) Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day

(4) Ajahn Paññānanda Padumuttaro

(4) Ajahn Piak Kantasīlo

(4) Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro

(4) Amulets

(4) Bhante Gunaratana

(4) Confession (paṭidesanā)

(4) The Deathless (amata)

(4) Dhammadharini Monastery

(4) Dignity

(4) Dōgen

(4) Father Damien

(4) Free distribution

(4) Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā)

(4) History/Mahāyāna Buddhism

(4) History/Other Theravāda traditions

(4) Hua tou Chinese

(4) Intuition

(4) Isan/Lao language

(4) Jealousy

(4) King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)

(4) Master Hsu Yun

(4) Monastic crafts

(4) News

(4) Non-return (anāgamī)

(4) Not-made-of-that (atammayatā)

(4) Prisons

(4) Reverend Heng Sure

(4) Secular Buddhism

(4) Social media

(4) Sound of silence

(4) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

(4) Stealing (adinnādāna)

(4) Superstition

(4) Venerable Analayo

(4) Wat Fah Krahm

(4) Wat Pah Ban Tat

(4) Western Ajahn Chah lineage

(4) Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi)

(3) Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā)

(3) Ajahn Anek Yasadinno

(3) Ajahn Fun Ācāro

(3) Ajahn Gavesako

(3) Ajahn Gunha Sukhagāmo

(3) Ajahn Jun Indavīro

(3) Ajahn Sinuan

(3) Ajahn Soṇa

(3) Ajahn Suwat Suvaco

(3) Ajahn Tate Desaransi

(3) Ajahn Tiradhammo

(3) Ajahn Waen Suciṇṇo

(3) Three Aspects of Understanding

(3) Chao Khun Nor

(3) Corruption

(3) Culture/Sri Lanka

(3) Dhamma recordings

(3) Discrimination

(3) Euthanasia

(3) Fasting

(3) Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā)

(3) Fourfold Assembly

(3) Gratification (assāda)

(3) Koan

(3) Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā)

(3) Mae Chee Kumfah

(3) Monastery organizational structure

(3) Non-human beings (amanussa)

(3) Non-profit organizations

(3) Preah Mahāghosānanda

(3) Question in Thai

(3) Ram Dass

(3) Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati)

(3) Retirement

(3) S. N. Goenka

(3) Self-pity

(3) Sharing circles

(3) Sitter's practice

(3) Suchness (tathatā)

(3) Symbolism

(3) Wat Burapha

(3) Wat Phleng Vipassanā

(3) Winnie-the-Pooh

(2) Ajahn Achalo

(2) Ajahn Brahmavaṃso

(2) Ajahn Gi Dhammuttamo

(2) Ajahn Jia Cundo

(2) Ajahn Jumnien

(2) Ajahn Jundee Kantasāro

(2) Ajahn Khantipālo

(2) Ajahn Munindo

(2) Ajahn Plien Paññapatipo

(2) Ajahn Utane Kalyāno

(2) Ajahn Vajiro

(2) Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo

(2) Attitude

(2) Ayya Tathālokā

(2) Bhikshu Heng Lyu

(2) Four Biases (catarī agatī)

(2) Bodhi Tree

(2) Community of Abhayagiri Lay Ministers

(2) Celibacy (brahmacariyā)

(2) Chi Gong

(2) Cults

(2) Culture/Asia

(2) Culture/Other Theravāda traditions

(2) Dependence (nissaya)

(2) Dhamma discussion (dhammasākacchā)

(2) Kloster Dhammapala

(2) Escape (nissaraṇa)

(2) Hell (niraya)

(2) History/America

(2) Hospitality

(2) Industry

(2) Islam

(2) Judaism

(2) Kasiṇa

(2) Larry Rosenberg

(2) Mae Chee Sansanee

(2) Meditation groups

(2) Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū)

(2) Monastic teachers

(2) Mudra Sanskrit (Hand posture)

(2) Nonviolent Communication

(2) Once return (sakadāgāmī)

(2) Pa Auk Sayadaw

(2) Paccekabuddha

(2) Philosophy

(2) Prayer

(2) Four Protective Meditations (caturārakkhā bhāvanā)

(2) Pure Land

(2) Renunciant practice

(2) Ruth Denison

(2) Smoking

(2) Somdet Phra Vajirañāṇavarorasa

(2) Supernatural

(2) Thai audio

(2) Three Conditions Monastery

(2) Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ)

(2) Wat Buridat

(2) Wat Metta

(2) Wat Phu Din Dang

(1) Abhayagiri Monastery (Sri Lanka)

(1) Abortion

(1) Advaita Vedanta

(1) Ajahn Bunjong

(1) Ajahn Chorp Ṭhānasamo

(1) Ajahn Fuang Jotiko

(1) Ajahn Jayanto

(1) Ajahn Jitindriyā

(1) Ajahn Jāgaro

(1) Ajahn Kalyāṇo

(1) Ajahn Kevali

(1) Ajahn Kusalo

(1) Ajahn Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando

(1) Ajahn Mahā Chatchai

(1) Ajahn Mahā In

(1) Ajahn Mahā Suporn

(1) Ajahn Pavaro

(1) Ajahn Piyadhammo

(1) Ajahn Preecha Jutindharo

(1) Ajahn Puth Thaniyo

(1) Ajahn Sanong Katapuñño

(1) Ajahn Siripañño

(1) Ajahn Somboon Cittapañño

(1) Ajahn Supah Kantasīlo

(1) Ajahn Toon Cattasallo

(1) Ajahn Vajirayan Vajirañāno

(1) Ajahn Visuddhi

(1) Anandagiri Monastery

(1) Aranya Bodhi Hermitage

(1) Arrow River Forest Hermitage

(1) Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery

(1) Atheism/agnosticism

(1) Bhante Dharmawara

(1) Bhante Yogavacara Rahula

(1) Tan Chao Khun Prayoon Dhammacitto

(1) Craving for material existence (rūparāga)

(1) Culture/Native American

(1) Dipa Ma

(1) Disciplinary transactions

(1) Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga)

(1) Fame and disrepute (yaso ca ayaso ca)

(1) Father Boniface

(1) Geography/India

(1) George Sharp

(1) Gold Mountain Monastery

(1) Harata Rōshi

(1) High and luxurious beds (uccāsayana-mahāsayanā)

(1) Icons

(1) Joseph Goldstein

(1) Karuna Buddhist Vihara

(1) Krishnamurti

(1) Lama Zopa Rinpoche

(1) Loneliness

(1) Mahatma Gandhi

(1) Malas

(1) Manjushri Institute

(1) Master Xuanzang

(1) Maurice Walsh

(1) Nichiren Buddhism

(1) Non-monastic centers

(1) Other Thai Forest teachers

(1) Other Thai forest monasteries

(1) Other Thai monastics

(1) Panyaprateep School

(1) Principles of (communal) non-decline (aparihānāya dhammā)

(1) Qualities for non-decline (aparihānāya dhammā)

(1) Rodney Smith

(1) Taungpulu Sayadaw

(1) Temple Forest Monastery

(1) The Far Side

(1) Thubten Chodron

(1) Tisarana Monastery

(1) Trulshik Rinpoche

(1) Venerable Ñāṇatiloka

(1) Wat Asokaram

(1) Wat Khao Wongkot

(1) Wat Pah Sai Ngam

(1) Wat Pah Supattaram

(1) Wat Pahk Kut Wai

(1) Wat Ram Poeng

(1) Wat Suan Mokkh

(1) Āgama