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(726) Ajahn Chah Subhaddo

(341) Ajahn Pasanno

(244) Suffering (dukkha)

(224) Abhayagiri Monastery

(209) Monastic life (brahmacariyā)

(206) Relinquishment (paṭinissagga)

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

(188) Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati)

(182) Teaching Dhamma

(172) Discernment (paññā)

(167) Happiness (sukha)

(166) Culture/Thailand

(157) Culture/West

(156) Goodwill (mettā)

(137) Death (maraṇa)

(135) Ajahn Sumedho

(135) Proliferation (papañca)

(131) Compassion (karuṇā)

(129) Mindfulness (sati)

(128) Liberation (vimutti)

(127) Similes (opammā)

(125) Faith (saddhā)

(122) Impermanence (anicca)

(119) Generosity (dāna)

(119) Tranquility (passaddhi)

(118) Wat Nong Pah Pong

(114) Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)

(112) Clinging (upādāna)

(108) Aversion (dosa)

(108) Concentration (samādhi)

(108) Not-self (anattā)

(105) Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati)

(104) Conditionality (idappaccayatā)

(99) Pāli

(98) Kamma

(97) Vinaya

(96) Sickness (byādhi)

(95) Learning (suta)

(93) Thai Forest Tradition

(89) Fear (bhaya)

(89) Gratitude (kataññu)

(88) Ajahn Amaro

(88) Meditation (bhāvanā)

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

(86) Translation

(86) Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering)

(85) Jhāna

(83) Chanting

(83) Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā)

(83) Wat Pah Nanachat

(79) Knowing itself

(79) Virtue (sīla)

(77) Dhamma

(76) Clear comprehension (sampajañña)

(76) Family

(75) Buddha/Biography

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

(73) Saṅgha (Monastic community)

(73) Sensual desire (kāmacchanda)

(72) Human (manussa)

(70) Ajahn Mun Bhūridatto

(68) Craving (taṇhā)

(68) Desire (chanda)

(68) Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati)

(67) Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)

(67) Sutta

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

(66) Patience (khanti)

(64) Lay life

(63) Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā)

(63) Feeling (vedanā)

(62) Community

(62) Equanimity (upekkhā)

(62) Language

(61) Delusion (moha)

(61) Insight meditation (vipassanā)

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

(60) Perception (saññā)

(59) Buddha

(59) Continuity of mindfulness

(59) Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga)

(59) Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra)

(59) Nibbāna

(59) Politics and society

(59) Rebirth

(56) Recollection (anusati)

(55) Health care

(55) Truth (sacca)

(55) Mental volition (manosañcetanā)

(54) Communal harmony (sāmaggī)

(54) Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni)

(53) Culture/Natural environment

(53) Thai language

(52) Energy (viriya)

(52) Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta)

(52) Heart/mind (citta)

(52) Three Refuges (tisaraṇa)

(52) Views (diṭṭhī)

(51) Humor

(51) Nature of mind

(51) Precepts (sikkhāpada)

(51) Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā)

(50) Fierce/direct teaching

(49) History/Thai Buddhism

(49) Lodging (senāsana)

(49) Merit (puñña)

(49) Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati)

(49) Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi)

(49) Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha)

(48) Ajahn Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

(48) Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya)

(48) Mutual lay/Saṅgha support

(48) Personality

(48) Recollection/Death (maraṇassati)

(48) Seclusion (viveka)

(47) Direct experience

(47) Idealism

(46) Volitional formations (saṅkhāra)

(46) Work

(45) Almsround (Pindapat Thai)

(45) Ardency (ātāpi)

(45) Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana)

(44) Doubt (vicikiccha)

(43) Ajahn Liem Ṭhitadhammo

(43) Calming meditation (samatha)

(43) Long-term practice

(43) Pain (dukkha)

(43) Simplicity

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

(43) Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā)

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

(42) Determination (adhiṭṭhāna)

(41) Cessation (nirodha)

(41) Characteristics of existence

(41) Great disciples

(41) Grief (domanassa)

(40) Becoming (bhava)

(40) Conflict

(40) Everyday life practice

(40) Monastic life/Motivation

(40) Present moment awareness

(39) Judgementalism

(39) Posture/Walking (caranta)

(39) Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)

(39) Sequence of training

(38) Dispassion (virāga)

(38) Rapture (pīti)

(37) Ageing (jarā)

(37) Commerce/economics

(37) Consciousness (viññāṇa)

(37) Dhamma books

(37) Stream entry (sotāpanna)

(36) Role of abbot

(36) Meditation retreats

(35) Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda)

(35) Habits

(35) Parents

(35) Stages of awakening

(34) Admonishment/feedback

(34) Christianity

(34) Culture/India

(34) Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammā­nu­dhamma­p­paṭipatti)

(34) Right Speech (sammā-vācā)

(34) Spaciousness

(33) Conceit (māna)

(32) Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā)

(32) Environment

(32) Guilt/shame/inadequacy

(32) Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā)

(32) Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati)

(32) Theravāda

(31) Ajahn Ñāṇiko

(31) Deva

(31) Ordination (upasampadā)

(29) Ajahn Karuṇadhammo

(29) Almsfood (piṇḍapāta)

(29) Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga)

(29) Conventions

(29) Emotion

(29) Lunar observance days (uposatha)

(29) Mentoring

(29) Relationships

(29) Respect

(28) Animal (tiracchāna)

(28) Buddhist identity

(28) Commentaries (aṭṭhakathā)

(28) Devotional practice

(28) Joseph Kappel

(28) Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā)

(27) Ajahn Ṭhānissaro

(27) Contentment (santuṭṭhi)

(27) Elements (dhātu)

(27) Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana)

(27) Killing (pāṇātipāta)

(27) Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana)

(27) Meditation/Techniques

(27) Personal presence

(26) Arahant

(26) Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto)

(26) Funerals

(26) Master Hsuan Hua

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

(26) Rains retreat (vassa)

(26) Saṅghapāla Foundation

(26) Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries

(26) The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata)

(25) Ajahn Jayasaro

(25) Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra)

(25) Health

(25) Meditation/General advice

(25) Psychic powers (iddhi)

(25) Questions (pañhā)

(25) Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati)

(25) Respect for elders

(25) Saṅgha decision making

(25) Teachers

(25) Trust

(24) Ajahn Buddhadāsa Indapañño

(24) Amaravati Monastery

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

(24) Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā)

(24) Jack Kornfield

(24) Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi)

(24) Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro)

(24) Upasikā Kee Nanayon

(23) History/Western Buddhist monasticism

(23) Protocols (kiccavatta)

(23) Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa)

(23) Thai sects

(22) Emptiness (suññatā)

(22) Ill-will (byāpāda)

(22) Leadership

(22) Paul Breiter

(22) Posture/Sitting (nisinna)

(22) Renunciation (nekkhamma)

(21) Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa)

(21) Humility

(21) Saṃsāra

(21) Self-reliance

(21) Vajrayāna

(20) Ajahn Sucitto

(20) Cittaviveka Monastery

(20) Contact (phassa)

(20) Meditation/Unusual experiences

(20) Spiritual urgency (saṃvega)

(20) Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks)

(20) Visiting holy sites

(19) Cultural context

(19) Depression

(19) Disrobing

(19) History/Early Buddhism

(19) Memory (sati)

(19) Progress of insight

(19) Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati)

(19) Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati)

(19) Robes (cīvara)

(19) Unification (ekaggatā)

(18) Ajahn Tongrat Kantasīlo

(18) Building projects

(18) Etymology

(18) The Gradual Teaching (anupubbikathā)

(18) Release (vossagga)

(18) Western psychology

(18) Zen

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

(17) Bowing

(17) Buddho mantra

(17) Cleanliness

(17) Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni)

(17) Realms of existence

(17) Temporary ordination

(17) Tipiṭaka (Pāli Canon)

(16) Abuse/violence

(16) Artistic expression

(16) City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

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

(16) Military

(16) Perfectionism

(16) Four Requisites

(15) Ceremony/ritual

(15) Disenchantment (nibbidā)

(15) Dtao Dtum Monastery

(15) Heedfulness (appamāda)

(15) Mahāyāna

(15) Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo)

(15) Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā)

(15) Spiritual traditions

(15) Technology

(14) Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva)

(14) Buddha images

(14) Form (rūpa)

(14) History/Sri Lankan Buddhism

(14) Ignorance (avijjā)

(14) Monastic routine/schedule

(14) Not handling money

(14) Novices (sāmaṇera)

(14) Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā)

(14) Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati)

(14) Visualization

(13) Ajahn Chah lineage

(13) Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo

(13) Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā)

(13) Birth (jāti)

(13) Children

(13) Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā)

(13) Forest versus city monks

(13) Forgiveness (khama)

(13) Geography/Thailand

(13) P. A. Payutto

(13) Pace of life

(13) Four Postures

(13) Poverty

(13) Purpose/meaning

(13) Pāṭimokkha

(12) Ajahn Kinaree Candiyo

(12) Ajahn Sudanto

(12) The Dalai Lama

(12) Ghost (peta)

(12) Greed (lobha)

(12) Hinduism

(12) Media

(12) Monasteries

(12) Monastic titles

(12) Māra

(12) Nature of the cosmos

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

(12) Postulants (anagārika)

(12) Science

(12) Wat Keuan

(11) Abhidhamma

(11) Bhikkhu Bodhi

(11) Body scanning

(11) Dhamma online

(11) Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni)

(11) Empathetic joy (muditā)

(11) Insight Meditation Society

(11) Lay supporters

(11) Nimitta

(11) Non-identification (atammayatā)

(11) Pandemic

(11) Recollection/Devas (devatānussati)

(11) Travel

(10) Ajahn Anan Akiñcano

(10) Almsbowl (patta)

(10) Education

(10) Listening

(10) Meditation/Results

(10) Non-return (anāgamī)

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

(10) Protective chants (paritta)

(10) Recreation/leisure/sport

(10) Study monks

(9) Ajahn Chah monasteries

(9) Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto

(9) Ajahn Dune Atulo

(9) Ajahn Sundarā

(9) Ajahn Teean Cittasubho

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

(9) Bodhisattva

(9) Crime

(9) Dreams (supinā)

(9) Formless attainments (āruppa)

(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) Spiritual bypass

(9) Suicide

(9) Sīladharā

(9) Wat Tam Saeng Pet

(9) Women in Buddhism

(8) Activism

(8) Ajahn Baen Dhanākaro

(8) Ajahn Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo

(8) Ajahn Jotipālo

(8) Ajahn Khao Anālayo

(8) Ajahn Puriso

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

(8) Elders' Council monasteries

(8) False speech (musā-vādā)

(8) God

(8) Idle chatter (samphappalāpa)

(8) Mae Chee Kaew

(8) Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati)

(8) Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā)

(8) Older monks

(8) Pūjā

(8) Relics (sarīra)

(8) Selfishness

(8) Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra)

(8) Women's monastic forms

(8) Ṭhānissarā

(7) Addiction

(7) Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho

(7) Ajahn Viradhammo

(7) Anumodanā (Delighting in goodness)

(7) Beauty

(7) Bhikkhunī

(7) Bhikshu Heng Shun

(7) Competitiveness

(7) Drawbacks (ādīnava)

(7) History

(7) Mantra

(7) Non-contention

(7) Philosophy

(7) Stupas/monuments (thūpaṃ)

(7) Time management

(7) Seven Treasures (satta dhanā)

(7) Types of monks

(7) Vegetarianism

(7) Weather (utu)

(6) Ajahn Anando

(6) Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

(6) Attitude

(6) Courage

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

(6) Exercise

(6) Five Faculties (pañca indriyā)

(6) Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā)

(6) Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā)

(6) Heedlessness (pamāda)

(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) Royalty

(6) Service

(6) Stories

(6) Western Ajahn Chah monasteries

(6) Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā)

(5) Advaita Vedanta

(5) Ajahn Khemadhammo

(5) Ajahn Koon Aggadhammo

(5) Ajahn Mahā Amorn Khemacitto

(5) Ajahn Mahā Prasert

(5) Ajahn Paññānanda Padumuttaro

(5) Ajahn Piak Kantasīlo

(5) Ajahn Wanchai Vicitto

(5) Asking forgiveness ceremony

(5) Tan Chao Khun Upāli Guṇūpamājahn

(5) Disasters

(5) Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana)

(5) Festival days

(5) History/Western Buddhism

(5) Lay teachers

(5) Mahasi Sayadaw

(5) Mental illness

(5) Monastic crafts

(5) Non-human beings (amanussa)

(5) Noting

(5) Perception of light (āloka-saññā)

(5) Poo Jum Gom Monastery

(5) Posture/Lying down (sayāna)

(5) Right Action (sammā-kammanta)

(5) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

(5) Western Ajahn Chah lineage

(4) Advertizing

(4) Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā)

(4) Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day

(4) Ajahn Gavesako

(4) Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro

(4) Amulets

(4) Bhante Gunaratana

(4) Brahma gods

(4) Confession (paṭidesanā)

(4) The Deathless (amata)

(4) Dhammadharini Monastery

(4) Dignity

(4) Dōgen

(4) Father Damien

(4) Fourfold Assembly

(4) Free distribution

(4) Gratification (assāda)

(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) Koan

(4) Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā)

(4) Master Hsu Yun

(4) Monastery organizational structure

(4) News

(4) Once return (sakadāgāmī)

(4) Prisons

(4) Reverend Heng Sure

(4) Secular Buddhism

(4) Self-pity

(4) Social media

(4) Sound of silence

(4) Stealing (adinnādāna)

(4) Suchness (tathatā)

(4) Superstition

(4) Symbolism

(4) Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ)

(4) Venerable Analayo

(4) Wat Fah Krahm

(4) Wat Pah Ban Tat

(4) Winnie-the-Pooh

(4) Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi)

(3) Ajahn Anek Yasadinno

(3) Ajahn Brahmavaṃso

(3) Ajahn Fun Ācāro

(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) Mae Chee Kumfah

(3) Non-profit organizations

(3) Nonviolent Communication

(3) Preah Mahāghosānanda

(3) Pure Land

(3) Question in Thai

(3) Ram Dass

(3) Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati)

(3) Retirement

(3) S. N. Goenka

(3) Sharing circles

(3) Sitter's practice

(3) Wat Burapha

(3) Wat Phleng Vipassanā

(3) Wat Suan Mokkh

(2) Ajahn Achalo

(2) Ajahn Gi Dhammuttamo

(2) Ajahn Jia Cundo

(2) Ajahn Jumnien

(2) Ajahn Jundee Kantasāro

(2) Ajahn Khantipālo

(2) Ajahn Kusalo

(2) Ajahn Munindo

(2) Ajahn Plien Paññapatipo

(2) Ajahn Utane Kalyāno

(2) Ajahn Vajiro

(2) Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo

(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) Craving for material existence (rūparāga)

(2) Cults

(2) Culture/Asia

(2) Culture/Other Theravāda traditions

(2) Dependence (nissaya)

(2) Dhamma discussion (dhammasākacchā)

(2) Kloster Dhammapala

(2) Escape (nissaraṇa)

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

(2) Geography/India

(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) Pa Auk Sayadaw

(2) Paccekabuddha

(2) Prayer

(2) Previous Buddhas

(2) Four Protective Meditations (caturārakkhā bhāvanā)

(2) Renunciant practice

(2) Ruth Denison

(2) Smoking

(2) Somdet Phra Vajirañāṇavarorasa

(2) Supernatural

(2) Thai audio

(2) Three Conditions Monastery

(2) Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero

(2) Wat Buridat

(2) Wat Metta

(2) Wat Phu Din Dang

(1) Abhayagiri Monastery (Sri Lanka)

(1) Abortion

(1) Acariya Nāgārguna

(1) Ajahn BahnKow

(1) Ajahn Bunjong

(1) Ajahn Chai Sujīvo

(1) Ajahn Chorp Ṭhānasamo

(1) Ajahn Dohn

(1) Ajahn Fuang Jotiko

(1) Ajahn Jayanto

(1) Ajahn Jitindriyā

(1) Ajahn Jāgaro

(1) Ajahn Kalyāṇo

(1) Ajahn Kevali

(1) Ajahn Koon Tikkhavīro

(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 Santikaro

(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) Calvin and Hobbes

(1) Tan Chao Khun Prayoon Dhammacitto

(1) Christian monastics

(1) Craving for immaterial existence (arūparāga)

(1) Culture/Native American

(1) Dipa Ma

(1) Disciplinary transactions

(1) Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga)

(1) Father Boniface

(1) Gaia House

(1) Gain and loss (lābho ca alābho ca)

(1) George Sharp

(1) Gold Mountain Monastery

(1) Harata Rōshi

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

(1) Icons

(1) Jainism

(1) Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī

(1) Joseph Goldstein

(1) Jātaka Tales

(1) Karuna Buddhist Vihara

(1) Krishnamurti

(1) Lama Zopa Rinpoche

(1) Loneliness

(1) Mahatma Gandhi

(1) Malas

(1) Manjushri Institute

(1) Mark Epstein

(1) Master Xuanzang

(1) Maurice Walsh

(1) Metteyya Bodhisatva

(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) Portland Friends of the Dhamma

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

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

(1) Rodney Smith

(1) Taoism

(1) Taungpulu Sayadaw

(1) Temple Forest Monastery

(1) The Far Side

(1) The New Yorker

(1) Thich Nhat Hahn

(1) Thubten Chodron

(1) Tisarana Monastery

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