☸ Thanissaro Bhikku / The Thai Forest Masters (1/3) ☸
Channel: Buddhist Teachings
Date: 2022-08-13

The Thai forest tradition is well-known for the style of its teachings–direct, down-to- earth . . . but very little has been written about the content of its teachings: the positions it took on controversial issues regarding virtue, concentration, discernment, and release. This daylong focused on filling in this gap with reference to the recorded teachings of Ajaan Mun Bhuridatto, one of the founders of the tradition, as well as to the more systematic writings of two of his most articulate students, Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo and Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno.

The talk was held by Thanissaro Bhikku in in 2015 (https://www.watmetta.org/about.html) and is provided by the Insight Meditation Center (https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/). The talk can be found on https://www.audiodharma.org.

🧘 My personal reading recommendations for spiritual and personal growth:

🕮 Ajahn Chah / Collected Teachings / Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah / https://amzn.to/3vQYAO0
🕮 Daniel M. Ingram / Mastering the core teachings of the buddha / https://amzn.to/3P9zJMf
🕮 John Yates (Culadasa) / The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness / https://amzn.to/3dlfnCk
🕮 Sadhguru / Inner engineering: A yogi's guide to joy / https://amzn.to/3vRKnR4
🕮 Jack Kornfield / Living Dharma: Teachings and Meditation Instructions from Twelve Theravada Masters / https://amzn.to/3SAftGD
🕮 Philip Kapleau / The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment / https://amzn.to/3zL8vGc