The Doors to the Deathless are Open
Monastic Sangha
A book of reflections and photos recollecting the history of Amaravati Monastery in England, published to mark the monastery’s 30th Anniversary.
2014 Abhayagiri Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat
Abhayagiri Sangha
This mp3 CD contains Dhamma talks, guided meditations, and questions and answers from the 2014 Abhayagiri Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat which occurred from November 21 to November 30 at the Angela Center in Santa Rosa, California. The CD contents are also available for online browsing (opens in new tab) and can be downloaded as a zip file.
2014 Abhayagiri Photo Album
Monastic Sangha
Each fall, Abhayagiri Monastery creates a photo album of the year’s events for Ajahn Pasanno to take on his December visit to Thailand. This book is available for free in pdf format and can be ordered from Blurb for the cost of printing. The photos from this book can also be viewed in the gallery.
Thus Should You Train Yourselves
Anonymous
An exhaustive survey of the Buddha’s exhortations from the Pali Canon addressed in the form “thus … should you train yourselves” (evañhi vo _.. sikkhitabba_ṃ).
Ajahn Sumedho Anthology Volume 5 - The Wheel of Truth
Ajahn Sumedho
The title of this book refers to the image of the Buddha’s teaching, the Wheel of Truth (or Dhamma). It is a wheel that he set rolling in his first discourse by proclaiming the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path of practice. This teaching remains as the axis of Ajahn Sumedho’s teaching and personal contemplative work.
Ajahn Sumedho Anthology Volume 4 - The Sound of Silence
Ajahn Sumedho
This volume is a reprint of The Sound of Silence, published by Wisdom Publications in 2007 and offered by them to Amaravati Publications for free distribution. Since we aren’t sure whether Wisdom Publications will allow us to distribute this work electronically, we have removed the downloadable versions until this is clarified.
Ajahn Sumedho Anthology Volume 3 - Direct Realization
Ajahn Sumedho
This volume contains material gathered from talks given by Ajahn Sumedho in the late 1980s and 1990s. It is made up of two collections – The Way It Is and Buddhism Now! – and an interview with John Baxter, conducted at Amaravati in 1986.
Ajahn Sumedho Anthology Volume 2 - Seeds of Understanding
Ajahn Sumedho
This volume contains material that spans the early and middle stages of Ajahn Sumedho’s teaching career, and has previously appeared as three separate books - ‘Mindfulness: the Path to the Deathless’ ,’Questions and Answers with Ajahn Sumedho’ and ‘The Mind and the Way.’ Since we aren’t sure whether Wisdom Publications will allow us to distribute ‘The Mind and the Way’ electronically, we have remo…
Ajahn Sumedho Anthology Volume 1 - Peace is a Simple Step
Ajahn Sumedho
Peace is a Simple Step brings together material that forms a foundation to Ajahn Sumedho’s teachings, from talks that were given in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is a collection made up of three books – ‘Cittaviveka’, ‘Teachings from the Forest’ and ‘The Four Noble Truths’.