Tags – Most common

(422) Ajahn Chah Subhaddo

(183) Ajahn Pasanno

(140) Monastic life

(129) Suffering (dukkha)

(123) Culture/Thailand

(114) Relinquishment (paṭinissagga)

(105) Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānassati)

(104) Culture/West

(103) Teaching Dhamma

(102) Death (maraṇa)

(102) Happiness (sukha)

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

(98) Discernment (paññā)

(98) Goodwill (mettā)

(89) Proliferation (papañca)

(83) Faith (saddhā)

(82) Mindfulness (sati)

(80) Chanting

(79) Compassion (karuṇā)

(78) Abhayagiri Monastery

(74) Jhāna

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

(72) Generosity (dāna)

(71) Concentration (samādhi)

(71) Not-self (anattā)

(71) Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)

(71) Thai Forest Tradition

(71) Wat Nong Pah Pong

(70) Aversion (dosa)

(70) Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering)

(67) Sickness (byādhi)

(66) Kamma

(66) Learning (suta)

(66) Meditation (bhāvanā)

(65) Clinging (upādāna)

(65) Conditionality (idappaccayatā)

(65) Pāli

(64) Similes

(62) Tranquility (passaddhi)

(61) Liberation (vimutti)

(61) Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati)

(60) Ajahn Mun Bhūridatto

(60) Impermanence (anicca)

(60) Vinaya

(58) Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati)

(57) Fear (bhaya)

(56) Family

(55) Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā)

(54) Saṅgha (Monastic community)

(53) Sutta

(52) Ajahn Sumedho

(52) Gratitude (kataññu)

(51) Translation

(50) Virtue (sīla)

(48) Three Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūla)

(47) Wat Pah Nanachat

(46) Clear comprehension (sampajañña)

(46) Delusion (moha)

(46) History/Thai Buddhism

(46) Politics and society

(45) Dhamma

(44) Feeling (vedanā)

(44) Recollection (anusati)

(43) Sensual desire (kāmacchanda)

(42) Desire (chanda)

(41) Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra)

(41) Health care

(41) Human

(41) Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)

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

(40) Craving (taṇhā)

(40) Patience (khanti)

(39) Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga)

(39) Rebirth

(38) Buddha

(38) Buddha/Biography

(38) Lay life

(37) Knowing itself

(37) Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)

(36) Ajahn Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

(36) Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati)

(35) Community

(35) Merit (puñña)

(34) Calming meditation (samatha)

(34) Continuity of mindfulness

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

(34) Language

(34) Thai

(34) Volitional formations (saṅkhāra)

(33) Almsround (Pindapat Thai)

(33) Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta)

(33) Long-term practice

(33) Nature of mind

(33) Seclusion (viveka)

(32) Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā)

(32) Work

(31) Ajahn Liem Ṭhitadhammo

(31) Culture/Natural environment

(31) Energy (viriya)

(31) Fierce/direct teaching

(31) Insight meditation (vipassanā)

(31) Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya)

(31) Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā)

(30) Ardency (ātāpi)

(30) Doubt (vicikiccha)

(30) Equanimity (upekkhā)

(30) Perception (saññā)

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

(29) Dhamma books

(29) Direct experience

(29) Idealism

(29) Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammā­nu­dhamma­p­paṭipatti)

(29) Present moment awareness

(29) Rapture (pīti)

(29) Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha)

(29) Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā)

(29) Three Refuges (tisaraṇa)

(29) Views (diṭṭhāsava)

(29) Mental volition (manosañcetanā)

(28) Cessation (nirodha)

(28) Heart/mind (citta)

(28) Nibbāna

(28) Personality

(28) Precepts (sikkhāpada)

(28) Relationships

(27) Almsfood (piṇḍapāta)

(27) Commerce/economics

(27) Pain (dukkha)

(27) Stages of awakening

(26) Deva

(26) Grief (domanassa)

(26) Humor

(26) Monastic life/Motivation

(26) Recollection/Death (maraṇassati)

(26) Sequence of training

(26) Simplicity

(25) Everyday life practice

(25) Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi)

(25) Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana)

(24) Christianity

(24) Great disciples

(24) Mutual lay/Saṅgha support

(24) Stream entry (sotāpanna)

(24) Truth (sacca)

(23) Ageing (jarā)

(23) Buddhist identity

(23) Consciousness (viññāṇa)

(23) Environment

(23) Posture/Walking (caṅkama)

(23) Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi)

(23) Upasikā Kee Nanayon

(22) Determination (adhiṭṭhāna)

(22) Devotional practice

(22) Joseph Kappel

(22) Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā)

(21) Admonishment/feedback

(21) Becoming (bhavāsava)

(21) Characteristics of existence

(21) Elements (dhātu)

(21) Guilt/shame/inadequacy

(21) Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni)

(21) History/Western Buddhist monasticism

(21) Judgementalism

(21) Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati)

(21) Right Speech (sammā-vācā)

(20) Conceit (māna)

(20) Culture/India

(20) Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda)

(20) Health

(20) Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā)

(20) Killing (pāṇātipāta)

(20) Meditation/General advice

(20) Thai sects

(19) Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga)

(19) Psychic powers

(19) Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa)

(18) Animal

(18) Conflict

(18) Contentment (santuṭṭhi)

(18) Habits

(18) Rains retreat (vassa)

(18) Release (vossagga)

(18) Respect

(18) Saṅgha decision making

(17) Ajahn Amaro

(17) Ajahn Jayasaro

(17) Ajahn Tongrat Kantasīlo

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

(17) Commentaries

(17) Dispassion (virāga)

(17) Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā)

(17) The Gradual Teaching (anupubbikathā)

(17) Meditation retreats

(17) Ordination

(17) Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries

(17) Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks)

(16) Role of abbot

(16) Communal harmony

(16) Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto)

(16) Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana)

(16) History/Early Buddhism

(16) Meditation/Techniques

(16) Parents

(16) Personal presence

(16) Posture/Sitting

(16) Progress of insight

(16) Questions

(16) Respect for elders

(16) Theravāda

(15) Ajahn Ṭhānissaro

(15) Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra)

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

(15) Funerals

(15) Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana)

(15) Lunar observance days (uposatha)

(15) Military

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

(15) Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati)

(15) Spaciousness

(15) Trust

(14) Conventions

(14) Emotion

(14) Forgiveness

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

(14) Meditation/Unusual experiences

(14) Mentoring

(14) Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati)

(14) Renunciation (nekkhamma)

(14) Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro)

(14) Teachers

(13) Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa)

(13) Cultural context

(13) Depression

(13) Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni)

(13) Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati)

(13) Sense of urgency (saṃvega)

(13) Technology

(13) The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata)

(13) Visiting holy sites

(12) Ajahn Buddhadāsa Indapañño

(12) Ajahn Ñāṇiko

(12) Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva)

(12) Cleanliness

(12) Contact (phassa)

(12) Disrobing

(12) Emptiness (suññatā)

(12) Ill-will (byāpāda)

(12) One pointedness (ekaggatā)

(11) Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo

(11) Ajahn Sucitto

(11) Arahant

(11) Bowing

(11) Ceremony/ritual

(11) Monastic titles

(11) Protocols (kiccavatta)

(11) Robes (cīvara)

(11) Shelter (senāsana)

(11) Vajrayāna

(10) Ajahn Anan Akiñcano

(10) Ajahn Kinaree Candiyo

(10) Cittaviveka Monastery

(10) Dtao Dtum Monastery

(10) Humility

(10) Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā)

(10) Nature of the cosmos

(10) Pāṭimokkha

(10) Realms of existence

(10) Recollection/Devas (devatānussati)

(10) Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā)

(9) Ajahn Teean Cittasubho

(9) Artistic expression

(9) Etymology

(9) Forest versus city monks

(9) Media

(9) Māra

(9) Nimitta

(9) Not handling money

(9) Novices

(9) Perfectionism

(9) Visualization

(8) Ajahn Baen Dhanākaro

(8) Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto

(8) Attachment to rites and rituals (sīlabbata-parāmāsa)

(8) Bhikkhu Bodhi

(8) Birth (jāti)

(8) Children

(8) Disenchantment (nibbidā)

(8) Empathetic joy (muditā)

(8) Formless attainments (āruppa)

(8) Greed (lobha)

(8) History/Sri Lankan Buddhism

(8) Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati)

(8) P. A. Payutto

(8) Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo)

(8) Four Postures

(8) Poverty

(8) Four Requisites

(8) Science

(8) Self-reliance

(8) Study monks

(8) Temporary ordination

(8) Types of monks

(8) Wat Keun

(8) Western psychology

(7) Ajahn Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo

(7) Ajahn Dune Atulo

(7) Almsbowl

(7) Amaravati Monastery

(7) Body scanning

(7) Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā)

(7) Form (rūpa)

(7) Ghost

(7) Heedfulness (appamāda)

(7) Mae Chee Kaew

(7) Mantra

(7) Master Hsuan Hua

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

(7) Older monks

(7) Pace of life

(7) Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā)

(7) Postulants (anagārika)

(7) Protective chants (paritta)

(7) Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati)

(7) Saṃsāra

(7) Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra)

(7) Seven Treasures (satta dhanā)

(7) Women in Buddhism

(7) Zen

(6) Activism

(6) Ajahn Chah lineage

(6) Ajahn Puriso

(6) Buddha images

(6) The Dalai Lama

(6) Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni)

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

(6) False speech (musā-vādā)

(6) History/Western Buddhism

(6) Ignorance (avijjāsava)

(6) Leadership

(6) Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā)

(6) Memory

(6) Monasteries

(6) Movement meditation

(6) Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā)

(6) Online community

(6) Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati)

(6) Recreation/leisure/sport

(6) Relics

(6) Spiritual bypass

(6) Women's monastic forms

(5) Abhidhamma

(5) Abuse/violence

(5) Ajahn Koon Aggadhammo

(5) Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

(5) Ajahn Sundarā

(5) Buddho mantra

(5) Tan Chao Khun Upāli Guṇūpamājahn

(5) Crime

(5) Dhamma online

(5) Dreams

(5) Five Faculties (pañca indriyā)

(5) Geography/Thailand

(5) Lay teachers

(5) Listening

(5) Mae Chee Thai

(5) Mahāyāna

(5) Pandemic

(5) Posture/Standing

(5) Pūjā

(5) Selfishness

(5) Spiritual traditions

(5) Suicide

(5) Sīladharā

(5) Vegetarianism

(4) Ajahn Jotipālo

(4) Ajahn Khao Anālayo

(4) Ajahn Mahā Amorn Khemacitto

(4) Ajahn Piak Kantasīlo

(4) Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro

(4) Ajahn Viradhammo

(4) Ajahn Wanchai Vicitto

(4) Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā)

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

(4) Bodhisattva

(4) Building projects

(4) The Deathless (amata)

(4) Heedlessness (pamāda)

(4) History/Mahāyāna Buddhism

(4) History/Other Theravāda traditions

(4) Idle chatter (samphappalāpa)

(4) Insight Meditation Society

(4) Kaṭhina

(4) Mental illness

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

(4) Non-contention

(4) Noting

(4) Outflows (āsava)

(4) Royalty

(4) Social media

(4) Stealing (adinnādāna)

(4) Stupas/monuments

(4) Venerable Analayo

(4) Wat Pah Ban Tat

(4) Wat Tam Saeng Pet

(3) Ajahn Anando

(3) Ajahn Fun Ācāro

(3) Ajahn Paññānanda Padumuttaro

(3) Ajahn Soṇa

(3) Ajahn Suwat Suvaco

(3) Ajahn Tiradhammo

(3) Chao Khun Nor

(3) Competitiveness

(3) Confession

(3) Courage

(3) Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana)

(3) Euthanasia

(3) Excercise

(3) Festival days

(3) Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā)

(3) Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā)

(3) Hinduism

(3) History

(3) History/Indian Buddhism

(3) Internet

(3) Intuition

(3) Jealousy

(3) Meditation/Results

(3) Monastic crafts

(3) Pacific Hermitage

(3) Poo Jum Gom Monastery

(3) Posture/Lying down

(3) Preah Mahāghosānanda

(3) Question in Thai

(3) Ram Dass

(3) Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati)

(3) S. N. Goenka

(3) Secular Buddhism

(3) Travel

(3) Wat Burapha

(3) Wat Fah Krahm

(3) Western Ajahn Chah monasteries

(3) Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā)

(3) Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi)

(2) Addiction

(2) Advertizing

(2) Ajahn Anek Yasadinno

(2) Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day

(2) Ajahn Gavesako

(2) Ajahn Gi Dhammuttamo

(2) Ajahn Gunha Sukhagāmo

(2) Ajahn Jia Cundo

(2) Ajahn Jun Indavīro

(2) Ajahn Plien Paññapatipo

(2) Ajahn Tate Desaransi

(2) Ajahn Utane Kalyāno

(2) Ajahn Waen Suciṇṇo

(2) Beauty

(2) Bhante Gunaratana

(2) Bhikkhunī

(2) Celibacy (brahmacariyā)

(2) City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

(2) Corruption

(2) Dhamma discussion

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

(2) Dōgen

(2) Fasting

(2) Fourfold Assembly

(2) Free distribution

(2) Hell

(2) Industry

(2) Islam

(2) Kasiṇa

(2) Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā)

(2) Mahasi Sayadaw

(2) Monastery organizational structure

(2) Monastic teachers

(2) News

(2) Non-return (anāgamī)

(2) Not-made-of-that (atammayatā)

(2) Pa Auk Sayadaw

(2) Pure Land

(2) Reverend Heng Sure

(2) Right Action (sammā-kammanta)

(2) Ruth Denison

(2) Self-pity

(2) Service

(2) Sound of silence

(2) Stories

(2) Symbolism

(2) Thai audio

(2) Wat Buridat

(2) Winnie-the-Pooh

(1) Abortion

(1) Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā)

(1) Ajahn Bunjong

(1) Ajahn Chorp Ṭhānasamo

(1) Ajahn Fuang Jotiko

(1) Ajahn Jundee Kantasāro

(1) Ajahn Kevali

(1) Ajahn Khantipālo

(1) Ajahn Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando

(1) Ajahn Mahā Chatchai

(1) Ajahn Mahā In

(1) Ajahn Munindo

(1) Ajahn Pavaro

(1) Ajahn Piyadhammo

(1) Ajahn Preecha Jutindharo

(1) Ajahn Sanong Katapuñño

(1) Ajahn Siripañño

(1) Ajahn Somboon Cittapañño

(1) Ajahn Supah Kantasīlo

(1) Ajahn Toon Cittasallo

(1) Ajahn Vajirayan Vajirañāno

(1) Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo

(1) Amulets

(1) Anandagiri Monastery

(1) Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery

(1) Ayya Tāthalokā

(1) Bodhi Tree

(1) Tan Chao Khun Prayoon Dhammacitto

(1) Craving for material existence (rūparāga)

(1) Culture/Asia

(1) Culture/Native American

(1) Culture/Sri Lanka

(1) Dependence (nissaya)

(1) Kloster Dhammapala

(1) Dignity

(1) Dipa Ma

(1) Disasters

(1) Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga)

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

(1) George Sharp

(1) God

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

(1) History/America

(1) Hospitality

(1) Hua tou Chinese

(1) Judaism

(1) Lama Zopa Rinpoche

(1) Mae Chee Kumfah

(1) Mahatma Gandhi

(1) Malas

(1) Maurice Walsh

(1) Meditation groups

(1) Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū)

(1) Non-human beings (amanussa)

(1) Non-profit organizations

(1) Once return (sakadāgāmī)

(1) Other Thai Forest teachers

(1) Other Thai monastics

(1) Panyaprateep School

(1) Perception of light (āloka-saññā)

(1) Philosophy

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

(1) Renunciant practice

(1) Sitter's practice

(1) Smoking

(1) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

(1) Suchness (tathatā)

(1) Supernatural

(1) Superstition

(1) Thai forest monasteries

(1) Tisarana Monastery

(1) Trulshik Rinpoche

(1) Wat Asokaram

(1) Wat Khao Wongkot

(1) Wat Metta

(1) Wat Pah Supattaram

(1) Wat Pahk Kut Wai

(1) Wat Suan Mokkh

(1) Āgama