(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) 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) 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) Culture/Natural environment
(31) Energy (viriya)
(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) 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) Recollection/Death (maraṇassati)
(26) Sequence of training
(26) Simplicity
(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) Becoming (bhavāsava)
(21) Characteristics of existence
(21) Elements (dhātu)
(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
(17) Ajahn Amaro
(17) Ajahn Jayasaro
(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) 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 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) 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) Etymology
(9) Media
(9) Māra
(9) Nimitta
(9) Novices
(9) Perfectionism
(9) Visualization
(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) Types of monks
(8) Wat Keun
(7) Ajahn Dune Atulo
(7) Almsbowl
(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) Zen
(6) Activism
(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) Ignorance (avijjāsava)
(6) Leadership
(6) Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā)
(6) Memory
(6) Monasteries
(6) Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā)
(6) Online community
(6) Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati)
(6) Relics
(6) Spiritual bypass
(5) Abhidhamma
(5) Abuse/violence
(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) Lay teachers
(5) Listening
(5) Mae Chee Thai
(5) Mahāyāna
(5) Pandemic
(5) Posture/Standing
(5) Pūjā
(5) Selfishness
(5) Suicide
(5) Sīladharā
(5) Vegetarianism
(4) Ajahn Jotipālo
(4) Ajahn Mahā Amorn Khemacitto
(4) Ajahn Viradhammo
(4) Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā)
(4) Blame and praise (nindā ca pasaṃsā ca)
(4) Bodhisattva
(4) The Deathless (amata)
(4) Heedlessness (pamāda)
(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) Wat Pah Ban Tat
(3) Ajahn Anando
(3) Ajahn Fun Ācāro
(3) Ajahn Paññānanda Padumuttaro
(3) Ajahn Soṇa
(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) Internet
(3) Intuition
(3) Jealousy
(3) Monastic crafts
(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 Chah Remembrance Day
(2) Ajahn Gavesako
(2) Ajahn Jia Cundo
(2) Beauty
(2) Bhikkhunī
(2) Celibacy (brahmacariyā)
(2) City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
(2) Corruption
(2) Doctrine-of-self clinging (attavādupādāna)
(2) Dōgen
(2) Fasting
(2) Hell
(2) Industry
(2) Islam
(2) Kasiṇa
(2) Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā)
(2) Mahasi Sayadaw
(2) Monastery organizational structure
(2) News
(2) Non-return (anāgamī)
(2) Not-made-of-that (atammayatā)
(2) Pa Auk Sayadaw
(2) Pure Land
(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 Kevali
(1) Ajahn Khantipālo
(1) Ajahn Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando
(1) Ajahn Mahā In
(1) Ajahn Munindo
(1) Ajahn Pavaro
(1) Ajahn Piyadhammo
(1) Ajahn Siripañño
(1) Ajahn Vajirayan Vajirañāno
(1) Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo
(1) Amulets
(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) Dependence (nissaya)
(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) Mae Chee Kumfah
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(1) Malas
(1) Maurice Walsh
(1) Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū)
(1) Non-human beings (amanussa)
(1) Once return (sakadāgāmī)
(1) Other Thai Forest teachers
(1) Perception of light (āloka-saññā)
(1) Philosophy
(1) Qualities for non-decline (aparihānāya dhammā)
(1) Smoking
(1) Spirit Rock Meditation Center
(1) Suchness (tathatā)
(1) Supernatural
(1) Superstition
(1) Wat Asokaram
(1) Wat Khao Wongkot
(1) Wat Metta
(1) Wat Pahk Kut Wai
(1) Wat Suan Mokkh
(1) Āgama