Tags – Most common

(595/7) Ajahn Chah Subhaddo

(269/6) Ajahn Pasanno

(204/5) Suffering (dukkha)

(201/5) Abhayagiri Monastery

(185/2) Monastic life (brahmacariyā)

(172/2) Relinquishment (paṭinissagga)

(152/2) Culture/Thailand

(145/2) Discernment (paññā)

(144/3) Self-identity view (sakkāya-diṭṭhi)

(140/2) Teaching Dhamma

(138/3) Goodwill (mettā)

(137/4) Happiness (sukha)

(133/3) Culture/West

(129/7) Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati)

(125/3) Death (maraṇa)

(116/2) Proliferation (papañca)

(109/4) Compassion (karuṇā)

(107/2) Faith (saddhā)

(106/3) Generosity (dāna)

(104/5) Mindfulness (sati)

(103/3) Wat Nong Pah Pong

(99/1) Clinging (upādāna)

(99/1) Liberation (vimutti)

(96/4) Impermanence (anicca)

(95/2) Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)

(95/1) Tranquility (passaddhi)

(94) Similes (opammā)

(92/4) Ajahn Sumedho

(90/2) Conditionality (idappaccayatā)

(89/4) Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati)

(89) Pāli

(87/2) Kamma

(87/4) Learning (suta)

(86/4) Aversion (dosa)

(84/2) Sickness (byādhi)

(83/5) Not-self (anattā)

(82/1) Gratitude (kataññu)

(82/3) Thai Forest Tradition

(79/4) Concentration (samādhi)

(79/5) Vinaya

(78/1) Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra)

(78/2) Meditation (bhāvanā)

(77/2) Chanting

(77/2) Fear (bhaya)

(75/3) Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering)

(72/3) Jhāna

(71) Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā)

(70/1) Family

(68/2) Virtue (sīla)

(67) Translation

(67/2) Wat Pah Nanachat

(65) Clear comprehension (sampajañña)

(64/1) Ajahn Amaro

(64/3) Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati)

(64/3) Saṅgha (Monastic community)

(64/3) Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā)

(62/3) Ajahn Mun Bhūridatto

(61/2) Dhamma

(61/1) Human (manussa)

(60) Sutta

(58/3) Sensual desire (kāmacchanda)

(57/4) Politics and society

(56/2) Patience (khanti)

(56/2) Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)

(55/2) Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ)

(55/1) Craving (taṇhā)

(55/1) Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga)

(55/2) Feeling (vedanā)

(55/4) Lay life

(54/3) Recollection (anusati)

(53/4) Buddha

(53/2) Delusion (moha)

(52) Community

(52/1) Health care

(52/2) Knowing itself

(50/2) Desire (chanda)

(50/3) Four Noble Truths (cattāri ariya-saccāni)

(49/2) Communal harmony (sāmaggī)

(49/3) Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra)

(49/1) History/Thai Buddhism

(49/3) Rebirth

(49/1) Three Refuges (tisaraṇa)

(48/2) Buddha/Biography

(48/4) Continuity of mindfulness

(47/5) Equanimity (upekkhā)

(47/4) Merit (puñña)

(47) Truth (sacca)

(46/1) Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā)

(46/1) Language

(45/3) Perception (saññā)

(45/2) Views (diṭṭhī)

(44/1) Culture/Natural environment

(43/2) Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta)

(43/2) Heart/mind (citta)

(43/1) Humor

(43) Thai language

(43/1) Mental volition (manosañcetanā)

(42) Energy (viriya)

(42/2) Mutual lay/Saṅgha support

(41) Ajahn Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

(41/1) Almsround (Pindapat Thai)

(41/1) Idealism

(41/4) Precepts (sikkhāpada)

(41/3) Volitional formations (saṅkhāra)

(41/2) Work

(40/1) Ardency (ātāpi)

(40/2) Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya)

(40) Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati)

(40/1) Seclusion (viveka)

(40/3) Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha)

(39/2) Ajahn Liem Ṭhitadhammo

(39/1) Fierce/direct teaching

(39) Lodging (senāsana)

(39/3) Nature of mind

(39/4) Nibbāna

(39/2) Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)

(38/1) Direct experience

(38/3) Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi)

(38/1) Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana)

(38/1) Simplicity

(38/1) Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā)

(37/2) Commerce/economics

(37/4) Grief (domanassa)

(37/1) Personality

(37) Present moment awareness

(36/1) Ageing (jarā)

(36/1) Calming meditation (samatha)

(36/1) Everyday life practice

(36/1) Insight meditation (vipassanā)

(36/3) Long-term practice

(36/1) Monastic life/Motivation

(36/2) Recollection/Death (maraṇassati)

(35/1) Conflict

(35/3) Doubt (vicikiccha)

(35/2) Sequence of training

(35) Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā)

(34) Dhamma books

(34/1) Judgementalism

(34/2) Unattractiveness/32 parts (asubha/dvattiṁsākāra)

(33/1) Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca)

(33/2) Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni)

(33/1) Pain (dukkha)

(33/2) Rapture (pīti)

(32/2) Cessation (nirodha)

(32) Meditation retreats

(32/3) Posture/Walking (caranta)

(31) Christianity

(31/2) Consciousness (viññāṇa)

(31) Determination (adhiṭṭhāna)

(31) Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammā­nu­dhamma­p­paṭipatti)

(31/2) Stages of awakening

(30/1) Deva

(30/2) Stream entry (sotāpanna)

(29/1) Almsfood (piṇḍapāta)

(29) Great disciples

(29/3) Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā)

(28/1) Role of abbot

(28) Ajahn Ñāṇiko

(28/1) Conceit (māna)

(28/1) Devotional practice

(28/3) Environment

(28/3) Relationships

(28/2) Right Speech (sammā-vācā)

(27/1) Admonishment/feedback

(27) Characteristics of existence

(27/3) Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda)

(27/2) Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā)

(27/1) Mentoring

(27) Ordination (upasampadā)

(27/2) Parents

(26/2) Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga)

(26/1) Buddhist identity

(26/3) Guilt/shame/inadequacy

(26) Joseph Kappel

(26/1) Theravāda

(25) Ajahn Karuṇadhammo

(25/2) Becoming (bhava)

(25/1) Emotion

(25) Habits

(25) Health

(25) Respect

(25) Respect for elders

(24/1) Elements (dhātu)

(24) Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana)

(24) Lunar observance days (uposatha)

(24/2) Meditation/General advice

(24) Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi)

(24) Spaciousness

(24/2) Teachers

(24) Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries

(23/1) Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto)

(23/2) Dispassion (virāga)

(23) History/Western Buddhist monasticism

(23) Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati)

(23/1) Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha ariya-sacca)

(23) Upasikā Kee Nanayon

(22/1) Animal (tiracchāna)

(22/1) Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra)

(22/2) Culture/India

(22/2) Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā)

(22) Killing (pāṇātipāta)

(21) Commentaries (aṭṭhakathā)

(21/1) Contentment (santuṭṭhi)

(21) Conventions

(21) Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana)

(21/1) Questions (pañhā)

(21) Rains retreat (vassa)

(21) Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa)

(21) Thai sects

(20) Ajahn Jayasaro

(20/1) Master Hsuan Hua

(20) Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā)

(20/2) Psychic powers (iddhi)

(20) Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati)

(20) Saṅgha decision making

(20) Trust

(19) Jack Kornfield

(19/2) Meditation/Unusual experiences

(19) Paul Breiter

(19) Posture/Sitting (nisinna)

(19/2) Progress of insight

(19/3) Renunciation (nekkhamma)

(19) Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro)

(19) Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks)

(18/1) Craving not to become (vibhava-taṇhā)

(18) Cultural context

(18/1) Depression

(18) Funerals

(18) The Gradual Teaching (anupubbikathā)

(18) Personal presence

(18/2) Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati)

(18) Release (vossagga)

(18) Saṅghapāla Foundation

(18) Spiritual urgency (saṃvega)

(18/1) The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata)

(17) Ajahn Tongrat Kantasīlo

(17) Ajahn Ṭhānissaro

(17/3) Bowing

(17) Cittaviveka Monastery

(17) Disrobing

(17) History/Early Buddhism

(17) Saṃsāra

(16) Amaravati Monastery

(16/2) Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa)

(16/1) Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni)

(16/1) Leadership

(16/1) Medicinal requisites (gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ)

(16) Memory (sati)

(16) Military

(16) Perfectionism

(16) Self-reliance

(16) Vajrayāna

(15) Arahant

(15/1) Emptiness (suññatā)

(15) Ill-will (byāpāda)

(15) Meditation/Techniques

(15) Protocols (kiccavatta)

(15/2) Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati)

(15) Robes (cīvara)

(15/1) Technology

(14) Ajahn Buddhadāsa Indapañño

(14) Ajahn Sucitto

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

(14) Ceremony/ritual

(14) Cleanliness

(14/1) Contact (phassa)

(14) Humility

(14/1) Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā)

(13/1) Abuse/violence

(13/1) Buddho mantra

(13) Disenchantment (nibbidā)

(13/2) Forgiveness (khama)

(13) Form (rūpa)

(13/1) Realms of existence

(13) Temporary ordination

(13/1) Unification (ekaggatā)

(13) Visiting holy sites

(13) Visualization

(13/1) Zen

(12) Ajahn Sudanto

(12) Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva)

(12/1) Birth (jāti)

(12/1) Building projects

(12/2) Children

(12) Geography/Thailand

(12/1) Heedfulness (appamāda)

(12/1) History/Sri Lankan Buddhism

(12) Māra

(12) Nature of the cosmos

(12) Not handling money

(12) Novices (samanera)

(12/1) Pace of life

(11) Ajahn Kinaree Candiyo

(11) Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo

(11) Body scanning

(11) Buddha images

(11) Dtao Dtum Monastery

(11) Etymology

(11) Forest versus city monks

(11/1) Ghost (peta)

(11) Greed (lobha)

(11/1) Ignorance (avijjā)

(11) Media

(11) Monasteries

(11/1) Monastic routine/schedule

(11) Monastic titles

(11) Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo)

(11) Four Postures

(11) Pāṭimokkha

(11) Recollection/Devas (devatānussati)

(11/1) Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati)

(11) Four Requisites

(10) Abhidhamma

(10/1) Ajahn Anan Akiñcano

(10/1) Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā)

(10/1) City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

(10) Empathetic joy (muditā)

(10/1) Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā)

(10) Lay supporters

(10) Listening

(10) Mahāyāna

(10/1) Nimitta

(10) P. A. Payutto

(10) Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā)

(10) Postulants (anagārika)

(10/2) Poverty

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

(10) Protective chants (paritta)

(10/1) Purpose/meaning

(10) Science

(10/1) Western psychology

(9) Ajahn Sundarā

(9) Ajahn Teean Cittasubho

(9/1) Artistic expression

(9/1) Dreams (supinā)

(9) Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni)

(9) Kaṭhina

(9) Pandemic

(9) Recreation/leisure/sport

(9) Spiritual traditions

(9) Study monks

(9) Suicide

(9) Sīladharā

(9) Tipiṭaka (Pāli Canon)

(9) Travel

(9) Wat Keuan

(9) Women in Buddhism

(8) Ajahn Baen Dhanākaro

(8) Ajahn Chah lineage

(8/1) Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto

(8) Almsbowl (patta)

(8) Bhikkhu Bodhi

(8) The Dalai Lama

(8) Dhamma online

(8) Elders' Council monasteries

(8) Formless attainments (āruppa)

(8) Hinduism

(8) Insight Meditation Society

(8) Kittisaro

(8) Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati)

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

(8) Older monks

(8) Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati)

(8/1) Selfishness

(8) Types of monks

(8/1) Women's monastic forms

(8) Ṭhānissarā

(7/1) Activism

(7) Ajahn Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo

(7) Ajahn Dune Atulo

(7) Ajahn Puriso

(7) Anumodanā (Delighting in goodness)

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

(7/1) Competitiveness

(7) Idle chatter (samphappalāpa)

(7/1) Mae Chee Thai

(7) Mae Chee Kaew

(7) Mantra

(7) Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā)

(7/1) Online community

(7) Pūjā

(7) Relics (sarīra)

(7/1) Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra)

(7/2) Spiritual bypass

(7) Stupas/monuments (thūpaṃ)

(7) Seven Treasures (satta dhanā)

(6/1) Ajahn Khao Anālayo

(6) Ajahn Viradhammo

(6) Crime

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

(6/2) False speech (musā-vādā)

(6) God

(6) Internet

(6/1) Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā)

(6) Meditation/Results

(6) Movement meditation

(6) Non-contention

(6) Pacific Hermitage

(6) Posture/Standing (tiṭṭhanta)

(6) Time management

(6) Vegetarianism

(6) Wat Tam Saeng Pet

(6) Weather (utu)

(5) Ajahn Chah monasteries

(5) Ajahn Koon Aggadhammo

(5) Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

(5) Ajahn Wanchai Vicitto

(5) Asking forgiveness ceremony

(5) Beauty

(5) Bhikkhunī

(5) Tan Chao Khun Upāli Guṇūpamājahn

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

(5) Excercise

(5) Five Faculties (pañca indriyā)

(5) History/Indian Buddhism

(5) History/Western Buddhism

(5) Lay teachers

(5) Mental illness

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

(5) Noting

(5/1) Outflows (āsava)

(5/1) Posture/Lying down (sayāna)

(5) Right Action (sammā-kammanta)

(5) Western Ajahn Chah monasteries

(5) Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā)

(4) Addiction

(4) Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day

(4) Ajahn Jotipālo

(4) Ajahn Mahā Amorn Khemacitto

(4) Ajahn Paññānanda Padumuttaro

(4/1) Ajahn Piak Kantasīlo

(4) Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro

(4) Bodhisattva

(4) Confession (paṭidesanā)

(4) Courage

(4) The Deathless (amata)

(4) Dignity

(4) Drawbacks (ādīnava)

(4) Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana)

(4) Festival days

(4) Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā)

(4) Heedlessness (pamāda)

(4) History

(4) History/Mahāyāna Buddhism

(4) History/Other Theravāda traditions

(4) Jealousy

(4) Mahasi Sayadaw

(4) Monastic crafts

(4/1) News

(4) Non-return (anāgamī)

(4) Perception of light (āloka-saññā)

(4) Poo Jum Gom Monastery

(4) Royalty

(4) Secular Buddhism

(4/1) Social media

(4) Stealing (adinnādāna)

(4) Stories

(4) Venerable Analayo

(4) Wat Fah Krahm

(4) Wat Pah Ban Tat

(3) Advertizing

(3) Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā)

(3) Ajahn Anando

(3) Ajahn Fun Ācāro

(3) Ajahn Gunha Sukhagāmo

(3) Ajahn Jun Indavīro

(3) Ajahn Sinuan

(3) Ajahn Soṇa

(3) Ajahn Suwat Suvaco

(3) Ajahn Tiradhammo

(3) Ajahn Waen Suciṇṇo

(3) Bhante Gunaratana

(3) Chao Khun Nor

(3) Corruption

(3) Culture/Sri Lanka

(3) Dhammadharini Monastery

(3) Disasters

(3) Discrimination

(3) Dōgen

(3) Euthanasia

(3/1) Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā)

(3) Free distribution

(3) Gratification (assāda)

(3) Intuition

(3) King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)

(3) Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā)

(3) Mae Chee Kumfah

(3) Preah Mahāghosānanda

(3) Question in Thai

(3) Ram Dass

(3) Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati)

(3) Retirement

(3) S. N. Goenka

(3) Self-pity

(3) Sound of silence

(3) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

(3) Suchness (tathatā)

(3) Symbolism

(3) Wat Burapha

(3) Western Ajahn Chah lineage

(3) Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi)

(2) Ajahn Anek Yasadinno

(2) Ajahn Gavesako

(2) Ajahn Gi Dhammuttamo

(2) Ajahn Jia Cundo

(2) Ajahn Jundee Kantasāro

(2) Ajahn Plien Paññapatipo

(2) Ajahn Tate Desaransi

(2) Ajahn Utane Kalyāno

(2) Four Biases (catarī agatī)

(2) Bodhi Tree

(2) Community of Abhayagiri Lay Ministers

(2) Celibacy (brahmacariyā)

(2) Chi Gong

(2) Cults

(2) Culture/Other Theravāda traditions

(2) Dependence (nissaya)

(2) Dhamma discussion (dhammasākacchā)

(2) Dhamma recordings

(2) Fasting

(2) Fourfold Assembly

(2) Hell (niraya)

(2) History/America

(2) Hospitality

(2) Hua tou Chinese

(2) Industry

(2) Islam

(2) Kasiṇa

(2) Meditation groups

(2) Monastery organizational structure

(2) Monastic teachers

(2) Mudra Sanskrit (Hand posture)

(2) Non-human beings (amanussa)

(2) Non-profit organizations

(2) Nonviolent Communication

(2) Not-made-of-that (atammayatā)

(2) Once return (sakadāgāmī)

(2) Pa Auk Sayadaw

(2) Paccekabuddha

(2) Four Protective Meditations (caturārakkhā bhāvanā)

(2) Pure Land

(2) Renunciant practice

(2) Ruth Denison

(2) Service

(2) Sharing circles

(2) Supernatural

(2) Superstition

(2) Thai audio

(2) Three Conditions Monastery

(2) Wat Buridat

(2) Wat Metta

(2) Winnie-the-Pooh

(1) Abhayagiri Monastery (Sri Lanka)

(1) Abortion

(1) Advaita Vedanta

(1) Ajahn Achalo

(1) Ajahn Brahmavaṃso

(1) Ajahn Bunjong

(1) Ajahn Chorp Ṭhānasamo

(1) Ajahn Fuang Jotiko

(1) Ajahn Jayanto

(1) Ajahn Jitindriyā

(1) Ajahn Jumnien

(1) Ajahn Jāgaro

(1) Ajahn Kevali

(1) Ajahn Khantipālo

(1) Ajahn Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando

(1) Ajahn Mahā Chatchai

(1) Ajahn Mahā In

(1) Ajahn Mahā Suporn

(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 Vajiro

(1) Ajahn Visuddhi

(1) Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo

(1) Amulets

(1) Anandagiri Monastery

(1) Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery

(1) Three Aspects of Understanding

(1) Atheism/agnosticism

(1) Ayya Tāthalokā

(1) Bhante Dharmawara

(1) Tan Chao Khun Prayoon Dhammacitto

(1) Craving for material existence (rūparāga)

(1) Culture/Asia

(1) Culture/Native American

(1) Kloster Dhammapala

(1) Dipa Ma

(1) Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga)

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

(1) George Sharp

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

(1) Holy Tranfiguration Monastery

(1) Judaism

(1) Karuna Buddhist Vihara

(1) Krishnamurti

(1) Lama Zopa Rinpoche

(1) Loneliness

(1) Mae Chee Sansanee

(1) Mahatma Gandhi

(1) Malas

(1) Master Hsu Yun

(1) Maurice Walsh

(1) Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū)

(1) Non-monastic centers

(1) Other Thai Forest teachers

(1) Other Thai forest monasteries

(1) Other Thai monastics

(1) Panyaprateep School

(1) Philosophy

(1) Prayer

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

(1) Sitter's practice

(1) Smoking

(1) Somdet Phra Vajirañāṇavarorasa

(1) Temple Forest Monastery

(1) Tisarana Monastery

(1) Trulshik Rinpoche

(1) Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ)

(1) Wat Asokaram

(1) Wat Khao Wongkot

(1) Wat Pah Supattaram

(1) Wat Pahk Kut Wai

(1) Wat Pu Deng Dang

(1) Wat Suan Mokkh

(1) Āgama