The Mirror of Insight
The Mirror of Insight with the subtitle: The Buddha as a Strategist is a free e-book by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, a monk from the Metta Forrest Monastery. The book focuses on … Read more and download PDF
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CONSCIOUSNESS ENLARGED
Consciousness Enlarged is the second edition of the transcript of a course on consciousness, Citta, as laid out in Abhidhammatthasangaha, the traditional primer on Abhidhamma in the Theravada Buddhist world. … Read more and download PDF
The Body – Dhamma Reflections on ageing, sickness and death by the nuns of the Theravada Community
The Body with the subtitle Dhamma Reflections on ageing, sickness and death by the nuns of the Theravada Community is written and compiled by the nuns Ajahn Sundara, Ajahn Candasiri and Ajahn Metta. … Read more and download PDF
Mundaka Upanishad PDF
The Mundaka Upanishad – The bridge to Knowledge – is number 5 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism and it is considered one of the primary Upanshads. … Read more and download PDF
Kamma and the end of Kamma by Ajahn Sucitto
Kamma and the end of Kamma evolved out of the works of Ajahn Sucitto at Cittaviveka Monastery exploring the relevance of the Buddha’s teachings on kamma to the practice of meditation. In brief, when you … Read more and download PDF
The Art of Living
The Art of Living – Vipassana means “insight” in the ancient Pali language of India. It is the essence of the teaching of the Buddha, the actual experience of the … Read more and download PDF
Interpreting the Upanishads by Ananda Wood
Interpreting the Upanishads by Ananda Wood translates the Upanishads and explains the content in modern terms. The original statements of the Upanishads have been interpreted and explained in many different ways, through many different schools of … Read more and download PDF
Ishadarshanam – The Philosophy of God
Ishadarshanam – The Philosophy of God has been written by Dr. Baldev Raj Sharma. He teaches Advaita and Vedanta Philosophy at the University of Delhi in India and hes done so … Read more and download PDF
Snow in the Summer by Sayadaw U Jotika
Snow in the Summer is a compilation of extracts from letters written by Sayadaw U Jotika, a Burmese Buddhist monk living in the forest, to his Western students. Sayadaw U Jotika … Read more and download PDF
Straight From the Heart
Straight From the Heart is based on transcriptions of 84 talks by Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno which he gave to a dying woman staying at the Wat Pa Baan Taad … Read more and download PDF
An Introduction to Mahamudra Meditation by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Geshe Lharampa
An Introduction to Mahamudra Meditation by The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Geshe Lharampa is an important guide to the technique. During the flourishing of the Mahamudra teachings in India in the 8th to 12th … Read more and download PDF
Seeking Buddho by Ajahn Anan Akincano
Seeking Buddho by Ajahn Anan Akincano is an introduction to the Thai Buddhist Forest teachings of Ajahn Anan Akiñcano. These teachings provide both a guide to the fundamentals of meditation practice and also an … Read more and download PDF
The Shape of Suffering – A Study of Dependent Co-arising
The Shape of Suffering – A Study of Dependent Co-arising by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Dependent co-arising—paticca samuppada—is the Buddha’s most complete analysis of the conditions leading to suffering, together with the … Read more and download PDF
Daily Purification – A Short Vajrasattva Practice
Daily Purification – A Short Vajrasattva Practice is an instruction fra Lama Zopa Rinpoche on a short Vajrasatta meditation called Purification with the Four Opponent Powers. The practice is based … Read more and download PDF
The Science of Pranayama by Sri Swami Sivananda
The Science of Pranayama by Sri Swami Sivananda was first published in 1935 and it has since become a classic on breathing exercises and the benefits of controlled breathing on … Read more and download PDF