As a tribute to the memory of a dear and esteemed friend and of a brilliant and creative mind, these pages gleaned from his posthumous papers are here presented. They have been written in various periods of the author’s life and hence have been called Gleanings in Time — a title suggested by a phrase in one of the poems.
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You yourselves must strive, the Buddhas only point the way
Buddha, Dhp 276
A Heart Released
Ajahn Munuch has been written about the life of Phra Ajahn Mun Bhūridatta Thera (1870-1949), the founder of the Thai Forest Tradition, but very little was recorded of…
A Meditator’s Tools: A Study Guide
Thānissaro BhikkhuThis is a study guide on the ten recollections, a set of meditation themes that highlight the positive role that memory and thought play in training the mind.
Investigating the Dhamma
Bhikkhu BodhiThis book brings together eight essays of Bhikkhu Bodhi, five of which were earlier published in academic journals and volumes, and three not published before.
The Progress of Insight: A Modern Pali Treatise on Buddhist Satipatthana Meditation
Mahasi SayadawThe practice of vipassana or insight meditation was described by the Buddha as the “direct way” for the overcoming of all sorrow and grief and for realizing…
The Dhammapada
Acharya BuddharakkhitaThe Dhammapada is the best known and most widely esteemed text in the Pali Tipitaka, the sacred scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. The work is included in the…
The Three Basic Facts of Existence I: Impermancence (Anicca)
Nyanatiloka TheraIf we contemplate even a minute sector of the vast range of life, we are faced with such a tremendous variety of life’s manifestations that it defeats…