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Right resolve and its relationship to right view and right concentration (posted June 1).
New translations of 14 suttas from the Aṅguttara Nikaya are now available (posted April 22).
New translations of 8 suttas from the Saṁyutta Nikaya are now available (posted April 22).
A new translation of a sutta from the Aṅguttara Nikaya is now available (posted Mar. 11).
The role that the four noble truths and the three perceptions of inconstancy, stress, and not-self play in leading to awakening. (posted February 25).
Beyond Desire & Passion : The Buddha’s Training for Freedom by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Ven. Sāriputta once proposed introducing the Buddha’s teachings to intelligent foreigners by saying, “Our teacher teaches the subduing of desire and passion.” This book explores the implications of taking this sentence as a starting point for understanding the Dhamma (posted Jan. 19).
The November 2024 short Dhamma talks are available for downloading. Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Ajaan Geoff) is traveling abroad until December 17th, so this is likely the last batch of audio Dhamma talks to be posted until his return (posted Nov.16).
The November 2024 Dhamma talks are available for downloading. Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Ajaan Geoff) is traveling abroad until December 17th, so this is likely the last batch of audio Dhamma talks to be posted until his return (posted Nov.16).
The Buddha’s Wisdom, given on November 7, 2024, is the 5,000th evening Dhamma talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu posted to dhammatalks.org. (posted Nov. 10).
Metta Luang Chant : A chant to aid in developing the sublime attitudes (brahmavihāras): limitless goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. (posted Nov. 7).
Corazón Impertérrito : Las enseñanzas del Buda sobre la vejez, la enfermedad y la muerte.
El Budismo en la Vida Diaria : Desarrollando una buena mente y un buen corazón a través de la práctica de las diez perfecciones.
Six new translations of suttas from the Saṁyutta Nikaya are now available (posted June 3).
Transcribed Dhamma talks on breath meditation and various aspects of the Buddhist Path given by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu during the evening meditation sessions at Metta Forest Monastery primarily from 2022-2023. (posted May 28).
Two new translations of suttas from the Aṅguttara Nikaya are now available (posted May 22).
Eine Übersetzung des „Sublime Attitudes” ist jetzt vorhanden in Deutsch: Die erhabenen Haltungen des Geistes, ein Leitfaden zu den brahmavihāras. (veröffentlicht am 22. April)
The ninth collection of essays by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: The Heart a Flowing Stream, Everywhere & Always, At War with the Dhamma, Free the Dhamma, Mindfulness to the Fore, Thinking about Jhāna, Fun & Games, Perception, Just Right as It Is, and Neither Here nor There (posted Mar. 29).
Eine Übersetzung des „Along the Way” ist jetzt vorhanden in Deutsch: Auf dem Weg, eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen zum buddhistischen Pfad. Zusätzlich gibt es eine neue Übersetzung von Buddhistische Romantik. (veröffentlicht am 23. März)
Une série d’enseignements donnés lors d’une retraite en France sur le thème du vieillissement, de la maladie et de la mort. Loin de se contenter d’accepter ces évènements comme faisant partie de la vie ou de s’y résigner, le Bouddha nous invite à y faire face avec courage en développant les forces mentales qui nous permettront de traverser ces épreuves sans en souffrir. En s’appuyant sur ses enseignements et ceux des Ajaans de la tradition Thaïe de la forêt, ce livre présente toute une série d’outils pour affronter les défis que présentent l’affaiblissement du corps, la douleur, la mort et le deuil, et en sortir grandi (publiés 18 mars).
The February 2024 short Dhamma talks are available for downloading (posted February 6).
Eight new translations of suttas from the Theragāthā and Saṁyutta Nikaya are now available (posted February 4).
What is the role of thinking in relation to the practice of right concentration? (posted January 25).
On the meaning of the word, saññā, and on its importance in the practice. (posted January 9).
The website has been upgraded with a new search function that can search for keywords accross all content on the website. Thank you to all the people that tried it out and gave feedback. Other changes: The talk transcripts for the evening and morning talks are now available as webpages. These can also be searched using the search function. The evening and morning archives have been split into multiple pages, one page per year of talks. This was done because the full archive page was becoming too big. The "random talk" function still picks a random talk from all years combined. Some changes were made in the layout of the talk archives, making the buttons and links easier to click. (posted Oct. 23)
The November 2023 short Dhamma talks are available for downloading (posted November 30).
Destemido. Este livro oferece lições tiradas do despertar do Buda que podem dar orientação sobre a melhor forma de lidar com os grandes problemas da vida: envelhecimento, doença, morte, luto e dar cuidados àqueles que estão doentes ou morrendo.(publicado o 31 de outubro).
The September 2023 short Dhamma talks are available for downloading (posted October 2).
The Buddha characterized only two of his teachings as categorical: true and beneficial everywhere and always. One was the four noble truths; the other was the principle that unskillful behavior should be abandoned, and skillful behavior should be developed. This essay explores the implications of the second of these two teachings. (posted September 29).
How the principle of dhamma-dāna —a gift of Dhamma— applies to Dhamma books. (posted June 27).
Presença Mental na Respiração e Eu e Não-eu : Este foi um retiro híbrido (presencial e online) de cinco dias ministrado por Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu via zoom e organizado pela Casa de Dharma em São Paulo, em fevereiro de 2023. As palestras matinais abordaram o tópico de Presença Mental na Respiração com base nos ensinamentos de dezesseis passos ensinados pelo Buda sobre esse assunto, e as palestras da noite foram dedicadas a explicar os ensinamentos sobre não-eu ou anattā. (publicado o 25 de novembro).
The suttas’ instructions for getting into formal meditation say that you start by establishing mindfulness “parimukham.” This essay explores what that means. (posted June 13).
How to handle the issue of the psychic powers that can come with meditation. (posted June 13).
The path of practice that takes you to nibbāna is rooted in skillful desires. (posted May 4).
A Study Guide on the ten ideal topics of conversation among meditators listed in the Pali Canon. (posted May 4).
Applying one of the Buddha’s own principles for interpreting the suttas to his teaching on not-self. (posted April 8).
Un Puñado de Arena y La Luz del Discernimiento : Las Enseñanzas de Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco.
Four Noble Truths : An introduction to the Buddha’s central teaching, the four noble truths, explaining them in the context of the Buddha’s statements about truth in general, and as the context for all his other teachings. (posted December 27).
There is no way that a just-war theory could be in line with the Dhamma (posted September 21).
Undaunted : The Buddha’s Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, & the Deathless. How lessons drawn from the Buddha’s awakening can give guidance in how best to deal with the big problems of life: aging, illness, death, grief, and giving care to those who are sick or dying. (posted August 26).
The three āsavas, or effluents, are tendencies that lead to rebirth. On the night of his awakening, the Buddha put an end to these tendencies in his heart for good. This essay discusses the approaches he recommended to his followers for ending their own effluents, and ways of motivating themselves to achieve that goal (posted July 15).
A transcript from a retreat held in conjunction with the Sociedade Vipassana de Meditação of Brasília on the topic of the four sublime attitudes (brahmavihāras): unlimited goodwill, unlimited compassion, unlimited empathetic joy, and unlimited equanimity. (posted July 13).
Transcribed Dhamma talks on breath meditation and various aspects of the Buddhist Path given by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu during the evening meditation sessions at Metta Forest Monastery primarily from 2020-2021. (posted June 6).
The eighth collection of essays by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Safety in a Duality, Dhamma Is What Dhamma Does, Becoming a True Person, Happiness as a Skill, Wise Enough to Care, An Arrow in the Heart, Meditators at Work, Unhindered at Death, Clinging & the End of Clinging, The Buddha’s Rx, The Logic of Not-self, and The Dhamma Eye (posted Jan. 21).
El Corazón Inteligente: Cinco Charlas de Dharma, por Ajaan Suwat Suvaco. Una colección de charlas para conmemorar el centenario de Ajaan Suwat.
Dhamma Is What Dhamma Does : The Buddha as Strategist. The Dhamma can be recognized by the strategic attha, or purpose, that it serves. (posted Dec. 25).
Bom Coração, Boa Mente: A Prática das Dez Perfeições. Uma série de palestras dadas nos retiros do Brasil e da França sobre o tema das dez perfeições (pāramī): generosidade, virtude, renúncia, discernimento, persistência, resistência, verdade, determinação, boa vontade e equanimidade. Essas perfeições fornecem uma excelente estrutura para entender como dar um propósito significativo e satisfatório à vida leiga cotidiana de uma maneira propícia tanto à bondade genuína quanto à felicidade genuína. À medida que se desenvolvem, eles promovem qualidades tanto de uma boa mente — sábia na compreensão dacausa e do efeito — quanto de um bom coração: proposital, bem-intencionado e forte. (publicado o 25 de novembro).
Three talks on putting the Buddha’s sixteen-step instructions on breath meditation into practice (posted Oct. 26).
Two new translations of suttas from the Saṁyutta Nikāya are now available (posted Oct. 8).
A talk on how the three perceptions of inconstancy, stress, and not-self function on the path (posted Sept. 10).
พระสูตร | บทพระสูตรที่สวดประจำที่วัดเมตตาวนาราม เช่น ธัมมะจักกัปปะวัตตะนาสูตร มัคคะวิภังคะสูตร และ มะหาสะมะยะสูตร เป็นต้น (อัปโหลดเมื่อวันที่ 7 กันยายน).
หนังสือสวดมนต์ | บทภาษาบาลีที่สวดประจำที่วัดเมตตาวนาราม ซึ่งบางบทมีคำแปลภาษาไทยและภาษาอังกฤตด้วย (อัปโหลดเมื่อวันที่ 7 กันยายน).
Seven new translations of suttas from the Aṅguttara Nikāya are now available (posted Aug. 4).
Sakaṁbhiya Sutta | How a person who is a learner meditates, as opposed to how a person fully awakened meditates (posted July 6).
How acts of puñña—goodness—are an intrinsic and necessary part of all Dhamma practice. (posted June 30).
Like a good doctor, the Buddha aimed his cure for suffering, not at its symptoms, but at its underlying cause. (posted June 9).
Mantendo a respiração em mente e Lições em samādhi. Um guia fundamental para a meditação da respiração e a prática dos jhānas.(publicado o 4 de junio).
The stagnant podcast feed for the evening Dhamma talks has been replaced with a new, updated evening talk RSS feed. Thank you to all the users of the feed for your feedback and patience. It should be compatible with Google Play Music and iTunes. We will try to get it registered with both of those services. Any help troubleshooting this new feed is appreciated. (posted May 15).
A new RSS podcast feed has been added to the site for the short morning Dhamma talks. It should be compatible with Google Play Music and iTunes. We will try to get it registered with both of those services. Any help you can give troubleshooting this new feed is appreciated. (posted May 15).
Two new translations of suttas from the Dīgha Nikāya are now available (posted Feb. 16).
Six new translations of suttas from the Aṅguttara Nikāya are now available (posted Feb. 16).
Dos traducciones nuevas ya están disponibles en el sitio. Un ensayo sobre las raíces romanticas del budismo occidental y una plática sobre el triple entrenamiento (publicadas el 21 de Enero).
Twenty-one new translations of suttas from the Saṁyutta Nikāya are now available (posted Jan. 9).
Sixteen new translations of suttas from the Saṁyutta Nikāya are now available (posted Dec. 27).
Twenty new translations of suttas from the Aṅguttara Nikāya (and one revised: AN 2:35) are now available (posted Dec. 26).
Ten new translations of suttas from the Saṁyutta Nikāya are now available (posted Dec. 5).
Seven new translations of suttas from Chapter Five of the Aṅguttara Nikāya are now available (posted Nov. 20).
Sixteen new translations of suttas from Chapter Three of the Aṅguttara Nikāya are now available (posted Nov. 17).
Twelve new translations of suttas from Chapter Four of the Aṅguttara Nikāya are now available (posted Nov. 14).
The Buddha describes something of the range of his knowledge and powers (posted Oct. 28).
Previously an excerpt; now a full translation. A pompous brahman teenager questions the Buddha about safeguarding, awakening to, and attaining the truth. In the course of his answer, the Buddha describes the criteria for choosing a reliable teacher and how best to learn from such a person (posted Oct. 28).
A monk should repeatedly reflect on how far he’s come in fulfilling the duties of the four noble truths (posted Oct. 27).
If you tend to experience visions of light and forms in your meditation, this discourse shows how to use them as preliminary exercises for balancing the focus of the mind prior to practicing jhāna (posted Oct. 25).
On the circumstances under which a monk may and may not eat meat, and demerit that comes from having an animal killed specifically to feed the Buddha or one of his disciples (posted Oct. 17).
Previously an excerpt; now a full translation. The Buddha teaches a member of a hedonist sect about the nature of true pleasure and true health (posted Oct. 17).
Une série d’enseignements donnés lors d’une retraite en France sur le thème des dix perfections (pāramī) : la générosité, la vertu, la renonciation, le discernement, la persévérance, l’endurance, la vérité, la détermination, la bienveillance et l’équanimité. Ces perfections procurent un excellent cadre pour comprendre comment donner à notre vie de tous les jours un but qui soit pleinement satisfaisant et qui ait du sens, conduisant à la bonté et au bonheur véritables. En se développant, bonté et bonheur nourrissent à la fois les qualités d’un esprit bon – qui comprend les liens de causes à effets – et celles d’un cœur bon : déterminé, bien intentionné et résilient (publiés 5 octobre).
Transcribed Dhamma talks on breath meditation and various aspects of the Buddhist Path given by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu during the evening meditation sessions at Metta Forest Monastery primarily from 2018-2019. (posted Sept. 18).
The Buddha compares the training of a monk to the training of an elephant (posted Sept. 3).
The step-by-step training of a monk, along with the Buddha’s explanation for why not all his monks attain nibbāna (posted Sept. 3).
A series of talks given at two retreats—one in France, the other in Brazil—on the topic of the ten perfections (pāramī): giving, virtue, renunciation, discernment, persistence, endurance, truth, determination, goodwill, and equanimity. These perfections provide an excellent framework for understanding how to give meaningful and satisfying purpose to everyday lay life in a way that’s conducive both to genuine goodness and to genuine happiness. As they develop, they foster qualities both of a good mind—wise in understanding cause and effect—and a good heart: purposeful, well-intentioned, and strong. (posted Aug. 30).
A mind cleansed of defilements is like a piece of cloth cleansed of stains. This sutta also addresses beliefs related to the washing away of sins (posted August 17).
Three types of monastic communities, two of them conducive to awakening (posted August 17).
A collection of verses associated with one of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples. (posted June 24).
The Buddha’s instructions for becoming compassionate and accountable. (posted June 20).
A short explanation of the Buddha’s teachings on the topic of insight and how those teachings should be strategically applied in practice. Included is an analysis of the different meanings of the word, “saṅkhāra,” fabrication, and the various ways in which fabrications are viewed, used, and abandoned along the path. The traditional two-truth theory of how the Buddha taught is also called into question. (posted May 17).
A collection of 114 Dhamma Talks. A companion volume to Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu’s introduction to breath meditation, With Each & Every Breath, presenting in sequence all of the talks referenced in it. (posted May 2).
Escolhendo Um Bom Caminho. Para proteger os potenciais que possibilitarão encontrar a verdadeira felicidade, devemos criar o melhor ambiente possível no nosso dia dia, mantendo os preceitos, praticando a contenção dos sentidos, procurando ter moderação na fala, tentando encontrar isolamento com regularidade e tentando manter a perspectiva correta. Quando temos a perspectiva correta, todos os outros elementos do caminho fluem. É assim que começamos a escolher um bom caminho, que, na verdade, é o melhor caminho que existe. (publicado o 2 de fev.).
Six Dhamma Talks on the Four Iddhipadas, the most neglected of the teachings that the Buddha said were central to maintaining his message (posted Jan. 24).