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Abhayagiri Winter Retreat 2014

Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition

Ajahn Pasanno and the Abhayagiri Community

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, Redwood Valley, California

January 1 to March 31, 2014

Bibliography



Phra Ajahn Anan Akiñcano

1954-

Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Wat Marp Jan

Seeking Buddho (pdf)

Sotāpattimagga: The Path of the Sotāpanna (pdf)



Phra Ajahn Baen Dhanākaro


Primary teacher: Ajahn Kongma

Abbot of Wat Doi Dhamma Chedi


Unpublished talk, “Aiming to Look After the Kor Patibat.” Read by Anāgārika J.R. on January 29.



Phra Ajahn Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo


Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Wat Keun (Wat Bah Bodhiyan)


Reflections on meeting Ajahn Chah from Twigs and Branches of the Bodhinyana. Read by Tan Kovilo on March 11.


Phra Ajahn Buddhadāsa

1906-1993

Abbot of Wat Suan Mokh


Key to Natural Truth, Bangkok, Thailand: The Dhamma Study & Practice Group, 1988 (html)

Me and Mine: Selected Essays of Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa, ed. Donald K. Swearer, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989

Paticcasamuppada: Practical Dependent Origination, Thailand: Suan Mokkhabalarama, 1992 (html)


Phra Ajahn Chah Subhaddo

1918-1992

Primary teachers: Ajahn Mun, Ajahn Taungrut, Ajahn Kinaree

Abbot of Wat Nong Pah Pong


Being Dharma, translated and edited by Paul Breiter, Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2001

The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, Harnham, UK: Aruna Publications, 2011 (pdf)

No Ajahn Chah, compiled and edited by Dhamma Garden (pdf)

In the Shape of a Circle, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, 2001, (html)

Twigs and Branches of the Bodhinyana, unpublished rough translations of reflections from disciples of Ajahn Chah

Venerable Father: A Life with Ajahn Chah by Paul Breiter, Thailand: Buddhadharma Foundation, 1994

Unpublished draft of Ajahn Chah Biography by Ajahn Jayasaro


Phra Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto

1955-

Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Wat Boonyawad


Krooba Ajahn (unpublished)

Unpublished Question and Answer Session from Ajahn Dtun's 2013 visit to Canada. Read by Beth Stef on February 2.


Phra Ajahn Dune Atulo

1888-1983

Primary teacher: Ajahn Mun

Abbot of Wat Burapha


Gifts He Left Behind, compiled by Phra Rajavarakhun Somsak Pandito, translated by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, 2007 (pdf)


Mae Chee Kaew

1901-1991

Primary teachers: Ajahn Sao, Ajahn Mun, Ajahn Maha Boowa

Abbess of Baan Huay Sai Nunnery


Mae Chee Kaew – Her Journey to Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment by Bhikkhu Sīlaratano, Thailand: Forest Dhamma Books, 2009 (pdf)


Upasika Kee Nanayon

1901-1978

Founder of Khao Suan Luang Dhamma Community


Pure and Simple, translated and introduced by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Sommerville: Wisdom Publications, 2005

An Unentangled Knowing, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Barre: Dhamma Dana Publications, 1995 (pdf)


Phra Ajahn Koon Aggadhammo


Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Wat Pah Po-Suwan


Interview in Twigs and Branches of the Bodhinyana. Read by Ajahn Pasanno on February 27.


Phra Ajahn Lee Dhammadaro

1907-1961

Primary teacher: Ajahn Mun

Abbot of Wat Asokaram


The Autobiography of Phra Ajahn Lee (pdf)

Keeping the Breath in Mind & Lessons in Samādhi, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (pdf)

The Skill of Release, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, 1995 (pdf)


Phra Ajahn Liem Ṭhitadhammo

1941-

Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Wat Nong Pah Pong


“Following the Footsteps of the Enlightened Beings,” a talk at an Australian Sangha Association conference (html). Read by Beth Stef on February 26.

Krooba Ajahn (unpublished)

No Worries, Thailand: Wat Pah Nanachat, 2005 (pdf)

Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion, Thailand: Wat Pah Nanachat, 2013 (pdf)

The Ways of the Peaceful, Thailand: Wat Pah Nanachat (pdf)

Unpublished talk given by Ajahn Liem at Abhayagiri in 2009. Read by Beth Stef on March 26.

Walking with Awareness, Thailand: Wat Pah Nanachat (pdf)


Phra Ajahn Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

1913-2011

Primary teacher: Ajahn Mun

Abbot of Wat Pa Bahn Tahd


Arahattamagga Arahattaphala, Thailand: Forest Dhamma Books, 2005 (pdf)

Paying Our Last Respects, Thailand: Forest Dhamma Books, 2012 (pdf)

Samaṇa, Thailand: Forest Dhamma Books, 2011 (pdf)

Straight from the Heart, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Thailand: Forest Dhamma Books, 1987 (pdf)


Phra Ajahn Mun Bhūridatto

1870-1949

Primary teacher: Ajahn Sao

Itinerant for most of his monk's life; stayed five years at Ban Nong Pheu monastery before his death


Ācariya Mun – A Spiritual Biography (pdf) by Ajahn Mahā Boowa.

Khandhavimutti and Samangidhamma (pdf) translated by Ajahn Paññavaḍḍho (alternative translations: Bhikkhu Khemasanto, Ajahn Thanissaro). Read by Tan Pesalo on January 22.


Phra Ajahn Piak Kantasīlo


Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Wat Cittabhāvana


Krooba Ajahn (unpublished)

Unpublished talk on peace given to Wat Pah Nanachat monks going to Dtao Dum. Read by Anāgārika J.R. on February 24.


Phra Ajahn Plien Paññapatipo

1933-

Primary teachers: Ajahn Brohm, Ajahn Pu Thet, Ajahn Teur, Ajahn Waen

Abbot of Wat Aranyawiwake


Mindfulness of Death (pdf)


Phra Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro

1909-1992

Primary teacher: Ajahn Mun

Lived in a remote monastery in Chiang Dao (Chiang Mai)


Simply So, 1995 (html)


Phra Ajahn Suwat Suvaco

1919-2002

Primary teachers: Ajahn Mun and Ajahn Funn

Founded four monasteries in US including Wat Metta


Fistful of Sand & The Light of Discernment, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, 1999 (pdf)


Phra Ajahn Teean Cittasubho

1911-1988



The Singular Quality of an Ordinary Monk by Vatana Supromajakr, M.D., translated by Bhikkhu Nirodho (html)


Phra Ajahn Thate Desaransi

1902-1994

Primary teachers: Ajahn Sao and Ajahn Mun

Abbot of Wat Hin Makpeng


Steps Along the Path, translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, 1994 (pdf)


Phra Ajahn Tong Jan Buddhañāno


Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Hup Kao Pa Hermitage


“Training Under Ajahn Chah” from Twigs and Branches of the Bodhinyana. Read by Debbie Stamp on March 25.


Phra Ajahn Toon Cittasallo


Primary teacher: Ajahn Chah

Abbot of Wat Tam Saeng Pet


Reflections about Wat Pah Pong from Twigs and Branches of the Bodhinyana. Read by Tan Kovilo on February 13.


Phra Chao Khun Upāli Guṇūpamājahn

1856-1932

Friends with Ajahn Mun

Abbot of Wat Boromniwat


The Natural Character of Awakening, translated by Hāsapañño Bhikkhu, 2012


Phra Ajahn Wanchai Vicitto


Primary teacher: Ajahn Mahā Boowa

Abbot of Wat Pu-Sangho

Fighting for Freedom Within, Thailand: Wat Pu-sangho Forest Monastery, 2012

Krooba Ajahn (unpublished)



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