Tags – Most common

(442) Ajahn Chah Subhaddo

(183) Ajahn Pasanno

(147) Monastic life

(133) Suffering (dukkha)

(125) Culture/Thailand

(115) Relinquishment (paṭinissagga)

(109) Teaching Dhamma

(107) Culture/West

(106) Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānassati)

(104) Happiness (sukha)

(102) Death (maraṇa)

(102) Self-identity view (sakkāya-diṭṭhi)

(101) Goodwill (mettā)

(100) Discernment (paññā)

(89) Proliferation (papañca)

(84) Faith (saddhā)

(83) Compassion (karuṇā)

(83) Mindfulness (sati)

(80) Chanting

(79) Abhayagiri Monastery

(74) Jhāna

(74) Wat Nong Pah Pong

(73) Generosity (dāna)

(73) Not-self (anattā)

(72) Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra)

(72) Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)

(71) Aversion (dosa)

(71) Concentration (samādhi)

(71) Learning (suta)

(71) Thai Forest Tradition

(70) Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering)

(69) Meditation (bhāvanā)

(68) Sickness (byādhi)

(67) Kamma

(66) Similes

(65) Clinging (upādāna)

(65) Conditionality (idappaccayatā)

(65) Pāli

(63) Liberation (vimutti)

(62) Ajahn Sumedho

(62) Tranquility (passaddhi)

(61) Impermanence (anicca)

(61) Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati)

(60) Ajahn Mun Bhūridatto

(60) Vinaya

(59) Fear (bhaya)

(58) Family

(58) Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati)

(57) Saṅgha (Monastic community)

(55) Gratitude (kataññu)

(55) Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā)

(54) Sutta

(51) Translation

(50) Virtue (sīla)

(49) Three Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūla)

(48) Politics and society

(47) Wat Pah Nanachat

(46) Clear comprehension (sampajañña)

(46) Delusion (moha)

(46) History/Thai Buddhism

(45) Dhamma

(44) Feeling (vedanā)

(44) Recollection (anusati)

(43) Sensual desire (kāmacchanda)

(42) Desire (chanda)

(42) Health care

(42) Human

(41) Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra)

(41) Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)

(40) Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ)

(40) Craving (taṇhā)

(40) Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga)

(40) Lay life

(40) Patience (khanti)

(39) Rebirth

(38) Buddha

(38) Buddha/Biography

(37) Knowing itself

(37) Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)

(36) Ajahn Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

(36) Community

(36) Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati)

(35) Merit (puñña)

(34) Calming meditation (samatha)

(34) Continuity of mindfulness

(34) Four Noble Truths (cattāri ariya-saccāni)

(34) Language

(34) Thai

(34) Volitional formations (saṅkhāra)

(33) Almsround (Pindapat Thai)

(33) Fierce/direct teaching

(33) Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta)

(33) Long-term practice

(33) Nature of mind

(33) Seclusion (viveka)

(32) Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā)

(32) Energy (viriya)

(32) Work

(31) Ajahn Liem Ṭhitadhammo

(31) Culture/Natural environment

(31) Direct experience

(31) Equanimity (upekkhā)

(31) Idealism

(31) Insight meditation (vipassanā)

(31) Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya)

(31) Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā)

(30) Ardency (ātāpi)

(30) Doubt (vicikiccha)

(30) Perception (saññā)

(30) Unattractiveness/32 parts (asubha/dvattiṁsākāra)

(30) Views (diṭṭhāsava)

(29) Dhamma books

(29) Humor

(29) Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammā­nu­dhamma­p­paṭipatti)

(29) Present moment awareness

(29) Rapture (pīti)

(29) Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha)

(29) Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā)

(29) Three Refuges (tisaraṇa)

(29) Mental volition (manosañcetanā)

(28) Cessation (nirodha)

(28) Heart/mind (citta)

(28) Nibbāna

(28) Personality

(28) Precepts (sikkhāpada)

(28) Relationships

(27) Almsfood (piṇḍapāta)

(27) Commerce/economics

(27) Monastic life/Motivation

(27) Pain (dukkha)

(27) Stages of awakening

(26) Deva

(26) Grief (domanassa)

(26) Recollection/Death (maraṇassati)

(26) Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi)

(26) Sequence of training

(26) Simplicity

(25) Christianity

(25) Everyday life practice

(25) Mutual lay/Saṅgha support

(25) Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana)

(24) Great disciples

(24) Stream entry (sotāpanna)

(24) Truth (sacca)

(23) Ageing (jarā)

(23) Buddhist identity

(23) Consciousness (viññāṇa)

(23) Environment

(23) Joseph Kappel

(23) Posture/Walking (caṅkama)

(23) Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi)

(23) Upasikā Kee Nanayon

(22) Determination (adhiṭṭhāna)

(22) Devotional practice

(22) History/Western Buddhist monasticism

(22) Judgementalism

(22) Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā)

(21) Admonishment/feedback

(21) Becoming (bhavāsava)

(21) Characteristics of existence

(21) Conceit (māna)

(21) Elements (dhātu)

(21) Guilt/shame/inadequacy

(21) Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni)

(21) Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati)

(21) Right Speech (sammā-vācā)

(20) Culture/India

(20) Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda)

(20) Health

(20) Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā)

(20) Killing (pāṇātipāta)

(20) Meditation/General advice

(20) Thai sects

(19) Animal

(19) Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga)

(19) Meditation retreats

(19) Psychic powers

(19) Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa)

(18) Ajahn Amaro

(18) Conflict

(18) Contentment (santuṭṭhi)

(18) Habits

(18) Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana)

(18) Ordination

(18) Personal presence

(18) Rains retreat (vassa)

(18) Release (vossagga)

(18) Respect

(18) Saṅgha decision making

(18) Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries

(17) Ajahn Jayasaro

(17) Ajahn Tongrat Kantasīlo

(17) Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca)

(17) Commentaries

(17) Communal harmony

(17) Dispassion (virāga)

(17) Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā)

(17) The Gradual Teaching (anupubbikathā)

(17) Parents

(17) Respect for elders

(17) Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks)

(16) Role of abbot

(16) Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra)

(16) Conventions

(16) Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto)

(16) History/Early Buddhism

(16) Meditation/Techniques

(16) Posture/Sitting

(16) Progress of insight

(16) Questions

(16) Spaciousness

(16) Theravāda

(15) Ajahn Ṭhānissaro

(15) Craving not to become (vibhava-taṇhā)

(15) Funerals

(15) Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana)

(15) Lunar observance days (uposatha)

(15) Mentoring

(15) Military

(15) Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha ariya-sacca)

(15) Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati)

(15) Renunciation (nekkhamma)

(15) Teachers

(15) Trust

(14) Depression

(14) Emotion

(14) Forgiveness

(14) Medicinal requisites (gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ)

(14) Meditation/Unusual experiences

(14) Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati)

(14) Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro)

(13) Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa)

(13) Cultural context

(13) Disrobing

(13) Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni)

(13) Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati)

(13) Sense of urgency (saṃvega)

(13) Technology

(13) The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata)

(13) Visiting holy sites

(12) Ajahn Buddhadāsa Indapañño

(12) Ajahn Ñāṇiko

(12) Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva)

(12) Bowing

(12) Cittaviveka Monastery

(12) Cleanliness

(12) Contact (phassa)

(12) Emptiness (suññatā)

(12) Ill-will (byāpāda)

(12) One pointedness (ekaggatā)

(12) Shelter (senāsana)

(12) Vajrayāna

(11) Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo

(11) Ajahn Sucitto

(11) Arahant

(11) Ceremony/ritual

(11) Humility

(11) Monastic titles

(11) Protocols (kiccavatta)

(11) Robes (cīvara)

(10) Ajahn Anan Akiñcano

(10) Ajahn Kinaree Candiyo

(10) Dtao Dtum Monastery

(10) Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā)

(10) Nature of the cosmos

(10) Perfectionism

(10) Pāṭimokkha

(10) Realms of existence

(10) Recollection/Devas (devatānussati)

(10) Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā)

(9) Ajahn Teean Cittasubho

(9) Artistic expression

(9) Children

(9) Disenchantment (nibbidā)

(9) Etymology

(9) Forest versus city monks

(9) Greed (lobha)

(9) Media

(9) Māra

(9) Nimitta

(9) Not handling money

(9) Novices

(9) Self-reliance

(9) Visualization

(8) Ajahn Baen Dhanākaro

(8) Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto

(8) Attachment to rites and rituals (sīlabbata-parāmāsa)

(8) Bhikkhu Bodhi

(8) Birth (jāti)

(8) Body scanning

(8) Empathetic joy (muditā)

(8) Formless attainments (āruppa)

(8) History/Sri Lankan Buddhism

(8) Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati)

(8) P. A. Payutto

(8) Pace of life

(8) Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā)

(8) Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo)

(8) Four Postures

(8) Poverty

(8) Recreation/leisure/sport

(8) Four Requisites

(8) Saṃsāra

(8) Science

(8) Study monks

(8) Temporary ordination

(8) Types of monks

(8) Wat Keun

(8) Western psychology

(8) Women in Buddhism

(8) Zen

(8) Ṭhānissarā

(7) Ajahn Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo

(7) Ajahn Dune Atulo

(7) Ajahn Sundarā

(7) Almsbowl

(7) Amaravati Monastery

(7) Buddha images

(7) Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā)

(7) Form (rūpa)

(7) Ghost

(7) Heedfulness (appamāda)

(7) Kittisaro

(7) Mae Chee Kaew

(7) Mantra

(7) Master Hsuan Hua

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

(7) Older monks

(7) Postulants (anagārika)

(7) Protective chants (paritta)

(7) Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati)

(7) Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra)

(7) Seven Treasures (satta dhanā)

(6) Abuse/violence

(6) Activism

(6) Ajahn Chah lineage

(6) Ajahn Puriso

(6) The Dalai Lama

(6) Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni)

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

(6) False speech (musā-vādā)

(6) History/Western Buddhism

(6) Ignorance (avijjāsava)

(6) Leadership

(6) Mae Chee Thai

(6) Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā)

(6) Memory

(6) Monasteries

(6) Movement meditation

(6) Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā)

(6) Online community

(6) Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati)

(6) Relics

(6) Spiritual bypass

(6) Spiritual traditions

(6) Sīladharā

(6) Women's monastic forms

(5) Abhidhamma

(5) Ajahn Koon Aggadhammo

(5) Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

(5) Buddho mantra

(5) Tan Chao Khun Upāli Guṇūpamājahn

(5) Crime

(5) Dhamma online

(5) Dreams

(5) Five Faculties (pañca indriyā)

(5) Geography/Thailand

(5) Lay teachers

(5) Listening

(5) Mahāyāna

(5) Pandemic

(5) Posture/Standing

(5) Pūjā

(5) Selfishness

(5) Suicide

(5) Vegetarianism

(5) Wat Tam Saeng Pet

(4) Ajahn Jotipālo

(4) Ajahn Khao Anālayo

(4) Ajahn Mahā Amorn Khemacitto

(4) Ajahn Piak Kantasīlo

(4) Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro

(4) Ajahn Viradhammo

(4) Ajahn Wanchai Vicitto

(4) Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā)

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

(4) Bodhisattva

(4) Building projects

(4) The Deathless (amata)

(4) Heedlessness (pamāda)

(4) History/Mahāyāna Buddhism

(4) History/Other Theravāda traditions

(4) Idle chatter (samphappalāpa)

(4) Insight Meditation Society

(4) Kaṭhina

(4) Mental illness

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

(4) Non-contention

(4) Noting

(4) Outflows (āsava)

(4) Royalty

(4) Social media

(4) Stealing (adinnādāna)

(4) Stupas/monuments

(4) Travel

(4) Venerable Analayo

(4) Wat Pah Ban Tat

(3) Ajahn Anando

(3) Ajahn Fun Ācāro

(3) Ajahn Paññānanda Padumuttaro

(3) Ajahn Soṇa

(3) Ajahn Suwat Suvaco

(3) Ajahn Tiradhammo

(3) Chao Khun Nor

(3) Competitiveness

(3) Confession

(3) Courage

(3) Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana)

(3) Euthanasia

(3) Excercise

(3) Festival days

(3) Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā)

(3) Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā)

(3) Hinduism

(3) History

(3) History/Indian Buddhism

(3) Internet

(3) Intuition

(3) Jealousy

(3) Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā)

(3) Mae Chee Kumfah

(3) Meditation/Results

(3) Monastic crafts

(3) Pacific Hermitage

(3) Poo Jum Gom Monastery

(3) Posture/Lying down

(3) Preah Mahāghosānanda

(3) Question in Thai

(3) Ram Dass

(3) Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati)

(3) S. N. Goenka

(3) Secular Buddhism

(3) Stories

(3) Wat Burapha

(3) Wat Fah Krahm

(3) Western Ajahn Chah monasteries

(3) Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā)

(3) Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi)

(2) Addiction

(2) Advertizing

(2) Ajahn Anek Yasadinno

(2) Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day

(2) Ajahn Gavesako

(2) Ajahn Gi Dhammuttamo

(2) Ajahn Gunha Sukhagāmo

(2) Ajahn Jia Cundo

(2) Ajahn Jun Indavīro

(2) Ajahn Plien Paññapatipo

(2) Ajahn Tate Desaransi

(2) Ajahn Utane Kalyāno

(2) Ajahn Waen Suciṇṇo

(2) Beauty

(2) Bhante Gunaratana

(2) Bhikkhunī

(2) Celibacy (brahmacariyā)

(2) City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

(2) Corruption

(2) Dhamma discussion

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

(2) Dōgen

(2) Fasting

(2) Fourfold Assembly

(2) Free distribution

(2) Hell

(2) Industry

(2) Islam

(2) Kasiṇa

(2) Mahasi Sayadaw

(2) Monastery organizational structure

(2) Monastic teachers

(2) News

(2) Non-return (anāgamī)

(2) Not-made-of-that (atammayatā)

(2) Pa Auk Sayadaw

(2) Pure Land

(2) Reverend Heng Sure

(2) Right Action (sammā-kammanta)

(2) Ruth Denison

(2) Self-pity

(2) Service

(2) Sound of silence

(2) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

(2) Symbolism

(2) Thai audio

(2) Wat Buridat

(2) Winnie-the-Pooh

(1) Abortion

(1) Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā)

(1) Ajahn Bunjong

(1) Ajahn Chorp Ṭhānasamo

(1) Ajahn Fuang Jotiko

(1) Ajahn Jundee Kantasāro

(1) Ajahn Kevali

(1) Ajahn Khantipālo

(1) Ajahn Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando

(1) Ajahn Mahā Chatchai

(1) Ajahn Mahā In

(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 Ñāṇadhammo

(1) Amulets

(1) Anandagiri Monastery

(1) Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery

(1) Ayya Tāthalokā

(1) Bodhi Tree

(1) Tan Chao Khun Prayoon Dhammacitto

(1) Craving for material existence (rūparāga)

(1) Cults

(1) Culture/Asia

(1) Culture/Native American

(1) Culture/Sri Lanka

(1) Dependence (nissaya)

(1) Kloster Dhammapala

(1) Dignity

(1) Dipa Ma

(1) Disasters

(1) Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga)

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

(1) George Sharp

(1) God

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

(1) History/America

(1) Hospitality

(1) Hua tou Chinese

(1) Judaism

(1) Lama Zopa Rinpoche

(1) Mahatma Gandhi

(1) Malas

(1) Maurice Walsh

(1) Meditation groups

(1) Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū)

(1) Non-human beings (amanussa)

(1) Non-monastic centers

(1) Non-profit organizations

(1) Once return (sakadāgāmī)

(1) Other Thai Forest teachers

(1) Other Thai monastics

(1) Panyaprateep School

(1) Perception of light (āloka-saññā)

(1) Philosophy

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

(1) Renunciant practice

(1) Sitter's practice

(1) Smoking

(1) Suchness (tathatā)

(1) Supernatural

(1) Superstition

(1) Thai forest monasteries

(1) Tisarana Monastery

(1) Trulshik Rinpoche

(1) Wat Asokaram

(1) Wat Khao Wongkot

(1) Wat Metta

(1) Wat Pah Supattaram

(1) Wat Pahk Kut Wai

(1) Wat Suan Mokkh

(1) Āgama