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by gavesako
Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: The Buddha's Teaching - Its Essential Meaning by R.G. de S. Wettimuny
Replies: 6
Views: 914

Re: The Buddha's Teaching - Its Essential Meaning by R.G. de S. Wettimuny

As far as I know, this book has not been digitized yet and is not available for download anywhere.
by gavesako
Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:39 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: The Buddha's Teaching - Its Essential Meaning by R.G. de S. Wettimuny
Replies: 6
Views: 914

The Buddha's Teaching - Its Essential Meaning by R.G. de S. Wettimuny

The Buddha’s Teaching
ITS ESSENTIAL MEANING
R.G. de S. Wettimuny


First published in May 1969
Second Edition, 2023

Download:
PDF for desktop
EPUB for phones and tablets
MOBI for Kindle

https://its-essential-meaning.github.io/
by gavesako
Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:13 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Buddhadhamma by Payutto - Best Translation?
Replies: 6
Views: 556

Re: Buddhadhamma by Payutto - Best Translation?

The new translation by Robin Moore is the only definitive and complete one. Previously also some individual chapters were translated in simplified form and published as separate volumes (on Kamma and Dependent Origination). However this new translation is the one to be recommended as it is very accu...
by gavesako
Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:52 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Never lying down dhutanga
Replies: 13
Views: 1088

Re: Never lying down dhutanga

Zzzz...
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by gavesako
Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:48 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - Monastics in American Buddhism
Replies: 2
Views: 934

Re: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - Monastics in American Buddhism

Ajahn Jayasaro Q&A - "So the True Teaching Might Last a Long Time": Preserving the Heart of Dhamma In this interview, Ajahn Jayasaro answers questions about how to steward the monastic order and one's own practice in an era of change. Touching on issues related to respect, technology, ...
by gavesako
Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:06 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - Monastics in American Buddhism
Replies: 2
Views: 934

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - Monastics in American Buddhism

Interesting discussion of Ven. Kovilo and Nisabho with Bhikkhu Bodhi. 37.00 - Answering the question about the relevance of the forest tradition in the modern West and whether it needs adaptation https://youtu.be/kIl2Gt1TKm8?t=2154 Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - Monastics in American Buddhism: Do Monks & ...
by gavesako
Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:14 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Visa to stay at monastery in the U.S as a European?
Replies: 5
Views: 954

Re: Visa to stay at monastery in the U.S as a European?

Unfortunately, the same applies from the beginning of 2021 (due to Brexit) also for any Europeans wishing to seek ordination in the UK. That leaves only a handful of monasteries on the continent as potential places to start one's monastic training, and these are typically quite full already. Because...
by gavesako
Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:40 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai chanting with roman alphabet
Replies: 3
Views: 591

Re: Thai chanting with roman alphabet

This could also be useful with the scrolling text:

https://pujas.live/chanting
by gavesako
Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:39 pm
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: Help with Pali Chanting Book
Replies: 4
Views: 1071

Re: Help with Pali Chanting Book

This could be useful too:

https://pujas.live/chanting
by gavesako
Mon May 24, 2021 6:05 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Talk about sīmā stones in Thai tradition
Replies: 1
Views: 608

Re: Talk about sīmā stones in Thai tradition

From our perspective one of the more interesting reforms was a decision that underlines the centrality of the sīmā to modern state-building. Article 9 of the Siamese Sangha Act (1902) restricted the establishment of new sīmā within commoner monasteries. From this point on this could only be done wit...
by gavesako
Sun May 23, 2021 5:35 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Talk about sīmā stones in Thai tradition
Replies: 1
Views: 608

Talk about sīmā stones in Thai tradition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq_HOXpN1q8 21 May 2021 M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati (California State University, Sacramento) Reflections on the Boundary Markers of the Early Rattanakosin Period (1782–1868): ‘Temple of the Reign’ and the New Buddhist Lineage of King Rama IV After 27 years in the m...
by gavesako
Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:26 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Cetanābhedā and Cinderella: Multiple Rebirths, Bilingual Sermons, and Popular Narratives in South East Asia
Replies: 0
Views: 605

Cetanābhedā and Cinderella: Multiple Rebirths, Bilingual Sermons, and Popular Narratives in South East Asia

Trent Walker: "Cetanābhedā and Cinderella: Multiple Rebirths, Bilingual Sermons, and Popular Narratives in South East Asia" The Cetanābhedā, an eighteenth-century Pali-vernacular bilingual text or “bitext” for public sermons, aims to reconcile local Southeast Asian notions of plural “mind...
by gavesako
Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: The Fourth Messenger spring 2021 edition
Replies: 3
Views: 1162

The Fourth Messenger spring 2021 edition

https://www.fourthmessenger.org/ Hello all, I set up a site, The Fourth Messenger 30, dedicated to publishing art and writings from monastics of various traditions. My hope is that it will help to heal splits in the Sangha, cultivate understanding between traditions, make monastic teachings more ava...
by gavesako
Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:15 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Is it possible to practice the classical Samatha objects during walking meditation?
Replies: 10
Views: 1823

Re: Is it possible to practice the classical Samatha objects during walking meditation?

Here is a teaching by Luang Por Baen, a recently deceased teacher from the Thai forest tradition: Do walking meditation. Walk a lot. Do walking meditation. Walk a lot. No matter how exhausted you are, walk until you're free from that exhaustion. If you're still exhausted, aching and tired with weak ...