The Greatest Waste
“Time that has passed and gone without us having done anything useful or beneficial for ourselves, in a life in which we have been born...
Quotes & Stories
This is a collection of short translated quotes that are worth reading and reflecting on, or stories of Ajaans that I have translated or relate from my own recollection.
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- Jan 28
- 1 min
Nothing Compares
“Of difficult things, nothing compares to the difficulty of restoration. In withdrawing things, nothing compares to the difficulty of...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
The solution lies in the problem
“Suffering is constantly in our hearts... What is suffering? – We, here, are what suffering is. What are we? – This heart, here, is what...
- Jan 28
- 15 min
Spiritual Friendship
Tan Chao Khun Upālī Guṇūpamājahn and Luang Pu Mun Bhūridatto had been true friends for a long time, helping each other along successive...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Knowing and Mindfulness
“The citta is the one that naturally knows. It is only mere knowing – that is, knowing sensation, knowing conceptualising, knowing...
- Jan 28
- 2 min
The Special Blessings of Dogs
During the middle phase of Luang Pu Mun's teaching career, Luang Pu Dteu Acaladhammo was his closest and most trusted disciple. A close...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
The Importance of Virtue
“Keeping the eight-fold virtue: if we have full faith in it, then we won't see it as anything difficult. And this eight-fold virtue –...
- Jan 28
- 3 min
A Heart of Gratitude
Luang Pu Suwan Suciṇṇo was a first-generation disciple of Luang Pu Mun Bhūridatto and Luang Pu Sao Kantasīlo. He was born in Khaw...
- Jan 28
- 2 min
Luang Pu Mun's world
During one early period when Luang Pu Mun Bhūridatto was living in Udon Thani, he was living alone in a very simple bamboo hut in the...
- Jan 28
- 5 min
Luang Pu Kinaree
Recollections From Ajahn Chah – translated by Mudito Bhikkhu (slightly edited) “Staying with Luang Pu Kinaree was not like staying with...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Battling Defilement
“Ajahn Tongrat, who was one of my teachers, once wanted to disrobe. He wouldn't listen to anybody, he just wanted to disrobe. He then...
- Jan 28
- 3 min
A Turning Point – part 2
Some time after his views had just started to change about ‘forest monks’, Somdet Phra Mahā Wirawong embarked on one of his periodic...
- Jan 28
- 4 min
A Turning Point - part 1
Nowadays, it seems inconceivable that Luang Pu Sao and Luang Pu Mun were once considered pariahs by the Thai Saṅgha, but that was indeed...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
The Novice Who Could Remember his Past Life
At Luang Pu Mun Bhūridatta's funeral in 1950, one of Luang Pu Mun's great disciples met a teenaged novice who could remember his previous...
- Jan 28
- 2 min
Luang Pu Tongrat Testing Out his Disciples
There were many occasions when Luang Pu Tongrat Kantasīlo would check out a disciple to see if he was still heedless. For instance, Luang...
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Noble Beings and Common People
There is one interesting anomaly in the Buddha's praise of Venerable Mahā Kassapa as foremost in 'dhuta-guṇa', or ascetic virtues. Of the...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
The Substance of Mindfulness
“Enduring patience — this is the substance of mindfulness. If we don’t have enduring patience, mindfulness cannot arise. This enduring...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
The Power of Practise
“Teachings – words – however much, can't compare with practising to see for oneself. Listening to someone else speak, all you can get...
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Love Her Truly, Love Her All
An excerpt from the Autobiography of Luang Pu Juan Kulajeṭṭho (1920-80) – translated by Thiracitto Bhikkhu (slightly edited) As a layman...
- Jan 28
- 5 min
Luang Por Chob Ṭhānasamo: A Witness to an Extraordinary Event
Ācariya Mun Bhūridatto attains to the Dhamma-element – translated by Thiracitto Bhikkhu When Venerable Luang Por Chob Ṭhānasamo and...