An unforgettable journey into the hidden lives of China’s forgotten Zen Buddhist hermit tradition. Amongst White Clouds is a look at the lives of zealot students, gaunt ascetics . . . → Read More: Amongst White Clouds
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Yesterday’s post was about the Five Faculties (Indriya), and today’s is about those same virtues brought to fulfillment, when they are known as the Strengths (Bala). I made this poster some time ago to accompany a . . . → Read More: Poster of the Five Strengths This is one of those memorable discourses addressed by the Buddha to the lay community that is found in the Anguttaranikāya (AN 4.61). In this case it was a teaching given to the householder Anāthapiṇḍika. The Buddha . . . → Read More: The Discourse about Suitable Deeds Today is the 4th anniversary of the passing of Ven. Dr. K Sri Dhammananda, the former Chief Priest of the Sri Lankan Siyamupali Sect in Malaysia, and there will be commemoration events at the Brickfields temple . . . → Read More: Chief: The Life and Work of K Sri Dhammananda While Dr. Tan and I were going around the temples in Bukit Mertajam quite by chance we stumbled across a Chinese temple dedicated to the god Tua Peh Kong in Kampong Baru. In fact we had . . . → Read More: Stonework at Tua Peh Kong Temple, Bukit Mertajam This is the last of the Ajahn Suthep videos that I am showing during this month. Here he discusses how he has taken Luangpor Teean’s original technique and extended it to include many other things. Don’t . . . → Read More: Ajahn Suthep: The Development of Dynamic Meditation Here is a short video I made last year of Ajahn Suthep demonstrating the practice of Dynamic Meditation. It was made at my previous temple’s 120th anniversary celebration last August when . . . → Read More: Ajahn Suthep: Demonstrating Advanced Dynamic Meditation
Remarkable true life story of Khun Kampol Thongbunnum, a Thai man, whose life was turned upside down by an accident that left him paralysed from the neck downwards. In his search . . . → Read More: Bright and Shining Mind in a Disabled Body Today is the start of the second period for the Rains Retreat if the first one was not taken up, I am therefore presenting a translation of the opening of the Chapter on the Rains Retreat . . . → Read More: Episodes from the Life of the Buddha 1: The Rains Retreat Here are four magical sand animation films by Ferenc Cakó set to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, which is one of the most evocative pieces in the Western Classical repetoire.
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Here is a short video I made last year of Ajahn Suthep demonstrating the practice of Dynamic Meditation. It was made at my previous temple’s 120th anniversary celebration last August when 
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