This is a short documentary about the influential English monk Ven. Ñāṇavīra,
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 On the occasion of the official launch of the Bhikkhu Sumedha Trust in December 2011, Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote this recollection of the monk he described as his closest friend. Read More: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: Recollecting Ven. Bhikkhu Sumedha  Today I am including a recital of Lo Weda Sangarawa by Ven. Dickwelle Upatissa Mahathera. He is accompanied by a harmonium, which provides a very atmospheric backdrop to the verses. Read More: Lo Weda Sangarawa – Towards a Better World  I only recently found out that Ajahn Brahm had met the great German monk Ven. Nyanavimala so when I met Ajahn recently I asked him to write down his impressions. Read More: Ajahn Brahm meets Ven. Nyanavimala  The Uposatha calendar for the recitation of the Pātimokkha from the beginning of Hemanta 2011 up and till the end of Hemanta in 2013. Read More: Uposatha Calendar 2012/2556  A talk by Ajahn Brahm to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Read More: Ajahn Brahm: Happy Buddhamas  Contemplation of the charnel grounds and giving gifts to others are two of the ways the Buddha recommended to overcome selfishness. Here are some reflections on the subject, followed by today’s documentary which is about people who donate their bodies to medical science. Read More: Bodies Donated to Science and Monks  This is the short advice taught by the Buddhas who do not teach the full Disciplinary Code (Pātimokkha), which as a rule of thumb it is nevertheless hard to beat. Read More: The Buddhas’ Disciplinary Advice  This is an hour long documentary with Harada Roshi giving many interviews on his visit to America in 1991 Read More: Man on Cloud Mountain  This is a dramatic reconstruction of the Life of the great Japanese monk Dogenwho flourished in Japan in the 13th century. Read More: Dogen, the Zen Master  Ven. Ñāṇavimala was ordained in Sri Lanka in 1955. After twelve years of study and meditation at Island Hermitage, he set out bare-footed on continuous walking tour. These are recollections of some of his teachings by a former disciple. Read More: Ven. Ñāṇavimala’s Advice  A pdf copy of Bhikkhu Sumedha’s work A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Illness and Stress for anyone to download and print out for themselves. Read More: Flip-book, pdf and audio files of Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha  A remarkable film about a monk living in the Golden Triangle area on the Thailand/Myanmar border, who together with a nun is bringing up and training poor children from the nearby villages. Read More: Buddha’s Lost Children  Publication of the teachings of Bhikkhu Sumedha on pain, stress and illness, gathered while he was working in the Intensive Care Unit at Peradeniya General Hospital during the last ten years of his life. Read More: Publication of A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness  A successful appeal to buy land so that the Bodhirukaramaya monastery near Kurunegala, Sri Lanka doesn’t loose its water supply.  Ajahn Suthep demonstrating his afternoon Qi Gong workout at Vivekavana in June, 2011. Read More: Ajahn Suthep Teaching Qi Gong  This post covers my trip to Fang, Tha Ton and Chiang Rai and the modern temples and other buildings that we found there, including the White Temple and the Black House.  This is one of the finest non-verbal films I’ve come across so even better that it is also connected with Buddhism, being taken at a remote Zen temple in the Japanese Alps. Read More: ZEN – A Fabian Enzinger Film  Ajahn Suthep is one of the few Thai monks I know who can effectively teach in English, and his teachings are always based on the original teachings about the constituent parts, the sense-spheres and craving. Read More: Ajahn Suthep: 50+ Dhamma Talks  Over the past few years Ven. Dhammika has been traveling extensively and fortunately for us he took his camera with him. Now he has contributed some of these photos to the Photo Dharma website. Read More: Second Guest on Photo Dharma: Ven. Dhammika |
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