Theravàda is an ascetic branch of Buddhism and the oldest existing school of Buddhism. The conservative Theravàda-tradition is dominant in Southeast Asia, especially in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. The Pali Canon is at the core of the practice of Theravàda Buddhism. In the West namely Vipassana meditation has been adopted from Theravàda Buddhism.
The Analysis of Deeds – Karma-vibhanga is a brand new (april 2020) translation of the Karma-vibhange (part of the Abhidhamma Pitaka) from the original Pali-source to English. The translation has … Read more and download PDF
Oriental Philosophies. Through the centuries a rich spiritual import has trickled into the West by word of mouth, through the writings of scholars, through translations and caravans. Philosophies older than … Read more and download PDF
Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, published in 1907, is a historical description of Buddhism, and how the religion has organized itself into many branches. It is said … Read more and download PDF
Buddhas 16 Prophecies – the prophecies of King Pasendikosol’s dreams by Lord Buddha. Gautama Buddha was never much of a showman. He despised spiritual charlatans, spiritists, fortune tellers and the … Read more and download PDF
Noble Warrior – A Life of the Buddha Compiled from the Pali Canon. The Buddha, as a teacher, was adamant about the power of action and focused special attention on … Read more and download PDF
‘Bodhinyana’ was the first collection of talks by Ven. Ajahn Chah to be translated and published by his Western students. Although Ajahn Chah passed away in 1992, the training which … Read more and download PDF
Consciousness Enlarged is the second edition of the transcript of a course on consciousness, Citta, as laid out in Abhidhammatthasangaha, the traditional primer on Abhidhamma in the Theravada Buddhist world. … Read more and download PDF
The Eye of Discernment is an anthology of teachings from Phra Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo. He outlines his thoughts especially about the methods of meditation he taught for years in Thailand. For … Read more and download PDF
First Things First -Essays on the Buddhist Path was published in 2018 by the Metta Forest Monastery and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported. The essays were collected … Read more and download PDF