By Sayadaw U Janakābhivamsa

 

This book shows how the Buddha's profound and complex teaching on the interrelation between physical and mental processes can be applied to one's daily practice of physical, verbal and mental purification.

By Beelin Sayadaw

 

When encountering the uncertainties of life, a firm and stable mind is needed. Yet the natural state of the mind is immature and uncontrolled, and an untrained mind has no ability to withstand the ups and downs of life. The late Venerable Beelin Sayadaw, who was a senior teacher at both Mahāsi Center and Panditārāma, presents the five ways taught by the Buddha to cultivate a mature and balanced mind so as to face both good and bad circumstances with composure and equanimity.​​

By Nyanaponika Thera

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These are biographies about some awe-inspiring beings that once were like you and me. They tell the stories of male and female monks, and lay devotees of the Buddha—the best of the human crop.

By Nyanaponika Thera

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“Right Mindfulness, as taught by the Buddha in his Discourse on Satipaṭṭhāna, still provides the most simple and direct, the most thorough and effective, method for training and developing the mind for its daily tasks and problems as well as for its highest aim: mind’s own unshakable deliverance from Greed, Hatred, and Delusion. (It is) for all who endeavor to master the mind that is so hard to control, and who earnestly wish to develop its latent faculties of greater strength and greater happiness.”—Nyanaponika Thera

By Ledi Sayadaw

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The Venerable Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923), a great Theravada Buddhist scholar, writer and meditation master, was one of the forefathers of the modern insight meditation tradition. His Manuals of Buddhism are written in a vivid and direct style, with original and striking similes that elucidate complex and profound Buddhist teachings. The Manual of the Enlightenment Factors (Bodhipakkhiya Dīpanī) and the Manual of the Excellent Man (Uttamapurisa Dīpanī) are essential reading for meditators.

By Sayadaw U Jotika

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In these eleven talks given at meditation retreats in Australia, Sayadaw U Jotika addresses a wide range of concerns common to Western meditators. His explanations of the progress of insight experienced during Vipassanā meditation are also very clear. Sayadaw has an excellent command of English and is educated in Western literature. This combined with his extensive travel experience enables him to connect directly with Western educated minds.

By Achariya Buddharakkhita

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Using the Sabbasava Sutta and Nibbedhika Sutta as a reference, Indian Buddhist master Achariya Buddharakkhita discusses what the mental cankers (asavas) are, and the importance of overcoming them in order to attain enlightenment. This is an intelligently written book that presents a methodical elucidation of the essential aspects of Buddha’s teaching. 

By Ajaan Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

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This Thai Buddhist meditation master pierces through our ordinary understanding of our heart/mind. He illuminates how unclean and corrupt our everyday mind is, and the urgent need to purify it before we can actually listen to it.

By Bhante Suvanno

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Bhante Suvanno explains how according to the Buddhist Suttas, all beings are immediately reborn after death in one of the thirty-one “planes” or “realms” of existence according to their kamma. This cycle of dying and living continues on and on relentlessly.