BUDDHIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 1999. — 907 p. One of Buddhism’s foundational texts, the Visuddhimagga is a systematic examination and condensation of Buddhist doctrine and meditation technique. The various teachings of the Buddha found throughout the Pali canon are organized in a clear, comprehensive path leading to the final goal of nibbana, the state of complete purification....
Published by Oxford, The Pali Text Society, second edition, 2009. - 515 p. Translation of Patisambhidamagga. Twelfth book of the Khuddakanikaya of the Suttapitaka attributed by the commentary to Gotama Buddha’s disciple Sariputta. This text is later than much of the canon and attempts to explain in a systematic way how under- standing of the Buddha’s basic teaching can lead to...
Paris — Chiang Mai — Phnom Penh — Vientiane: École Française d'Extreme-Orient, 1996. — 270 p. Bizo F., Lagirard F. Purity of words Buddhist texts of Laos (in Laotian, Thai, Pali and French) Table des matières: Le Saddavimala. Saddavimala 12.I-II and its Mulasarvastivadin origin. Les sources. Trascription et traduction. Textes. Les versions en tham. Les versions en yuon, khun et...
Wisdom Publications, 1997. — 160 p. Any practitioner, after meditating for some time, inevitably wonders what meditation method the historical Buddha Shakyamuni himself used while beneath the Bodhi Tree. Many people understand that prior to his realization, Shakyamuni Buddha studied with many of the great yogis of his time, but most do not know what method he ultimately found...
Phnom Penh: Phnom Penh Printing House, 2009. — 45 p. But Sawong (agga pandit). Ways to calm anger (In English). Introduction: How anger could be appeased. Mental impurities of the angered. Demerit of anger. Goodness of others. Self-punishment is just a form of fulfilling enemy's wishes. Being angry means causing pain to ourselves. Inheritance of Kamma. Past life stories of Lord...
Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia, 2002 — 430 p. With so many books available on Buddhism, one may ask if there is need for yet another text. Although books on Buddhism are available on the market, many of them are written for those who have already acquired a basic understanding of the Buddha Dhamma. Some are written in an archaic style, based on a rigid translation of the...
Bangkok: Mitr Siam Press, 1990. — 425 p. Dhammapada: Translation made from the original Pali text (English, French and Pali in Lao script) En toutes choses, l'élément primordial est le mental; le mental est prédominant; tout provient du mental. Si un homme parle ou agit avec un mauvais mental, la souffrance le suit d'aussi prls que la roue suit le sabot du boeuf tirant le...
Sri Lanka: Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. The Surangama Sutra (Leng Yen Ching). Chinese Rendering by Master Paramiti of Central North India at Chih Chih Monastery, Canton, China, A.D. 705. Commentary (abridged) by Ch’an Master Han whan (1546-1623). Translated by Upasaka Lu K’uan Yu (Charles Luk). Comment. Enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism consists in transmuting the...
Vipassana Metta foundation translation committee. — Wisdom Publications, 2016. — 744 p. The most comprehensive manual of the practice of insight meditation (vipassana), written by one of its foremost 20th century proponents, is translated into English for the first time. Manual of Insight is the magnum opus of Mahasi Sayadaw, one of the originators of the “vipassana movement”...
Translated from the Pāḷi by I.B. Horner, MA. — Lancaster, The Pali Text Society, 2007. — 451 p. The middle fifty middle-length discourses (Majjihima Nikaya suttas) of the Buddha, translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner. First published 1954.
Translated from the Pāḷi by I.B. Horner, MA. — Lancaster, The Pali Text Society, 2007. — 396 p. The final fifty middle-length discourses (Majjihima Nikaya suttas) of the Buddha, translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner. First published 1954.
Shambhala, 2009. — 160 p. This is a clear and in-depth presentation of the traditional Theravadin concentration meditation known as jhāna practice, from two authors who have practiced the jhānas in retreat under the guidance of one of the great living meditation masters, Pa Auk Sayadaw. The authors describe the techniques and their results, based on their own experience.
Colombo: D.R.D. Weerasuria, 1961. - 433 p. The Path of Freedom, or Vimuttimagga, which serves as a meditation manual, is broadly considered a great and important work. It is similar to the Path of Purification, or Visuddhimagga, but less analytical and more practical in its treatment of the traditional meditation objects. Both are commentaries, not from the Pali Canon, but very...
Wisdom Publications, 1996. — 224 p. The subject of this book is Vipassana meditation practice. Repeat, practice. This is a meditation manual, a nuts-and-bolts, step-by-step guide to Insight meditation. It is meant to be practical. It is meant for use. There are already many comprehensive books on Buddhism as a philosophy, and on the theoretical aspects of Buddhist meditation....
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