Das Herz der Lehre des Buddha ist der edle achtfache Pfad, der in das dreifache Training von Sila, Samādhi und Paññā, Tugend, Sammlung und Weisheit unterteilt wird. Alle drei Faktoren des Pfades zusammengenommen sind als mittlerer Weg bekannt und genau diese Verbindung der Pfad-Faktoren, ergibt eine heilige Gleichung, welche letztlich zu Frieden, Freiheit von Leiden und Nibbāna führt. Die... Weiter

On the evenings of the twenty-second and twenty-third of November, 2017, a large number of monks, novices and laypeople gathered to participate in the official opening of a new monastery built under the auspices of His Holiness Somdej Phra Ariyavaṅsāgatañāṅa, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. The monastery is called Wat Pah Amparopanyawanaram (more commonly referred to as Wat Pah Amparo).

It is hoped that by reading this teaching the reader will gain a clear view of the complete path of meditation practice, and understand that solely contemplating the mind is not sufficient to free it from the mental defilements. The assumption that the mental defilements arise within the mind, and so must be dealt with solely by contemplating the mind, is true but not altogether correct. It is... Weiter

This book contains a number of talks given mostly to lay people by the Venerable Ajahn Dtun. The first talk, The Power of Virtue, Concentration, and Wisdom, was given in 2011 at the Bandar Uttama Buddhist Society in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the time it was appreciated by many listeners for being a good overview of the Buddha’s path of practice as well as describing clearly the stages of... Weiter

Originally This is the Path was compiled and printed by Wat Buddha Dhamma commemorating Tan Ajahn Dtun’s first visit to their monastery. For this second edition, a certain amount of editing of the original text has been done. This was not due to any errors in the actual translation, but rather to correct any remaining spelling mistakes along with the re-arranging of personal pronouns and tenses.