This book arose out of an interest that I had to celebrate my fiftieth birthday by expressing my gratitude to the many people who have made it possible for me to live the Holy Life, and in some way honour the many gifts of Dhamma that the Buddha and my own teachers have bestowed upon me. For me, the significance of the fiftieth year is that during this year (1999) I will have spent twenty-five Rains Retreats as a bhikkhu; approximately half my life will than have been spent in the training. As I was ruminating in this, it coincidentally happened that Richard Allen, a supporter and close associate of the monastery, was also entering his fiftieth year and due to celebrate his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. So out of such a coincidence, and as a very fitting way to acknowledge both the mutuality of our interest in Dhamma and the symbiosis of lay and monastic commitment that upholds the Holy Life, this collection arose. As is often the way with work involv- ing Dhamma, once the project got started, other people came forward to offer further donations and also the acts of service that would put the talks into the form of a printed work. This catalytic spontaneous process is something that still after many years has the flavour of a miracle, or more accurately, the ‘lovely’ (kalyana) taste of the Dhamma that this book commemorates.

Ajahn Sucitto
Luang Por Sucitto was the abbot of Cittaviveka – Chithurst Buddhist Monastery from 1992 until 2014. He was born in London and went forth as a bhikkhu in Thailand in March 1976. Luang Por Sucitto returned to Britain in 1978 and took up training under Luang Por Sumedho at the Hampstead Buddhist Vihara. In 1979 he was one of the small group of monks, led by Luang Por Sumedho, who established Cittaviveka – Chithurst Buddhist Monastery.
In 1981 he was sent up to Northumberland to set up a small monastery in Harnham, which subsequently became Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery. In 1984 he accompanied Luang Por Sumedho in establishing Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hertfordshire. In 1992 he was appointed abbot of Cittaviveka. On October 26, 2014, he resigned the post, but has continued teaching as before.
Luang Por Sucitto's main work has been in teaching, editing and writing, although he was also largely responsible for the creation of the protocols and standards that flesh out the Ten Precept training of the Sīladharā (nuns) Order.
Também por Ajahn Sucitto

Atmen wie ein Buddha
2024 — Deutsch

Les saṅkhārā
2023 — Français

Clarté et Espace
2023 — Français

Clarté et Calme Pour les Gens...
2022 — Français

On Your Own Two Feet
2022 — English

Buddha-Natur, Menschen-Natur
2022 — Deutsch

Chiarezza e Calma
2022 — italiano

แจ่มกระจ่าง …อย่างสงบ
2022 — ไทย

Breathing like a Buddha
2022 — English

Kamma and the End of Kamma...
2022 — English

Den inneren Tyrann entthronen
2021 — Deutsch

Klarheit und innere Ruhe für geschäftige...
2021 — Deutsch

Meditation an Outline – Sinhala version
2021 — සිංහල

Samādhi ist purer Genuss
2021 — Deutsch

Das kostbarste Geschenk
2021 — Deutsch

เส้นทางภาวนา
2021 — ไทย

An Outline of Buddhism
2020 — English

Buddha-Nature, Human Nature
2020 — English

Claridad y Calma
2020 — Español

The Broken Gong
2019 — English

The Most Precious Gift
2019 — English

Le perfezioni - Modi di attraversare...
2018 — italiano

Meditation – Mode d’emploi
2018 — Français

Introducción a la Meditación del Conocimiento...
2016 — Español

Meditation – Ein Weg des Erwachens
2016 — Deutsch

Introduction to Insight Meditation
2015 — English

Meditasie: ‘n Gids
2015 — Afrikaans

Meditation – An Outline
2015 — English

Clarity and Calm
2014 — English

Primi Passi In Buddhismo E Meditazione
2014 — italiano

Unseating the Inner Tyrant
2014 — English

Samādhi is Pure Enjoyment
2014 — English

Parami, Ways to Cross Life's Floods
2012 — English

Rude Awakenings
2011 — English

Great Patient One
2011 — English

Discipline and Conventions
2011 — English

Meditation – A Way of Awakening
2011 — English

Buddhista Meditáció
2007 — Magyar

Incarnez l’esprit !
2007 — Français
