For your practice to lead to Awakening, you must develop reliable standards for judging — which practices lead to stream entry, what...

The sublime attitudes (brahmaviharas) are the Buddha’s primary heart teachings—the ones that connect most directly with our desire for...

A complete translation of the book of the Udāna from the Khuddaka Nikāya collection of the Pāli Canon. The role of the Udāna within the...

An anthology of verses attributed to the Buddha long recognized as one of the masterpieces of early Buddhist literature. This edition has...

This first collection of essays is recommended for new practitioners. Includes: Affirming the Truths of the Heart, Karma, The Road to...

The Noble Eightfold Path forms the framework for all the Buddha’s teachings. It was the first topic he mentioned in his first sermon, and...

For the past several decades, a growing flood of books, articles, and teachings has advanced theories about the practice of mindfulness...

Not for beginners, but the essential guide to practicing the Buddhist Path, following the Buddha’s own summary of his teachings. The 37...

This is a revised edition to the second collection of essays. Significant changes were made to the essay ‘Perennial Issues,’ and Pāli...

Kamma and rebirth are often understood to be teachings of fate and helplessness in the face of unknowable influences from the past....

A series of talks on the relationship between the two central Buddhist concepts of karma (kamma) and mindfulness (sati). The talks show...

This is an anthology consisting of 97 poems from the Theragāthā (Poems of the Elder Monks) and 34 from the Therīgāthā (Poems of the Elder...

A series of eight talks on anatta, or not-self, given at a ten-day retreat in Provence, France. Also there are relevant selections from...

Passages from the Pāli Canon arranged in five sections: the Buddha as physician; diagnoses of the conditions of aging, etc.; the...

A breath meditation manual by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu drawing on two sources: the Buddha’s own set of instructions on how to use the breath in...

The Itivuttaka is a newly updated translation of a collection of 112 short suttas, each one a prose passage followed by a verse. This...

A transcript of a retreat sponsored by Le Refuge in April, 2023. PDF | eBook

A short introduction to the basic principles of Buddhism. Included are readings drawn from the earliest Buddhist texts and essays...

How lessons drawn from the Buddha’s awakening can give guidance in how best to deal with the big problems of life: aging, illness, death,...