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He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.
— The Buddha, Dhp 305Follow
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Author Archives: Yuttadhammo
The Future
Over the past year, something quite wonderful has grown out of the craziness of this life on Earth. The website I originally set up on behalf of my teacher while still living in Chiang Mai, Thailand has in this short … Continue reading
Tagged computer, dhamma, impermanence, Internet, meditation, monastery, monk, thought, weblog
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Visas, Monks and Such
The bhikkhuni and the samanera finally got residence visas, after a tense showdown with an immigration official. It seems like we were just shuffled along from one person to another until finally we arrived at this man who basically told … Continue reading
Tagged book, construction, haiku, monk, news
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Books That Write Themselves and Other Wonders
So, in preparation for the book project, I thought to find a way to organize the questions and answers on our ask forum into a single file. The result is an actual e-book made up of the best answers to … Continue reading
Tagged construction, haiku, Internet, monastery, news
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Book Writing
Just a note that we’ve started working on a book – we, meaning the community at My.Sirimangalo; Nagasena suggested I should write a book, sort of as a joke I think, and so it began. The idea is to put … Continue reading
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do good, become good do evil, become evil you are what you eat
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Selfish Monks
Today someone asked this question on our forum, just thought it would be useful to cross-post my answer here, since this does tend to come up again from time to time: Are Buddhist monks selfish people? I was talking to … Continue reading
Tagged dhamma, homelessness, monk, question, thought, writing
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Study, Practice, Teach
Went to meet Venerable Katukurunde Nyanananda on Sunday (missed Monk Radio for it). Really nice monk with a really nice monastery… might be a place to take a retreat sometime soon… Sunday an old meditator from Doi Suthep came back, … Continue reading
Tagged haiku, meditation, monk, teaching, video
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Late Haiku
wild, untameable dense, impen’trable thicket forest of the mind Two rooms with washrooms are now complete. Two more are liveable, leaking roof, no washrooms. Still two caves, makes six. An old meditator is coming on Sunday, we’ve an appointment with … Continue reading
The Story of Cakkhupala – One Who Guards His Vision
On our new Pali Forum, we’ve started translating the first story in the Dhammapada Commentary. Three paragraphs finished, here’s the translation so far: In Savatthi, it is said, there was a land-owner named Greatgold, rich, of great wealth, of great … Continue reading
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Sukho
sukho buddhānamuppādo, sukhā saddhammadesanā. sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṃ tapo sukho. Happiness is the arising of the Buddhas; happiness is the teaching the righteous truth; happiness is the harmony of the community; happiness is the exertion of the harmonious. – Dhp. … Continue reading
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