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Books

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Yuttadhammo

Yesterday 420 books came from Thailand – three tipitaka sets, two with commentaries, one with sub-commentaries. Thai-Thai, Thai-Pali and Devanagari-Pali. The rest of the books are miscellaneous leftovers from my seven years there. Three cabinets as well, altogether 695 kgs. … Continue reading →

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To Share or Not to Share

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

The mind is a funny thing, to be sure I thought taking the copies of the Visuddhimagga down would bring peace of mind, but it didn’t really… only doing the right thing can bring peace of mind, I think. So, … Continue reading →

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Cease and Desist Spreading Our Dhamma

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

Got a letter this morning: Dear Venerable, John Bullit of Access to Insight wrote to me that you have unlocked the Path of Purification and put it online in different formats. This file was only to be distributed by Access … Continue reading →

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Visuddhimagga – Path to Purification E-Book

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

Edit: fixed the link. Just finished re-formatting the Visuddhimagga for display on an eReader. The formatting should be good for eReaders, and it should also be fully Unicode now. I’ve updated the page to include HTML and Mobi (Kindle) formats. … Continue reading →

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Colomboing

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

Took some buses to Colombo. Using the monastery computer at Sambodhi. Not sure if I’ll be back this way again; I was invited to teach today for the full moon… no sign of any teaching on my part. Not really … Continue reading →

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In Case You Were Interested

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

It should go without saying that this is not a debate forum. My expectation is that you either like what I post or you don’t. If you don’t, you are welcome to tell me, but I would expect you then … Continue reading →

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Mahasi Sayadaw on Jhana

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

One of the reasons I don’t write much about Buddhism or even meditation is that I figure, it’s all been written already by people far more capable than I. Another reason is I can see the tendency of such writings … Continue reading →

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A Critique of Brahmavamso’s “The Jhanas”

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

During the 60th anniversary conference of the WFB in Colombo, I happened to meet and spend part of a day with Venerable Brahmavamso, the British monk who has caused such a stir in Thailand and around the world with his … Continue reading →

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Mindful Universe

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Yuttadhammo

A friend took me to the local library yesterday, and I signed up for a library card. A good thing about libraries is you don’t keep the books. A bad thing about libraries is you don’t keep the books. I … Continue reading →

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Book: Finished

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Yuttadhammo

It’s done. Not much to look at, but there you have it. If it is of use to people, I’m happy. If it’s not, well, I guess I still have to be happy… why let my happiness depend on the … Continue reading →

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