Tag Archives: meditation

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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Meditators ‘R’ Us

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

The how to meditate for kids video received a bit of a mixed response; lots of people have said how useful it will be, which is honestly what I expected – hence the effort put into making it. Some people … Continue reading →

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How To Meditate For Kids: A Children’s Guide to Peace

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

Here’s a simple video on how to practice meditation for children. It’s not totally based on insight meditation, but the idea is to get children interested and experimenting with the mind, and so it uses simple imagery and concepts to … Continue reading →

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Let There Be Light

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

Today three new meditators arrived on schedule; two to become novice monks, a third only for a month. The kutis are still not near completion; still hoping for mid to late November. So, two yogis staying in caves, a third … Continue reading →

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Whew

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

It’s been a bit of whirlwind here lately, lots of stuff, all of it positive. The danger now is in becoming attached to good things and being set up for inevitable disappointment. Anyway, sukho puññassa uccayo and all that, so … Continue reading →

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Update September 2011

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

Yesterday two meditators arrived from different parts of the world; one from Canada and one from Romania. The one from Romania is a returnee, and she asked, “what is the maximum allowed stay?” It can only be a good sign … Continue reading →

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Letter From A Meditator

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

How I came to be… Every day was a struggle, from getting out of bed, going to school, going to work and everything else in between. I had no real understanding of life and the people who surrounded me; I … 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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Dial-A-Monk

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

From the What-Will-They-Think-Of-Next Dept. Google just rolled out a new feature for Google Calendar, and like many of the things Google does, it fits right into the lives of millions, this monk included. The feature is called “Appointments”, and it … Continue reading →

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Carika

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Yuttadhammo

I’m off tomorrow to the airport, to fly to Bangkok in the wee hours. Spending the day in Bangkok with supporters, then flying to LA. A supporter will pick me up at LAX and take me to Moorpark (600 Spring … Continue reading →

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