Old News Archive: July-December 2012

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2012.08.29

Lost in Quotation, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

A clarification of the Kalama Sutta, one of the most famous — and misquoted — suttas in the entire Tipitaka.

Right Mindfulness: Memory & Ardency on the Buddhist Path, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

An exploration of the nature of mindfulness and its role in the Buddhist path to Awakening. [Not available in HTML]

Vitthara Sutta: (Modes of Practice) in Detail (AN 4.162), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Your native personality traits may influence how painful or pleasant your meditation practice is; but the speed of progress is determined by factors within your control.

Asubha Sutta: Unattractiveness (AN 4.163), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

How to make meditation practice both more pleasant and more efficient.

Khama Sutta: Tolerant (1) (AN 4.164), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Four modes of practice: intolerant, tolerant, self-controlled, and even.

Khama Sutta: Tolerant (2) (AN 4.165), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Four modes of practice: intolerant, tolerant, self-controlled, and even.

Appamada Sutta: Heedfulness (AN 7.31), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Seven qualities of respect that support the practice of meditation.

Hirima Sutta: A Sense of Shame (AN 7.32), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Seven qualities of respect that support the practice of meditation.

Sovacassata Sutta: Compliance (1) (AN 7.33), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Seven qualities that support the practice of meditation.

Sovacassata Sutta: Compliance (2) (AN 7.34), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Seven qualities that support the practice of meditation.