Evening Dhamma Talks
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These talks were given by Thanissaro Bhikkhu during the evening meditation sessions at Metta Forest Monastery.
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Full month zip- 31 The Solution Starts Inside
- 30 The Mirror Inside
- 29 Fear Around Death
- 27 Skills to Make a Difference
- 26 Always Start with Good Intentions
- 25 Admit Your Stupidity
- 23 All-around Alertness
- 22 The Radiant Mind
- 21 Mindfulness of Death
- 20 Ugly Body, Happy Mind
- 19 The Search for Happiness
- 18 Tough Goodwill for a Tough World
- 16 Intelligence of the Heart
- 15 Recollecting the Buddha
- 14 Pain Messages
- 13 You Are Not Redundant
- 12 The Desire to Meditate
- 11 Refuge
- 11 Concentration & Its Supports
- 10 Generating Peace
- 08 Better than Good Enough
- 07 Generosity of Spirit
- 06 Magha Puja: Fight Fire with Fire
- 05 Appropriate Attention
- 03 The Real World Isn’t For Real
- 02 Thoughts About Thinking
- 01 Rebirth & Not-Self
- February 2023
- Full month zip
- 28 Evaluation
- 26 Faith in Awakening
- 25 Your World to Practice In
- 24 The Path in Brief
- 23 Free Not to Suffer
- 22 Encouragement
- 20 The Graduated Discourse
- 18 Death Plays for Keeps
- 17 Guilt & Shame
- 16 Outside the Box
- 15 Fighting Skills
- 14 Freedom
- 13 Beyond Imagination
- 12 To Purify the Heart
- 10 Why It’s Good to Know Why
- 09 Developing the Path
- 08 Realizing Cessation
- 07 Abandoning Craving
- 06 Comprehending Suffering
- 05 Developing & Letting Go
- 04 For the Survival of True Happiness
- 02 Consciousness, Name, & Form (Reading)
- January 2023
- Full month zip
- 29 The Projector
- 27 You Contain Multitudes
- 25 Thinking About Rebirth
- 24 Doubt vs. Discernment
- 23 The Fetter of Perceptions
- 22 A Gift of Stillness
- 20 The Armored Car
- 19 Safety in an Uncertain World
- 17 Sober Up
- 17 Good Energy from Within
- 16 The Need for Agency
- 15 Events as Events
- 14 Do, Maintain, Use
- 13 Goodness & Goodwill
- 08 Feeding on Open Wounds
- 07 Can Do
- 06 Standing Outside Your Thoughts
- 05 Talking Among Your Selves
- 03 The Joy of Curiosity
- 02 Rivers of Craving
- 01 Mental Karma
- 2022
- December 2022
- Full month zip
- 31 The Demons of Defilement (Reading of Ajaan Lee)
- 31 Grasping Handfuls of Water
- 30 Wise About Pleasure
- 29 Restraint
- 28 A Clear, Calm Lake
- 27 Past, Future, & Present
- 26 Perceptions & Potentials
- 25 The Buddha’s Awakening (outdoors)
- 24 Deconstructing Anger
- 23 Two Types of Dukkha
- 22 True Values
- 21 When Things Regress
- 20 To Be Debt Free
- 19 From Darkness to Light
- 18 Attention to What’s Ordinary (outdoors)
- 17 A Sense of Time & Place
- 15 In a World of Suffering
- 14 Ingenuity
- 13 Feed Your Soldiers
- 12 Attention to Your Potentials
- 11 All Eye
- 09 Determined Goodwill
- 08 The Buddha’s Protection
- 07 To Activate Your Mind
- 06 Change Your Perceptions
- November 2022
- Full month zip
- 30 Daily Life in Practice
- 29 To Delight in the Path
- 28 To Purify the Heart
- 27 For When the World Can’t Help You
- 26 Determination
- 25 Equanimity
- 24 New Feeding Habits
- 23 A Path of Aggregates
- 22 To Begin the Day
- 22 Lessons in Fabrication
- 21 Training in Commitment & Reflection
- 20 Chanting Before Meditation
- 19 A Strong Sense of Self
- 18 Timeless Practice
- 17 Bases of Success
- 15 The Power of Intention
- 15 Friends with the Breath
- 14 Issues of Control
- 13 Here to Learn
- 12 Tranquility & Insight
- 11 Feeding on Right Resolve
- 10 To Sustain Your Practice
- 09 Selfing and Not-selfing
- 08 Not Getting What You Want
- 08 Driving Lessons
- 07 Making Yourself Worthy of Trust
- 06 Your Own World to Explore
- 05 Don’t Take This Breath for Granted
- 04 Determined to Make a Difference
- 03 Forest Bathing
- 02 Explore & Experiment
- 01 Admirable Intentions
- October 2022
- Full month zip
- 23 Becomings
- 22 Happily on the Path
- 21 Take Heart
- 20 As Days & Nights Fly Past
- 19 The Truth of Perceptions
- 17 Mindful of the Buddha’s Shoulds
- 16 Right Here in the Present
- 15 Delight in the Breath
- 14 Put Down Your Burdens
- 12 Discernment in Concentration
- 11 Fluent in Breath
- 10 The Desire for Freedom
- 09 Forever Be Well? (outdoors)
- 08 A Fever in the Breath
- 07 The River Gauge
- 05 You’ve Got a Friend
- 04 The Skills of Meditation
- 03 Questioning Your Conviction
- 02 Cooking Skills (outdoors)
- 01 Weathering Karma Storms
- September 2022
- Full month zip
- 30 The Role of the Observer
- 29 De-domesticated
- 28 Where You Set Your Heart
- 26 Meditation as Play
- 25 Not the Predictable Thing
- 24 Trusting Yourself
- 23 The Desire for Things to Be Different
- 22 Not Resolved on Self
- 21 Four Noble Truths to One
- 20 The Long-distance Meditator
- 19 Coping & Beyond Coping
- 09 The World Does Not Endure
- 06 On Good Terms
- 05 Things as They Function
- 03 A Good, Independent Self
- 02 Training Your Inner Teacher
- 01 Training Your Selves
- August 2022
- Full month zip
- 31 Treasure Island
- 30 How to Look, How to Listen
- 29 Customs of the Noble Ones
- 28 To Have a Purpose (outdoors)
- 26 Quite Secluded from Sensuality
- 25 Your Hair Is on Fire
- 24 Location, Location
- 23 Learning Right Speech
- 22 It’s What You Give
- 21 Equanimity as a Skill (outdoors)
- 20 Right Here Where the Buddha Sat
- 19 Wild Horses
- 18 Papañca
- 16 Joy in Getting It Right
- 15 Training the Whole Mind
- 14 I Will Grow Different (outdoors)
- 14 Dealing With the Heat
- 13 Sense Pleasures & Sensuality
- 12 Meditation Is a Moral Act
- 11 Resolute
- 09 The Origination of Suffering
- 08 The Unamusement Park
- 06 Dependence
- 05 The Fortress
- 04 Stretch Your Mind
- 02 Constructing & Deconstructing
- July 2022
- Full month zip
- 31 Endurance with a Purpose (outdoors)
- 30 To Comprehend Food
- 28 Goodwill & Equanimity, Inside & Out
- 27 Intelligent Respect
- 26 Even Animals Can Be Trained
- 25 An Auspicious Day
- 24 Body, Feelings, Mind (outdoors)
- 22 The Graduated Discourse
- 20 Tough Goodwill
- 19 Doubts
- 18 The Not-self Discourse
- 17 Noble Happiness (outdoors)
- 16 Appropriate Attention Always
- 15 Think
- 14 Harmony
- 13 Asalha Puja: Listen Well
- 12 Feeding on Ardency
- 11 Streams of Anger
- 10 Karma & Anatta (outdoors)
- 09 For the Cessation of Dukkha
- 08 Discernment All Along
- 07 A Fortress Mentality
- 05 Immersed in the Body
- 04 Independence
- 03 A Healthy Self (outdoors)
- 02 Right but Wrong
- June 2022
- Full month zip
- 22 Meticulousness
- 21 The Dhamma Is in the Method
- 20 Investigative Work
- 19 Simple Things (outdoors)
- 16 The Gift of Speech
- 14 Determined Goodwill
- 13 Square One
- 12 Protected Through Mindfulness (outdoors)
- 11 Farming Your Body & Mind
- 09 Patient & Inquisitive
- 08 The Pursuit of Excellence
- 07 Obsessive Thinking
- 06 Together but Separate
- 05 Making an Effort (outdoors)
- 02 Wise Goodwill
- 01 Meaning & Becoming
- May 2022
- Full month zip
- 31 Kill Your Anger
- 30 A Memorial to Your Life
- 29 Confidence
- 29 A Refuge in the Dhamma (outdoors)
- 27 Mindful of Your Potentials
- 26 Categorical Truths
- 24 Shoulds & Desires
- 23 Equanimity in Heart & Mind
- 22 A Path under the Trees (outdoors)
- 21 Perfection in an Imperfect World
- 20 Intention & Attention
- 19 Don’t Hang Around Your Corpse
- 18 Choices
- 17 Discernment
- 15 The Treasure of Virtue (outdoors)
- 15 Audacious & Undaunted
- 14 Ajaan Fuang’s Stories
- 13 The Right Touch
- 11 Learning from the Triple Training
- 10 In the Elephant’s Footprint
- 09 Acceptance & Equanimity
- 08 Five Precepts, Five Virtues (outdoors)
- 07 In Touch with Your Fabrications
- 06 On an Even Keel
- 05 Gladdening the Mind
- 04 Appreciating the State of Peace
- 03 Ironclad Technique vs. No Technique
- April 2022
- Full month zip
- 24 Remembering Ajaan Lee (outdoors)
- 23 Admirable in the Beginning, Middle, & End
- 22 The Committee of the Mind
- 21 Right Next to Ignorance
- 20 Respect for What’s Noble
- 19 Countercultural Conditioning
- 17 Friends & Enemies (outdoors)
- 16 Crossing the Ocean
- 15 Mindfulness Gets Intimate
- 14 Alighting on the Dhamma
- 13 Putting Out the Flame
- 12 Still
- 10 A Refuge in Mindfulness (outdoors)
- 09 Dwelling in Emptiness
- 09 A Solid Center Inside (outdoors)
- 08 Succeeding at Happiness
- 07 Hold on to Right View
- 05 In Accordance with the Dhamma
- 04 Moods Are Not-self
- 03 In Gratitude: Ajaan Suwat
- 02 Your Actions Are Yours
- 01 Responsible
- March 2022
- Full month zip
- 30 Your Sketches vs. the Buddha’s
- 29 Look Around
- 28 Working from Home
- 27 Heedful of Goodness (outdoors)
- 26 Think Outside the Ruts
- 25 Skillful Fear
- 24 Bringing Daily Life into the Practice
- 22 Deep Time
- 21 Understanding Aggregates
- 20 Protecting the Mind from Itself
- 19 Suffering Comes from Those You Love
- 18 Concentration Work
- 17 Protection in All Directions
- 16 Disenchantment
- 14 Fear of Death
- 13 The Perfection of Truth (outdoors)
- 12 Surveying the World
- 11 Lessons from the Buddha’s Awakening
- 10 Turtle Mind
- 09 The Perception of Inconstancy
- 07 The Complexity of Pain
- 06 In Charge of Your Moods (outdoors)
- 05 To Comprehend Pain
- 04 Clinging Aggregates In Context
- 03 Metacognition
- February 2022
- Full month zip
- 24 The Need for Goodwill
- 22 Dichotomies
- 21 The Buddha’s Compassion
- 20 The Missing Truth (outdoors)
- 19 Happy to Be Here
- 18 Safety All Around
- 17 Karma Storms
- 16 Heightened Skillfulness
- 15 Friendship Leading to Seclusion
- 14 Focus on Your Intentions
- 13 Developing Discernment
- 12 To Go Where You’ve Never Gone Before
- 11 A Dhamma Bucket List
- 09 Heedfulness All the Way Through
- 08 There’s Work to Be Done
- 07 In Accordance with the Dhamma
- 05 Clearing Your Space
- 04 Determined to Be Happy
- 02 The Economy of Goodness
- 01 Potentials Past & Present
- January 2022
- Full month zip
- 31 In Memoriam
- 30 Not Pained by Pain
- 29 The Strengths of Heedfulness
- 28 Priorities in Life
- 27 Trust in the Process
- 26 The Wisdom of Restraint
- 24 Learning by Doing
- 23 Intrigued by the Breath
- 22 Great Expectations
- 21 Samvega
- 20 The Psychology of Harmlessness
- 19 A Tale of Two Kings
- 18 Conviction & Focus
- 17 As They’ve Come to Be
- 15 Equanimity & More
- 12 Metta Math
- 11 Mindfulness the Seamstress
- 10 Wearing the Breath
- 08 Ready for Anything
- 07 Worthy of the Dhamma
- 05 Success
- 04 The Right Piece in the Right Puzzle
- 03 Hope
- 02 To Comprehend Suffering
- 01 Where the Mind & the Body Meet
- 2021
- December 2021
- Full month zip
- 31 Sending Happiness
- 28 Get Out of Yourself
- 27 Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
- 26 The Self as Its Own Mainstay
- 25 Sensitive to the Mind
- 24 Brahmaviharas
- 23 Abandoning Effluents (3)
- 22 Abandoning Effluents (2)
- 21 Abandoning Effluents (1)
- 20 Mindful & Discerning 24/7
- 19 Don’t Neglect Discernment (outdoors)
- 17 What Should I Do?
- 15 Craving & Desire on the Path
- 14 What You’re Responsible For
- 13 Wandering On, Shooting Arrows
- 12 Food for Endurance
- 06 Using the Committee of the Mind
- 05 Tranquility & Insight Through Jhana
- 05 Merit for the King
- 04 Why We Bow Down
- 03 A Message for the Universe
- 01 Question Your Perceptions
- November 2021
- Full month zip
- 30 How to Change
- 29 Maintaining
- 28 Attention with an Agenda
- 27 Secluded from Sensuality
- 26 One Task with Many Facets
- 24 In Long, Out Short
- 23 Into the Cave with the Tiger
- 22 Look in the Mirror
- 21 Meaning Through Perfections
- 20 Defiant Like the Buddha
- 19 Breathing to Awakening
- 17 How to Leave Meditation
- 16 Reflecting on Karma
- 15 Commit & Reflect
- 14 Stillness & Clear Seeing
- 13 Goodwill Basics
- 12 The Mind Comes First
- 11 Success with Breathing
- 11 Readings: Ajaan Mun
- 10 What You Sense Directly
- 09 First Principles
- 07 Respect for the Path
- 06 At Play
- 05 Thinking & Not Thinking
- 04 A Cocoon of Energy
- 03 Self Bypassing
- 02 There Is This
- 01 No-Tech Meditation
- October 2021
- Full month zip
- 31 With This Body, This Mind
- 29 Joyous Endurance
- 27 Fix Your Views
- 26 Developing the Heart
- 24 The Buddha’s Currency
- 24 Anumodana for the Kathina
- 23 A Handful of Leaves
- 22 Shame & Compunction
- 21 A Monument for the Mind
- 20 Gathering Noble Wealth
- 19 You Have a Fascinating Mind
- 18 Virtue & Right View
- 16 Quiet in an Unquiet World
- 15 Lavish Goodwill
- 13 Passion for Nostalgia
- 12 Pain
- 11 Learning How to Learn
- 10 Put Your Knowledge Away
- 09 Don’t Fear the Pleasure of Concentration
- 08 The Right Time at the Right Place
- 06 The Power of Present Karma
- 05 Stagnant Water Stories
- 04 Heightened Virtue
- 03 Single-minded
- 02 Potentials for Energy
- 01 Pay Careful Attention
- September 2021
- Full month zip
- 29 Anger
- 28 Skilled in Aims
- 27 Intelligent Effort
- 26 The Uses of Concentration
- 25 Meditation as a Skill
- 24 Your Breath, Your Territory
- 21 The Power of the Mind
- 20 The Joy of Heedfulness
- 19 Building Concentration
- 17 Always Observe Your Mind
- 15 Realities Right Here
- 14 Directed Thoughts, Random Thoughts
- 13 Purifying Gold
- 12 The Raft
- 11 Non-verbal Discernment
- 10 The World Offers No Shelter
- 08 Tap, Tap, Tap
- 07 Keep Your Spirits Up
- 06 Every Little Bit Counts
- 04 Into Position
- 03 The Light of the World
- 01 Focus on Your Skill
- August 2021
- Full month zip
- 31 Noble Right Concentration
- 30 Right Effort & Right Mindfulness
- 27 To Develop the Mind
- 25 Right Action & Right Livelihood
- 24 Right Resolve & Right Speech
- 23 Right View & Right Resolve
- 21 A Safe Space Inside
- 20 Determined Goodwill
- 18 Delighting the Mind
- 17 The Buddha’s Narratives & Yours
- 16 In Line with the Dhamma
- 14 The Buddha’s Conventions
- 13 Admirable Friendship
- 10 Helping Others
- 09 Mindfulness Immersed in the Body
- 07 Potentials
- 06 Tranquility, Insight, & Concentration
- 04 Saying No to Distraction
- 03 A Mind Bigger Than the World
- 02 To Comprehend Craving
- July 2021
- Full month zip
- 31 Verified Confidence
- 30 The Not-self Discourse
- 29 Dhamma in Vinaya
- 28 A Refuge in Mindfulness
- 27 Controlling
- 26 The Mind’s Ostinato
- 25 Restraint (outdoors)
- 25 Harmony
- 24 Asalha Puja
- 23 The Power of the Mind
- 21 Evaluation
- 20 Savor Your Breath
- 19 All Four Tetrads at Once
- 18 Focused on Your Duties (outdoors)
- 17 Something New
- 16 Think
- 15 Delight
- 14 Attachment to the Body
- 13 Endurance & Equanimity
- 12 Respect for the Triple Training
- 11 To Go Well
- 10 Distinctions That Make a Difference
- 09 In a Rut
- 08 When You’ve Played Enough With the Breath
- 07 Meaning & Importance
- 06 How to Read the Dhamma
- 05 Against the Grain
- 04 Stop & Think (Reading of Ajaan Lee)
- 04 Rightly Directed (outdoors)
- 03 The Missing Fabrication
- 02 A Separate Self
- 01 A Sucker for Random Memories
- June 2021
- Full month zip
- 30 Companions in Aging, Illness & Death
- 29 Why Limit Yourself?
- 27 The Intelligence of Restraint
- 27 One Thing at a Time (outdoors)
- 26 Properties of Body & Mind
- 25 Teaching Old Selves New Tricks
- 24 Mindworms
- 23 A Refuge Bigger Than the World
- 22 The Primacy of the Mind (2)
- 21 The Primacy of the Mind (1)
- 20 Your Default Settings
- 19 Resilience Plus
- 18 Mindfulness of Death
- 17 Pride, Good & Bad
- 16 Responsible
- 15 Responsibilities
- 14 Sitting & Walking
- 13 A Diffuse Light
- 10 Heedfulness Is Auspicious
- 09 Body Contemplation
- 07 Goodwill as a Guardian
- 05 Recollection of the Buddha
- 04 For the Sake of the Deathless
- 02 Happy About Kamma
- 01 Staying on Track
- May 2021
- Full month zip
- 31 Chanting on Your Own
- 29 Evaluation
- 28 To Be Sure
- 28 The Work Is Inside (fragment)
- 26 Visakha Puja : Shaking the Earth
- 25 Not-self
- 24 Stress
- 22 Inconstancy
- 21 Unhindered at Death
- 19 Truths That Are Noble
- 18 Calming Mental Fabrication
- 17 The Buddha on How to Think
- 15 The Allure of Self
- 14 Realization (Reading of Ajaan Fuang)
- 12 The Power of the Will
- 11 A Tilted Mind
- 10 Renunciate Grief
- 08 A Network of Goodness
- 07 Sensitive to Fabrication
- 05 Undefeated Goodwill
- 04 Mud Houses
- 03 Practice in Dying Well
- 02 The Care & Feeding of the Mind (Reading of Ajaan Lee)
- 01 Customs of the Noble Ones
- April 2021
- Full month zip
- 30 Goodwill for Safety
- 29 The Buddha’s Program
- 28 As Days & Nights Fly Past, Fly Past
- 27 Perceptions for Shaping the Mind
- 26 Circumspection
- 25 Coming Home (Reading of Ajaan Lee)
- 24 The Courage to Set Yourself Free
- 22 Meditation as a Skill
- 21 Positive Right Speech
- 20 Opting Out
- 19 Issues
- 18 Your Ancestral Territory
- 17 Virtue, Concentration, Discernment
- 16 On the Surface of Things
- 14 For a Routine That Isn’t Routine
- 13 Brahmaviharas at the Breath
- 12 Borrowed Goods
- 11 Treasure at Hand (outdoors)
- 10 Lessons from Concentration
- 07 In the Mood
- 06 Clinging
- 05 Reading: Ajaan Suwat
- 03 Do You Want to Escape Becoming?
- 02 What to Forget
- March 2021
- Full month zip
- 31 Conditioning for the End of Conditioning
- 30 Equanimity on the Path
- 29 Calm & at Ease
- 28 The Joy of Persistence
- 27 The Field Hospital
- 24 A True Man of No Rank
- 23 Appropriate Attention
- 22 Mindfulness over Time
- 21 A Concentration Checklist
- 20 Refreshment
- 19 Analysis of Dhammas
- 17 All Fabrications Are Stressful
- 16 Food Insecurity
- 15 Going Through the Day
- 13 Lean into the Present
- 12 A Slave to Craving
- 11 Self-Doubt
- 10 A Safe Place
- 09 Doubt
- 08 Restlessness & Anxiety
- 07 Drowsiness
- 06 When Your Will is Ill
- 05 Learning from Sensual Desire
- 03 A Refuge in Quiescence
- 02 A Cure for the Sluggish Mind
- 01 The Dhamma Without Price
- February 2021
- Full month zip
- 27 The Three Perceptions as Tools
- 26 The Lightened Mind
- 25 One Person
- 24 How to Be Self-centered
- 23 Tenacity
- 22 Work With It
- 20 Determination
- 19 Warm Your Heart
- 17 Be Heedful & Think
- 16 No Who or Where
- 15 Heedful of Ruts in the Mind
- 13 Training Your Inner Teacher
- 12 How to Read Yourself
- 11 Solving Real Problems
- 10 Brahmavihāras & Noble Truths
- 09 The Six Properties
- 07 Immersed in the Body
- 06 Steps in Concentration
- 05 Three Weapons
- 03 The Buddha Aimed High
- 02 In Accordance with the Dhamma
- 01 Older than the Cosmos
- January 2021
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- 30 A Good-natured Attitude
- 29 The Dhamma Points Inside
- 28 A Heart Wider than the World
- 27 Skills Needed at Death
- 26 The Brightness of Life
- 23 Steering the Raft
- 22 Not-self for the Sake of Happiness
- 21 Dhammacentric
- 20 Push Yourself
- 19 Riding an Elephant to Catch Grasshoppers
- 18 Goodwill for Free
- 17 In Search of What Is Skillful
- 16 Maintained by Fabrication
- 14 Energizing Your Meditation
- 13 An Island Above the Flood
- 12 Dignity in the Face of Hardship
- 11 Don’t Just Do It
- 10 Stay Centered
- 08 To Be Worthy of the Dhamma
- 07 Going Out of Your Way
- 06 Compassion for People on Fire
- 05 Mindfulness + Discernment = Intelligence
- 04 The Reflective Self
- 02 Make the Most of Right Now
- 01 A Radiant Practice
- 2020
- December 2020
- Full month zip
- 31 The Triple Training
- 29 Not-self in Context
- 28 A Well-thatched Roof
- 26 Practice All Day
- 25 Stay with the Knowing
- 23 Tending the Flame
- 22 The Cool Fire of Jhāna
- 21 The Skills of a Hunter
- 20 Dhamma Medicine
- 19 Mindfulness of Death & the Deathless
- 18 The Noble Pursuit of Happiness
- 16 There’s Work to Be Done
- 15 The Power Is in Your Hands
- 14 The Lightness of the Concentrated Mind
- 12 Friends with the Dhamma Wheel
- 11 Sanity for the Holidays
- 10 Discernment: Commit & Reflect
- 09 Concentration: A Balancing Act
- 08 Mindfulness: Get with the Program
- 06 Persistence: Lift Your Heart
- 05 Strength of Conviction
- 04 Goodwill Plus
- 02 Mindful & Grateful for Lessons in Freedom
- 01 Pull Yourself Up by Your Fetters
- November 2020
- Full month zip
- 30 Faith In Present Intentions
- 29 Dhamma Is Timeless
- 28 A Self Rightly Directed
- 26 Staying Grounded
- 24 Unburdensome, Part 2
- 22 Modest, Unentangled, Unburdensome
- 21 The Buddha’s Revolution
- 20 Dispassion Is Freedom
- 19 Determination
- 17 Honest & Observant
- 16 Lift Up Your Mind
- 14 A Friend to the World, A Friend to Yourself
- 13 Death World
- 12 Path & Goal
- 11 The Rewards of Right View
- 10 Endurance Through Discernment
- 07 The Dhamma Eye
- 05 Inner Wealth Management
- 04 Potentials for Refuge
- 03 Your Duty Lies Right Here
- 02 The Energy You Broadcast
- October 2020
- Full month zip
- 31 Anapanasati Day
- 30 Craving & Clinging
- 28 King Asoka’s Vow
- 27 Calm & Collected
- 26 The Carpenter’s Adze
- 23 Virtue & Right View
- 22 Interdependence & Death
- 21 Nurturing Patient Endurance
- 20 Equanimity in Action, Equanimity at Rest
- 19 Where Your Mind Gravitates
- 18 Your Territory
- 18 Appreciating Goodness
- 17 To Get Ourselves
- 15 The Buddha Defines Wisdom
- 14 Sensitivity & Skill
- 13 In Memory of the King
- 12 From Anxiety to Confidence
- 10 The Power of Intention
- 08 Determination as a Perfection
- 07 Born for the Perfections
- 06 Honest & Observant
- 05 Stay
- 02 Training in Right Resolve
- 01 The Search for Happiness
- September 2020
- Full month zip
- 30 Ready to Go, Ready to Stay
- 28 To Escape the Prison of Time
- 26 Dethinking Thinking
- 25 Intelligent Restraint
- 24 Self-doubts
- 23 A Foundation for the Heart
- 22 Loss
- 21 Conceit Defanged
- 19 The Beginnings of Wisdom
- 18 Faith in Goodness
- 16 Adjust the Flame
- 15 Fear & Insecurity
- 14 Serial Clinging Is Still Clinging
- 13 Therapy for the Mind
- 11 To Excel
- 10 Instruct, Urge, Rouse, & Encourage Yourself
- 09 Antidotes to Craving
- 08 Make the Most of This Breath
- 07 Criticism
- 05 The Purpose of Empathetic Joy
- 04 Refuge
- 03 A Post-goodness World?
- 02 The Buddha Teaches a Yakkha
- 01 The Pursuit of Happiness & Goodness
- August 2020
- Full month zip
- 31 Surveying the World
- 29 One Person
- 28 In Restraint Is Strength
- 27 Potentials
- 26 Everything Comes Together Right Here
- 25 True Freedom of Speech
- 24 Keep It Simple
- 22 Big Things in Little Things
- 21 Imagine Your Breath
- 20 Conditions for Concentration
- 19 An Enduring Cheerfulness
- 18 Dependent Co-arising Right Now
- 16 What We’re Here to See
- 15 The Buddha’s Map
- 14 Training the Heart, Training the Mind
- 13 Your Concentration Home
- 12 Cherish Your Concentration
- 11 From Compunction to Release
- 08 How the Tree Leans
- 07 How to Listen to the Dhamma
- 06 Stop Eating Roadkill
- 05 Over the Pass
- 04 One Thing Clear Through
- 03 To Gladden the Mind
- 02 In Heedfulness We Trust
- July 2020
- Full month zip
- 31 Normalcy
- 30 On Solid Ground
- 29 Being Somebody, Going Somewhere
- 28 Go in Brightness
- 27 In Memoriam
- 26 A Refuge from Karma
- 25 The Noble Eightfold Path to the Deathless
- 23 Factors for Awakening
- 22 Me, Me, Me
- 22 Happiness: Yours & Others’
- 21 The Five Faculties Confirmed
- 20 Right Exertion at Play
- 19 The Four-in-One Establishing of Mindfulness
- 18 Bases for Success
- 17 Grasping the Snake
- 16 Even Common Animals Can Be Trained
- 15 Faith in Awakening
- 14 Harmony Inside & Out
- 13 Observe Your Concentration
- 12 Breathe Easy
- 11 The Doubt that Wants to Know
- 09 The Heightened Mind
- 08 Clinging & the End of Clinging
- 07 Observing Your Ups & Downs
- 05 Asalha Puja
- 04 Talking about Pain
- 03 Near to the Buddha
- 02 Sensitive to Stress
- 01 The Solvent for Sticky Narratives
- June 2020
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- 30 Inquisitive
- 29 Endurance
- 28 Self Determination
- 26 The Opportunity to Be Quiet
- 24 Timeless
- 23 The Five Other Strengths
- 22 Using Right Resolve Rightly
- 21 Using Right View Rightly
- 20 Cleaning Out the Stables
- 19 Good Fences
- 18 Goodwill in Heart & Mind
- 17 In the Driver’s Seat
- 16 The Forerunner of All Things
- 15 More than Good Enough
- 14 The Door of the Cage (2)
- 13 The Door of the Cage
- 12 The Equanimity of a Winner
- 11 Breath as Ally
- 10 Protective Meditations
- 09 Comprehending Clinging
- 07 Facing Danger & Hardship
- 06 Hindrances to the Heightened Mind
- 05 Taking the Long View
- 04 Reflect
- 03 Discernment Fosters Concentration
- 02 Birth Is Suffering
- 01 Protect Your Virtue & Right View
- May 2020
- Full month zip
- 30 Metta & Merit
- 29 Work on Your Style
- 28 When You Don’t Like Your Selves
- 27 Escape from Inter-eating
- 25 Worldly Equanimity & Its Uses
- 24 The World Is Swept Away
- 23 In & of Themselves
- 22 The Noble Truth about Craving
- 20 A Meditation Karma Checklist
- 19 Criticism 101
- 18 Compunction
- 17 Where Perceptions Can Take You
- 16 Only Natural
- 14 Remembering Ajaan Fuang
- 13 Samvega Transformed
- 12 The Three Perceptions & Their Opposites
- 11 Mind Reading
- 09 Benefitting from Criticism
- 08 Practicing Meditation to Perform at Death
- 06 Practicing for Dispassion
- 05 Ajaan Fuang’s Birthday
- 04 Conviction in the End of Suffering
- 03 The Buddha’s Standards or Yours?
- 02 To Be Trustworthy
- 01 Shelter Through Restraint
- April 2020
- Full month zip
- 30 Duties
- 29 You Are Not Powerless
- 28 Expanded Possibilities
- 27 Preparing for Death
- 26 The Right Qualities
- 25 Being Responsible
- 24 In the Land of Wrong View
- 23 Skillful Distress
- 22 The Purity of Your Intentions
- 21 Dealing with the Hindrances
- 20 A Refuge from the Winds of the World
- 19 The Flood of Views
- 18 Study to Practice
- 17 An Island of Certainty
- 16 Breath Meditation When It’s Hard to Breathe
- 15 Dharma Opportunism
- 14 Strength of Discernment
- 13 Strength of Concentration
- 12 Strength of Mindfulness
- 11 Strength of Persistence
- 10 Strength of Conviction (2)
- 09 Strength of Conviction
- 08 Noble Wealth
- 07 Fear & Uncertainty
- 06 Mending the Social Fabric
- 05 Owners of Our Actions
- 04 Wealth & Strength
- 03 A Skillful Heart
- 02 Stop & Think
- 01 A Mirror for the Mind
- March 2020
- Full month zip
- 31 Worry
- 30 Put the Other Person’s Heart in Yours
- 29 Protection Through Mindfulness
- 28 Inner Worlds
- 27 Four Mountains Moving In
- 26 Interdependence
- 25 Endurance & Contentment
- 24 Alone Together
- 23 Remembering Luang Lung
- 22 Doing Your Duty
- 18 Admirable Friendship (Brazil)
- 17 How to Depend on Yourself (Brazil)
- 16 A World Apart (Brazil)
- 15 Karma and the Sublime Attitudes (Brazil)
- 14 Why Now (Brazil)
- 13 In Times of Danger and Fear (Brazil)
- 12 Virtues and Values (Brazil)
- February 2020
- Full month zip
- 16 Between Right & Wrong
- 14 Know the Dhamma by Its Results
- 13 The Third and a Half Noble Truth
- 12 An Inside Job
- 11 The Right Attitude
- 10 True for What Purpose?
- 09 Always in Training
- 08 The Heart of the Teachings
- 03 For the Sake of the Skill
- 02 The Wisdom of Dualities
- 01 Respect the Breath & You Can Play Together
- January 2020
- Full month zip
- 31 You’ll Wish You’d Meditated More
- 30 Control
- 29 Responsible for Your Happiness
- 28 Not Knowing What You’re Carrying Around
- 27 Humilty & Confidence
- 26 Fabricating Equanimity
- 25 Fabricating Goodwill
- 24 Name & Form
- 23 Honest & Observant
- 21 A Generosity of Spirit
- 20 It’s All in What You’re Doing
- 19 Say Only What’s Necessary
- 18 Centered All-around
- 17 Free Sources of Energy
- 16 Heeding the Deva Messengers
- 08 Death & Separation Are Normal
- 07 The Desire for Truth
- 05 Dhamma Survivalism
- 04 Take Nothing for Granted
- 02 The Patience of a Hunter
- 01 Determination
- 2019
- December 2019
- November 2019
- Full month zip
- 27 Keep Your Options Open
- 26 The Power of Truth
- 25 Possessed by Emotions
- 24 The Nobility of the Path
- 23 The Logic of Not-self
- 22 Patience
- 21 What Makes Concentration Right
- 20 Know Your Weaknesses
- 19 Everything You Need
- 18 Cornered
- 17 Victory
- 16 Worry vs. Heedfulness
- 14 Finding the Truth by Being True
- 13 Suffering Is an Addiction
- 12 Breath Meditation : Four Tetrads
- 11 To Stay the Course
- 08 Standards for Thinking
- 07 An Auspicious Day
- 03 Right View, Right Attention
- October 2019
- Full month zip
- 31 The Best Place to Meditate
- 30 Seeing Danger in Birth
- 29 Consistently on the Path
- 27 Developed in Body & Mind
- 26 One Thing Clear Through
- 24 Good Heart, Good Mind
- 23 Accepting Criticism
- 22 More than Ordinary Heedfulness
- 21 The Pleasure of the Middle Way
- 20 How to Talk to Yourself
- 19 Happiness Is a Skill
- 18 Practical Wisdom
- 17 One Hand Clapping
- 16 Stamina
- 14 In the Shape of a Circle
- 12 Daily Life Dhamma
- 11 Strengthening Your Goodness
- 09 The Wall of Discernment
- 09 A Concentration Diet (outdoors)
- 08 Well-armed Efforts
- 08 Mindfulness the Gatekeeper (outdoors)
- 07 The Foundation Post (outdoors)
- 07 Boundaries
- 06 Your Inner Coach (outdoors)
- 06 The Fortress
- 05 May You Forever Be Well
- 04 The Desire to Be Free from Desire
- 03 An Honorable Training
- September 2019
- Full month zip
- 25 Responsible for Your Intentions
- 24 The Skill of Happiness
- 22 A Taste of Freedom (outdoors)
- 21 In Control of Your Thoughts
- 20 Discernment Fosters Concentration
- 19 Anybody Home?
- 18 Reflecting on the Requisites
- 17 Obstacles to Full-body Awareness
- 16 Four Bases of Success
- 15 Pitching Your Tent in the Present (outdoors)
- 15 Interfering with Old Habits (outdoors)
- 14 Like an Athlete in Training (outdoors)
- 13 Meaning & Happiness (outdoors)
- 11 Your Judgments Matter
- 10 Chronic Pain
- 09 Choices Now & at Death
- 07 The Karma of Meditation
- 05 The Pleasure of Form (outdoors)
- 04 The Gatekeeper Doesn’t Just Note (outdoors)
- 03 Happy for People You Don’t Like (outdoors)
- 02 A Mind Like Earth
- 01 The Meaning of Insight
- 01 Appropriate Attention (outdoors)
- August 2019
- Full month zip
- 31 From Grief to Compassion
- 30 Worlds in the Mind
- 29 Ajaan Suwat : 100 Years
- 27 The Gift of Goodwill
- 26 Determined to Be Undefeated by Death
- 23 Taking the Practice Home
- 22 Sit with It
- 14 Empathetic Joy Is Ennobling
- 13 The Equanimity of a Victor
- 12 Two Hands Washing Each Other
- 10 Stable & Just Right
- 09 A Heart Set on Goodwill
- 07 Self-reliance
- 06 Breath Energies
- 05 Breath Meditation : 4 Sets of Tools
- 04 A Fence for the Mind
- 03 Listen to the Dhamma 24 Hours a Day
- 02 The Raft of Jhana
- 01 Helping Yourself by Helping Others
- July 2019
- Full month zip
- 31 The New Sala
- 30 What Should & Shouldn’t Be Done
- 29 Heedfulness & Confidence
- 28 Developing & Letting Go (outdoors)
- 27 Enduring the Heat
- 26 Skillful Selfing
- 24 In Memoriam Roger Fox
- 23 A Heart & Mind of Goodwill
- 22 Focusing on the Breath to Learn about the Mind
- 21 The Safety of Dualities
- 21 Intelligent Conviction (outdoors)
- 19 Wise About Pain
- 18 All-around Knowing
- 16 Dhamma Wheel
- 15 Cheating the System
- 13 Unlimited Compassion, Limited Resources
- 12 Right Speech, Inside & Out
- 11 The Virtues of Consistency
- 10 It’s Up to You
- 09 Learn from Your Mistakes
- 08 Defilements with Their Bambi Eyes
- 07 Goodwill as Right View
- 05 A Good Place to Not-self
- 04 The Forerunner of All Things
- 03 Happiness Without Borders
- 02 Full Attention
- 01 A Full Range of Archery Skills
- June 2019
- Full month zip
- 27 Looking for Essence in the Wilderness
- 25 Free Like a Wild Deer
- 22 Hold onto the Breath
- 21 Calm & Insight into Pain
- 19 The Truth of Desires
- 18 Noble Priorities
- 16 Feeding on Right Resolves
- 15 Dissolving Distress
- 14 Basic Breath
- 12 Responsible for the Body & Mind
- 11 Merit: Goodness of the Heart
- 10 Unfabricated Happiness
- 06 Strength of Mind
- 05 Watch Yourself
- 03 What Is Skillful?
- 01 Metta
- May 2019
- April 2019
- Full month zip
- 15 Respect as a Sign of Intelligence
- 14 Bewildered by Your Mind
- 13 The Mind Well Trained Brings Happiness
- 12 The Buddha’s Shoulds
- 10 Look after Yourself Happily
- 09 Toward Release
- 08 Encouragement
- 07 Skills for Awakening
- 05 Food, Shelter, & Work
- 03 Inner Leadership
- 02 Discernment
- 01 Your Higher Power
- March 2019
- Full month zip
- 31 There’s Work to Be Done
- 29 To Create a Practice Environment
- 28 The World Is a Slave to Craving
- 26 A Handle on Your Emotions
- 25 The Body Doesn’t Care
- 24 Big Desire, Detailed Focus
- 22 Happiness as a Skill
- 21 Bedside Dhamma
- 20 Honest & Observant
- 19 Read Your Mind
- 18 The Current News
- 16 The Brahmaviharas Are Not a Complete Practice
- 15 Three Wishes
- 14 The Desire to End All Desires
- 13 Taming the Mind
- 12 Concentration Teamwork
- 11 Head, Heart & Gut
- 09 Be Precise
- 08 Protection Through the Practice
- 07 Training Your Desires
- 06 Aggregates as Tools
- 05 Goodwill as Wealth
- February 2019
- January 2019
- Full month zip
- 31 Accentuate the Positive
- 30 May You Forever Be Well
- 29 The Brightness of Life
- 28 Up for the Challenge
- 27 Skills for Dying Well
- 25 Greed & Distress with Reference to the World
- 24 Willing to Learn
- 22 Greed for Outer & Inner Wealth
- 21 Representing the World to Itself
- 20 Dedicating Goodness, Spreading Goodwill
- 19 Messaging Your Mind
- 18 Intro to the Skill of Meditation
- 17 Frame Your Questions Well
- 16 Goodwill & Gratitude
- 15 The Mind Likes to Lie to Itself
- 14 The Goldsmith
- 13 Serenity
- 11 Analysis of Qualities
- 10 Don’t Get Swept Away
- 09 Getting Out of Your Narratives
- 08 What You Don’t Like about Yourself
- 07 Resisting the Germs of Defilement
- 06 Not-self as a Raft
- 05 Appreciating Your Practice
- 04 Filling in the Buddha’s Outline
- 02 Unburden the Mind
- 01 Trading Up
- 2018
- December 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 Taking a Stance
- 30 Your Goodness Is Your Protection
- 29 Generating Desire
- 28 The Thinking Heart
- 27 The Discernment of a True Person
- 26 The Mind on Its Own Two Feet
- 25 What’s Worth Doing?
- 24 Appreciating Merit
- 23 Persistence
- 22 What Am I Becoming?
- 21 Lessons from Jhāna
- 20 Intent
- 19 Circumspection
- 18 The Brightness of Life
- 17 Parsing Out Suffering
- 16 When Goodwill Doesn’t Come Easily
- 15 A Centered But Broad Awareness
- 13 You Can’t Relax Your Way to Awakening
- 12 The Dhamma Wheel
- 11 Adjusting the Flame
- 10 A Rite of Passage
- 08 Right View Tells You What to Do
- 07 Sensitive to the Body, Sensitive to the Mind
- 06 A Snare of Death Laid Out
- 05 Step by Step
- 03 Dispassion Isn’t Depression
- 02 The Pleasure Principle Made Noble
- 01 Against the Stream
- November 2018
- Full month zip
- 30 Your Safe Ancestral Territory
- 28 Approaching Painful Memories as a Meditator
- 26 WYSIWYG
- 25 Full-body Awareness
- 24 Do. Maintain. Use
- 23 Contemplating the World You Create
- 22 Heightened Mind, Heightened Energy
- 21 The Right Place to Look
- 20 Making the Mind Your Friend
- 19 When the Thoughts Won’t Stop
- 18 Trading Up
- 17 The Buddha Respects Your Potential
- 16 Circling Around, Zeroing In
- 15 See Yourself as Active Verbs
- 14 Getting the Most Out of Now
- 12 Getting Out of Karmic Debt
- 10 Responsible Happiness
- 09 Training Your Minds
- 08 Three Types of Equanimity
- 01 The Equanimity that Doesn’t Give Up
- October 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 Protection, Inside & Out
- 29 The Buddha’s Relationship Advice
- 28 Effortlessness Through Effort
- 27 What Are You Doing in the Present?
- 26 Mindful about Pleasure & Pain
- 25 Starting Out Small
- 24 Time Passes
- 23 Protect Your Meditation from the World
- 21 Rest & Work (outdoors)
- 21 Question Your Actions
- 20 Redirected Thought, Re-evaluation
- 19 Getting the Most Out of the Present
- 18 Victory in Battle
- 17 No One Size Fits All
- 16 We’re All Learning the Ropes
- 13 In Memory of King Rama IX
- 12 Inner Wealth
- 11 Take Responsibility for Yourself
- 10 Goodwill Starts with Gratitude
- 09 Don’t Just Fatten Your Mind
- 08 Meditators at Work
- 07 Fixing the Present
- 07 Exercising the Mind (outdoors)
- 06 A Legacy of Strengths
- 05 Locate Your Craving
- 03 The Buddha’s Fabrications (outdoors)
- 03 A Mental Fortress
- 02 Large-hearted Goodness
- 02 How to Talk to Yourself (outdoors)
- 01 Free in the Midst of Pain (outdoors)
- 01 Distracting Thoughts
- September 2018
- Full month zip
- 30 The Five Hindrances (outdoors)
- 30 Mental Seclusion
- 29 Who’s Breathing?
- 28 Tranquility, Insight, & the Brahmaviharas
- 19 Peace Requires Character
- 18 Unchanged by Loss
- 16 The World Is Aflame
- 16 Refuge (outdoors)
- 15 The Languages of Right View
- 06 The Buddha’s Letter
- 05 Squeezing Goodness Out of the Aggregates
- 04 How the Breath Helps You to Die Well
- 03 Mind in & of Itself
- 02 Here Be Tigers (outdoors)
- 02 A Mind Like Earth
- August 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 Uncertainty
- 30 Insight Is a Judgment Call
- 29 The Language of the Heart
- 28 What Are You Taking into the Future?
- 27 Common Ground
- 26 Mindfulness as Refuge (outdoors)
- 26 Friends with the Breath (outdoors)
- 25 Evaluation : The Voice of Heedfulness
- 24 A Sense of Yourself
- 22 ‘To Suffer’ Is an Active Verb
- 21 Angry
- 20 Drowsy & Bored
- 19 Painful Feelings, Hurtful Words
- 19 Bring Your Mind Together (outdoors)
- 18 The Anatomy of the Present
- 17 See Your Thoughts as Strange
- 16 Choosing to Believe in Your Choices
- 14 Do Jhana
- 13 Prerequisites for the Practice (outdoors)
- 11 The One Seat (outdoors)
- 10 Borrowed Wealth (outdoors)
- 09 Heightened Mind (outdoors)
- 08 The Battle of Your Selves (outdoors)
- 07 The Analytical Mind (outdoors)
- 06 Stay (outdoors)
- 05 Breath Teaches the Brahmaviharas (outdoors)
- 05 Anupassana (outdoors)
- 04 In Accordance with the Dhamma (outdoors)
- 03 Switch the Context (outdoors)
- 02 When You’re Down on Yourself (outdoors)
- July 2018
- Full month zip
- 29 Body, Feelings, Mind, Dhamma (outdoors)
- 29 A Solid Mind (outdoors)
- 28 Living Together
- 27 Asalha Puja
- 26 Choose Your Path Wisely (outdoors)
- 25 Your Territory (outdoors)
- 24 Protection (fragment)
- 23 The Buddha’s Safe Space (outdoors)
- 22 Tranquility & Insight with the Breath
- 21 We All Start with an Impure Heart
- 19 The Allure of Sensuality
- 18 A Conglomeration of Germs
- 17 Self Evaluation
- 16 Twigs & Branches
- 15 Your Desire to Practice
- 13 In this Together
- 12 Obstacles
- 11 Outside the Box
- 10 Teaching Old Dogs New Selves
- June 2018
- Full month zip
- 26 The Dhamma Is a Quality of the Heart
- 25 Playing by the Buddha’s Rules
- 24 The Buddha’s Universal Solvent
- 23 A Dead Snake Around Your Neck
- 22 Worries & Regrets
- 21 All for the Sake of Freedom
- 20 Cooking with Karma
- 19 Happiness without Conflict
- 08 Choosing Your Allies
- 07 Duties of the World, Duties of the Dhamma
- 06 Admirable Friendship
- 05 Put the Body to Good Use
- 04 Bad Stuff Happens
- 02 Bless Yourself
- 01 Let Pleasure & Pain Fall Off the Plow
- May 2018
- Full month zip
- 30 Patient Like Earth
- 29 Conviction in Change
- 28 Training the Mind to Train the Mind
- 21 Judging Just Right
- 20 Dispassion
- 19 Becoming Capable of Happiness
- 18 Damming & Diverting
- 17 Use Your Imagination
- 15 Karma & Rebirth: A Handful of Leaves
- 14 Playing with the Breath
- 12 Skills of Mindfulness, Skills of the Breath
- 11 Seriously Happy
- 10 True Friends Inside & Out
- 09 Where Are You Going?
- 06 An Infinite Perspective
- 05 Ins & Outs of the Breath
- April 2018
- Full month zip
- 28 Exploring from Within
- 27 Developing Perfections in an Imperfect World
- 19 Broaden Your Repertoire
- 18 Anupassana
- 16 How Right Mindfulness Leads to Right Concentration
- 15 Planting a Tree
- 13 Knowledge, Verbal & Not
- 12 The Karma of Narratives
- 10 Factors for Stream Entry
- 09 The Happiness & Suffering of Others
- 08 The World You Create (outdoors)
- 08 Anumodana
- 07 Faith in Karma
- 06 Changing Your Mind
- 04 Knowledge over Fear
- 03 Open Door Meditation
- 02 Contentment vs. Initiative
- 01 Character
- March 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 A Blameless Well-being
- 30 Seven Facets of Discernment
- 28 The Work of the World Is Never Done
- 27 Mistakes
- 26 Confidence & Conviction
- 17 Be Prepared
- 16 The Joy of Breathing
- 15 Fabricating the Path
- 14 Strategy
- 13 For Your Good & the Good of Others
- 12 Papañca
- 10 A Well-thatched Roof
- 09 Yes & No
- 08 Illness Is Normal
- 07 A Passion for the Path
- 06 A Refuge in Meditation
- 05 Aware of Your Own Mind
- 03 All Three Functions of Mindfulness
- 02 Death without Drama
- 01 The Heightened Mind (Magha Puja)
- February 2018
- January 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 Fear of Death
- 30 The Fabrication of Pain
- 29 Hold on for All You’re Worth
- 26 Right Heedfulness
- 25 Refuge in the Dhamma
- 23 Choiceful Awareness
- 22 The Graduated Discourse
- 21 Sorting Out Your Thinking
- 14 From Goodwill to Purity
- 12 Keeping Your Head
- 10 Ardent with Respect for Concentration
- 09 Happy to Be Here
- 08 Poison Your Fantasies
- 07 Skills for Living & Dying
- 06 Subduing Greed & Distress
- 05 Kindness in the Light of Karma
- 04 Repaying Your Debts
- 03 Fear of Missing Out
- 01 Stepping Out of Truth Games
- 2017
- December 2017
- November 2017
- Full month zip
- 21 Peace & Protection
- 20 Suffering Comes from What You’re Doing
- 18 Endurance
- 17 A Leap of the Heart
- 13 Look After Yourself with Ease
- 11 Strength When You Need It
- 10 Only Your Best
- 09 Serious Play
- 08 Developing to Let Go
- 07 A Friend When You’re on Your Own
- 05 The Lessons of Equanimity
- 04 Skills to Take Home
- 03 A Safe Path
- 02 Success Through Maturity
- October 2017
- Full month zip
- 29 True Safety
- 26 Lessons from the King
- 25 Heedful, Ardent & Resolute
- 24 Learning to Critique Your Inner Movies
- 23 Right Speech in Right Concentration
- 22 What Are You Doing?
- 22 In Accordance with the Dhamma (outdoors)
- 21 Restlessness
- 20 A Hunk of Karma, A Hunk of Dharma
- 18 Shaping Your Life
- 17 Wise about Happiness
- 15 For Long-term Welfare & Happiness
- 14 Appreciating a Good Example
- 13 A King’s Dhamma
- 12 A Well that Never Runs Dry
- 11 Faith in the Buddha
- 10 Refuge
- 09 Housecleaning
- 08 Merit: Actively Happy
- 08 A Mind that’s Not Ill (outdoors)
- 05 Invitation Day
- 04 Fabrications of Exertion (2)
- 04 Fabrications of Exertion (1) (outdoors)
- 03 Intent (outdoors)
- 03 Discernment in Concentration
- 02 Skillful Desire (outdoors)
- 02 Effort against the Hindrances
- 01 Mindfulness of Death (outdoors)
- 01 Bases of Success
- September 2017
- Full month zip
- 30 Unattractiveness
- 29 Metta Through Samvega
- 27 Recollection of the Buddha
- 26 Appreciating Acts of Merit
- 25 At Home with the Breath
- 24 The Core of Experience
- 24 Letting Go (outside)
- 23 Change from Within
- 22 The Airplane Mechanic
- 14 Train Your Inner Teacher
- 13 The Kamma of Self & Not-self
- 11 The Dhamma Bucket List
- 09 Fear
- 08 Mastering Pleasure & Pain
- 07 Not-selfing Your Selves
- 06 Timeless Practice
- 05 Step by Step
- 04 Hurtful Memories
- 02 Creating a Blameless Pleasure
- 01 Is the Buddha’s Wisdom Selfish?
- August 2017
- Full month zip
- 31 Look at Yourself
- 30 No Happiness without Restraint
- 29 Look for the Long-term
- 28 Rooted in Desire
- 27 Working at Resting
- 25 Fabricating Around Pain
- 24 The Joy of Monotasking (Sony)
- 16 The Only Ticket Out of Here
- 15 The Direction of the Present
- 14 Right Here at the Breath
- 11 The Balance of Power Inside
- 10 Mindfulness Like a Dam
- 09 An Alternative Place to Go
- 08 Wealth Worth Holding Onto
- 07 A Mind Like Space
- 06 Just Right
- 06 Food for the Mind
- 05 The World of the Body
- 04 Defeatism? Anything But
- 02 Take Stock of Your Mind
- 01 Potentials
- July 2017
- Full month zip
- 31 With Cravings as Your Companions
- 30 From Within (outdoors)
- 30 An End to the Stories
- 29 Anxiety
- 28 Even if It Rained Gold Coins
- 27 The Return of Chickens from Hell
- 26 Just Events
- 25 Admirable Friendship
- 23 Jhana & Insight
- 23 Dhamma Medicine (outdoors)
- 22 A 100% Mind
- 21 Goodwill without Exception
- 20 Choices at Death
- 19 Things You Have Around the House
- 18 Anti-slacker Dhamma
- 17 Tapping into the Breath
- 15 A Good Dish of Concentration
- 13 What Is One?
- 12 Guardian Meditations
- 11 Right Resolve in Real Life
- 10 Training Wheels
- 09 The Care & Feeding of the Mind (outdoors)
- 09 Entering the Rains
- 08 Asalha Puja
- 07 The Right to Repair Your Mind (outdoors)
- 05 Patience & Hope
- 04 Guarding against Trouble
- 03 Concentration & Renunciation
- 02 A Healthy Ego
- 01 Customs of the Noble Ones
- June 2017
- Full month zip
- 30 The Noble Search
- 29 Determination
- 28 To Take Danger in Stride
- 26 Wisdom, Compassion, Purity (outdoor fragment)
- 25 Concentration as a Skill (outdoors)
- 23 Security
- 22 Calming Breath Energies
- 21 Under an Open Sky (outdoors)
- 20 An Independent Goodness
- 12 Refuge for All Beings
- 10 Look after the Source
- 09 Karma & Gratitude
- 08 Elemental Normalcy
- 06 Layers of Selves
- 05 In Agreement
- 04 Cooking the Mind
- 03 Fabricating Concentration
- 02 Rewriting the Mind’s Song
- 01 Okay Isn’t Enough
- May 2017
- Full month zip
- 30 Discernment in Jhana
- 29 A Poker Mind
- 28 Responsible for Your Actions
- 27 Committee Politics
- 26 Self Views & Conceit
- 24 Gather ‘Round the Breath
- 23 Patience & Tenacity
- 22 Imperturbable in a Difficult World
- 20 Equanimity
- 19 Respecting What’s Noble Inside You
- 17 Nobody’s Servant
- 16 Pleasure on the Middle Way
- 15 Bases of Power
- 14 Stepping Out of Yourself
- April 2017
- March 2017
- Full month zip
- 31 Sensitive & Strong
- 30 The Buddha’s Vipassana
- 29 Tend to the Breath
- 28 The World of Concentration
- 27 The World of Conviction
- 25 It’s All Right Here
- 24 Ups & Downs
- 23 A Pleasant Abiding
- 22 Choose Your Actions Wisely
- 21 Training the Mind Not to Suffer
- 20 The Noble Truths Come First
- 11 The Three Dangers
- 10 Concentration & Insight
- February 2017
- Full month zip
- 28 Mistakes
- 27 Useful Vocabulary
- 26 Think of the Consequences
- 24 Recognizing Fools
- 23 To Live with Yourself
- 22 Switzerland Inside
- 21 Insight Is a Judgment Call
- 20 A Happiness that Benefits Others
- 17 Speech, Inside & Out
- 16 The Karma of Concentration
- 15 The Effort to Question
- 14 Defilements Are Real
- 11 Magha Puja
- 10 The Sport of Wise People
- 09 Subduing Greed & Distress
- 08 A Recipe for Concentration
- 07 Duties
- 06 The Pleasure of Concentration
- 05 To Depend on Yourself
- 04 Wisdom for Dummies Revisited
- 02 Put Your Books Back on the Shelf
- 01 Behind the Scenes Here & Now
- January 2017
- Full month zip
- 31 Give Before You Get
- 27 Factors for Awakening
- 26 Nobody’s Servant
- 25 The Power of Intention
- 24 Centered
- 23 Mindfulness, Tranquility, Insight
- 22 Groundwork
- 20 Persistence & Discernment
- 19 Insight Is Seeing What’s Worth Doing
- 18 Settling In
- 17 When It’s Hard to Settle Down
- 16 Worker, Observer, Enjoyer
- 14 Unlimited Mind, Limited Resources
- 13 The Power of Present Kamma
- 12 Appropriate Attention Plus Admirable Friendship
- 11 A Graduated Discourse
- 10 Shaping Your Breath, Shaping Your Life
- 09 Negotiating with Death
- 07 Sensitive in Seven Ways
- 06 Awareness Doesn’t Die
- 05 Refuge
- 04 Working Hypotheses
- 03 In the Eyes of the Wise
- 02 Accepting the Way Things Function
- 01 A Home of Your Own
- 2016
- December 2016
- Full month zip
- 31 Blessings
- 30 The Train Trestle
- 29 Spread Goodness Around
- 28 A Dhamma Wheel in the Heart
- 27 Bodywork for the Mind
- 26 On Good Terms with Your Breath
- 25 Adbusting the Mind
- 24 From a Position of Strength
- 23 Physical Pains & Painful Words
- 22 The Breath Soufflé
- 21 What We Have in Common
- 20 Pleasures & Pains on the Middle Way
- 19 When the Mind Is Obstreperous
- 16 How to Use the Three Perceptions
- 15 Grief & Regret
- 14 Look After Your Mind with Ease
- 13 Goodwill as a Strength
- 12 Against the Grain
- 11 Discernment & Determination
- 03 Expressing Gratitude
- 02 Cut, Cut, Cut
- 01 Many Minds to Your Advantage
- November 2016
- Full month zip
- 30 The End of the World
- 29 The Skill of Meditation
- 28 The Use of the Present
- 26 Genuine Satisfaction
- 25 Keep Your Spirits Up
- 24 The Good Fight
- 23 No Need to Suffer
- 22 Doubts about Your Abilities
- 21 Protection for the Holidays
- 20 Turning Anxiety into Heedfulness
- 19 A Foundation for Restraint
- 18 You’ve Got Friends
- 17 Perceptions of Earth & Space
- 16 Don’t Be Afraid of Mistakes
- 15 Nobility through Inner Strength
- 11 Train Your Hunger (The Sea Squirt)
- 10 Sustaining Concentration
- 03 Scribe Knowledge, Warrior Knowledge
- 02 Expectations for the Future
- 01 The Language of the Breath
- October 2016
- Full month zip
- 31 The Take Home
- 30 True Happiness Starts with Giving
- 29 Cooperation, Inside &Out
- 28 Respect, Inside &Out
- 27 Beyond the Call of Duty
- 26 The Heart to Keep Going
- 25 Occupy Your Space
- 24 The Garden of the Mind
- 23 The Pleasure of Concentration
- 23 Strong &Free (outdoors)
- 22 A Confident Ego
- 21 Judging Your Thoughts by What They Do
- 20 Mindfulness in the Driver’s Seat
- 19 Building Character
- 18 Give Goodwill a Grounding
- 16 Strength of Mind (outdoors)
- 16 Invitation Day
- 15 Goodness Is Real
- 14 Making a Difference
- 13 In Honor of the King
- 12 An Inner Revolution
- 11 When Things Start Going Well
- 10 The Weight on Your Back
- 08 Imagination & Judgment
- 07 Be Prepared
- 05 The Five Precepts for the Mind
- 05 Balanced Concentration (outdoors)
- 04 Releasing the Mind
- 04 Feelings of Pain (outdoors)
- 03 Three Kinds of Fabrication (outdoors)
- 03 Fighting the Three Characteristics
- 02 A Special Desire
- 01 Look after Your Baby
- September 2016
- Full month zip
- 30 Lessons of Right Resolve
- 29 Insight Is a Judgment Call
- 21 Born into Debt
- 18 Potentials for Good
- 17 Chickens from Hell
- 08 Skillful Fear
- 07 Determined to Practice
- 06 More than Just Letting Go
- 05 Observing the Mind at the Breath
- 04 Guardian Meditations, Right & Wrong
- 02 At the End of the Day
- 01 The Gift of Spiritual Materialism
- August 2016
- Full month zip
- 31 Ready to Evacuate
- 30 Remorse
- 29 Concentration Nurtured by Virtue
- 28 Staying Power
- 26 Pain & the Middle Way
- 25 Something Good to Cling to
- 24 A Measure of Control
- 23 The Noble Truths of the Breath
- 22 Indecision
- 21 Old Kamma & New
- 19 Mindfulness 2.0
- 18 Desire Concentration
- 16 Sensitive to the Mind
- 15 Perception
- 13 Death Is Normal
- 08 The Water in Your Cup
- 06 A Sense of Yourself
- 05 Don’t Scatter Your Mind
- 04 The Skill of Patience
- 03 A User Manual for the Mind
- 02 Fully Absorbed
- 01 Choices
- July 2016
- Full month zip
- 31 Justice vs. Skillfulness
- 29 A Rite of Passage
- 28 Worlds Are Swept Away
- 27 The Karma of Meditation
- 26 Alighting on the Dhamma
- 24 Hitting a Wall
- 23 Unadorned Happiness
- 22 Intelligent about Change
- 21 Don’t Limit Yourself
- 20 Entering the Rains
- 19 Asalha Puja
- 18 What You Need to Know
- 17 Complaining Rights
- 15 The Karma Snake
- 14 A Secure Footing
- 13 Meditation Basics
- 12 Karma as an Island
- 09 Worlds to Watch Out for
- 08 Creating a New Self
- 07 In Harmlessness Is Strength
- 06 Think Calmly about Death
- 05 Directed Feeling
- 04 Change
- 03 Success in Concentration
- 02 Fixing Food for the Mind
- June 2016
- Full month zip
- 13 A Mind Like Earth
- 11 Inner Refuge Through Inner Strength
- 10 Will Meditation Make You Grim & Dull
- 09 Scribe Knowledge, Warrior Knowledge
- 08 The Mind’s News Cycle
- 07 Breath Energy
- 06 The Practice is Wherever There’s Mindfulness
- 04 Space for Sustained Contemplation
- 03 Dedicating Merit
- 02 The Wisdom of Equanimity
- May 2016
- Full month zip
- 24 Choose Your Battles
- 23 The Power of Truth
- 22 Occupy Your Body
- 21 Perplexity
- 20 Visakha Puja
- 19 From Inconstancy to Dispassion
- 18 The Pain of Conviction
- 17 Don’t Clap Hands with Pain
- 16 Think Your Way to Stillness
- 07 The Duties of Happiness
- 06 A Haven for Inner Wealth
- 05 Genuine Happiness
- 04 The Burning House
- 03 Wisely Ardent, Alert & Mindful
- 02 Withstanding Pleasure & Pain
- April 2016
- Full month zip
- 30 Motivation
- 16 Fabricated Path, Unfabricated Goal
- 15 The Most Important Thing to Be Doing
- 14 The Lessons of Good Karma
- 13 Toughen & Tenderize the Mind
- 11 Matter of Fact
- 10 A Clean Mind
- 09 The Flow of Time
- 08 A Clean Sweep
- 07 Fire Escapes
- 06 The Uses of Concentration
- 05 Conviction & Confidence
- 03 Equanimity & Karma
- 02 Mature Happiness
- 01 Behind the Scenes
- March 2016
- Full month zip
- 30 A Pleasure Independent of Sensuality
- 29 Admirable Friendship
- 28 On Not Twisting the Cow’s Horn
- 26 A Genius about Your Own Mind
- 25 The Fangs of Conceit
- 24 What You’re Bringing
- 23 Opening Your World
- 12 The Language of the Heart
- 06 What Am I Becoming As Days & Nights Fly Past?
- 05 Samvega vs. Dispassion
- 04 Analyzing Anger
- 02 What Good Is Insight?
- 01 Focused on Results
- February 2016
- Full month zip
- 29 Alertness: What Are You Doing?
- 28 But Not Sick in Mind
- 26 Right View about Right View
- 24 Factors for Awakening
- 23 Thoughts to Control Your Thoughts
- 22 Magha Puja
- 21 Streamlining the Clutter Inside
- 20 Basic Meditaton
- 19 Who Are You Feeding Inside
- 17 Adult Contentment
- 16 The Whole Elephant
- 15 Own Your Actions
- 13 Respect Your Mind
- 12 Invest in the Breath
- 11 Practicing in Solitude
- 10 No Slivers in the Heart
- 09 Random Word Generators
- 08 Goodness
- 07 Suffering Is a Feeding Addiction
- 06 Sensitive to Fabrication
- 05 Reclaim Your Breath
- 04 Fear & Conviction
- 02 On Your Own Two Feet
- 01 W.W.B.R.
- January 2016
- Full month zip
- 29 No One in Charge
- 28 Breath vs. Distraction
- 27 Afraid of Inner Pleasure
- 26 Practicing on Your Own
- 25 Concentration that Bears Great Fruit
- 17 The Heart of the Teaching
- 16 Directly & Indirectly to the Breath
- 15 Sensitive to the Breath
- 14 Breathe while You Work
- 12 Wake Up from Addiction
- 11 Speaking Truth to Defilement
- 09 Take Good Aim
- 08 Harsh Words, Harmful & Not
- 07 Shaking Off Bad Habits
- 06 The Treasure of Equanimity
- 05 The Stakes Are High
- 04 Driven by Pleasure & Pain
- 03 Concentration as Wilderness
- 02 Spreading Goodwill
- 01 Dedicating Merit
- 2015
- December 2015
- Full month zip
- 31 Lift Your Mind
- 30 Whole-body Jhana
- 29 In Training
- 28 Questioning Your Unconscious Actions
- 27 Clinging, Addictions, Obsessions
- 26 Reclaiming the Breath
- 25 The Positive Side of Heedfulness
- 24 Protection through Mindfulness Practice
- 23 Reflect on Your Actions
- 22 Breath Meditation : The Fourth Tetrad
- November 2015
- Full month zip
- 29 The Wear & Tear of Life
- 28 Breath Meditation : The Third Tetrad
- 27 Breath Meditation : The Second Tetrad
- 26 Breath Meditation : The First Tetrad
- 25 Building a Home for the Mind
- 24 Cultivate a Limitless Heart
- 22 Brahmaviharas on the Path
- 21 Appropriate Attention
- 20 Staying Still
- 19 The Fourth Noble Truth
- 17 Fear of Concentration
- 16 Four Noble Questions
- 15 The Hedgefox
- 14 The Slings & Arrows of Ordinary Fortune (med-fi)
- 13 The Second Noble Truth
- 12 Don’t Underestimate Merit
- 05 The First Noble Truth
- 04 Understanding Breath Energies
- 02 Reflection on Kamma
- 01 A Healthy Attitude Toward Happiness
- October 2015
- Full month zip
- 31 Basic Meditation
- 30 The Mind Undefined
- 28 An Equanimity You Can Feed On
- 27 Virtue Fosters Concentration
- 26 Defilements
- 25 The Perception of Wilderness (outdoors)
- 24 Healing Awareness
- 22 A Home & a Mobile Home
- 21 Four Connected Duties
- 20 Potentials for Rapture
- 19 Conviction & Truth
- 18 Settling into the Present (outdoors)
- 17 The Presence of the Body
- 16 Not-self Is a Value Judgment
- 15 Practice in Dying Skillfully
- 14 Training Your Commentator
- 13 A Dhamma Checklist
- 12 Little Decisions
- 10 Deconstructing Anger
- 09 Discerning the Middle Way
- 07 Stand Your Ground
- 07 Fabricating the Path (outdoors)
- 06 Factors for Awakening
- 06 Balancing the Mind (outdoors)
- 05 Understanding Pain
- 05 Fabricating the Breath (outdoors)
- 04 Why Meditate
- 03 Blessings
- 02 The Perception of Space
- 01 Not-self in Context
- September 2015
- Full month zip
- 29 Comparing Mind
- 28 Dedicating Merit
- 27 The Power to Change (outdoors)
- 26 Settling In
- 25 Harmlessness
- 24 Cooking the Present Moment
- 23 The Real Work Is Inside
- 17 So Little Time
- 16 Dhamma in Line with the Dhamma
- 15 Dethinking Thinking
- 14 A Larger Perspective
- 12 Victory
- 11 The Questions of Suffering
- 10 The Path Converges Right Here
- 09 Being True
- 08 Furnishing Your Home for the Mind
- 07 Taking Care of Business Inside
- 06 Present Kamma (outdoors)
- 05 Techniques & Values
- 04 From Dependence to Independence
- 02 Constant, Easeful, Self
- 01 Alone at Death, but Not Lonely
- August 2015
- Full month zip
- 31 When Craving Turns on You
- 30 Alone with Your Defilements (outdoors)
- 28 Heedful of Pleasure & Pain
- 27 Fear
- 19 A Blameless Happiness
- 18 Changing Your Default Settings
- 17 See Your Thoughts as Alien
- 16 Drawing a Line (outdoors)
- 15 A Pleasure without Stories
- 14 Distraction & Drowsiness
- 13 Discerning Your Discernment
- 12 Noble Treasures
- 11 It’s All about Action
- 10 Patience
- 08 Asking the Right Questions
- 07 Tools from Dependent Co-arising
- 06 Pleasant Practice, Painful Practice
- 05 For Your Benefit Here & Now
- 04 The Skill of Not Suffering
- 03 Protection in all Directions
- 02 Under the Trees (outdoors)
- 01 Con Artists (med-fi)
- July 2015
- Full month zip
- 30 Asalha Puja
- 29 Other People
- 28 The Easy Way Out
- 27 Becoming
- 26 Beginning Breath Meditation
- 25 Goodwill as Restraint
- 24 Ordain Your Heart
- 23 Feeding While You Work
- 20 The Limits of Interconnectedness
- 19 The Thoroughbred Horse
- 18 Clearing a Space for Yourself
- 17 An Alternative Source of Food
- 16 Clinging to What Pains You
- 06 Willing to Question Yourself
- 05 Nostalgia for Suffering
- 04 Free to Choose Your Own Purpose
- 03 Sort Things Out
- 02 The Snake & The Raft
- 01 Chant Before You Meditate
- June 2015
- Full month zip
- 30 Don’t Focus on Jhana, Focus on the Breath
- 29 Time Well Spent
- 27 The Tricks of Denial
- 26 Large Perspective, Small Focus
- 21 The Mind Comes First
- 20 Continuity
- 19 The Sport of Wise People
- 18 Delusion
- 17 Patience & Endurance
- 16 Maintaining Concentration
- 15 Pleasure on the Path
- 13 Problem Solving
- 12 Your Intentions Come First
- 11 Freedom, Conditioned & Not
- 10 A Passion for the Path
- 09 Boxed Stories
- 08 Cooking the Present Moment
- 06 Evaluating the Breath
- 05 Clearing a Space
- 04 Timeless Wherever You Go
- May 2015
- April 2015
- Full month zip
- 30 Don’t Believe Everything You Feel
- 29 The Conditions for Goodwill
- 28 The Possibility of Letting Go
- 26 The Karma of Meditation
- 25 Karmic Debts
- 24 Living Honorably
- 22 Trust in Concentration for Now
- 21 Teachings to Rahula
- 20 Fixing the Food You Feed On
- 19 Breath Energies
- 18 Cooking the Mind
- 17 Some Space Around Your Perceptions
- 15 Healthy Skepticism
- 14 Treating the Diseases of the Mind
- 13 The Thread of Mindfulness
- 12 Cleansing the Mind
- 11 Downsize Inside
- 09 The Uses of the Breath
- 08 Bases for Success
- 07 Dhamma for Laypeople
- 06 Healing the Mind
- 04 Sorting Out Your Selves
- 03 Lighten Your Load
- 02 Working from the Inside
- March 2015
- February 2015
- Full month zip
- 28 Choose Your Cravings Wisely
- 27 Factors for Stream Entry
- 26 Practice in How to Die Well
- 25 Meditate While You Work
- 24 Shame, Compunction & Ardency
- 23 Mindfulness: The Governing Principle
- 22 The Third Noble Truth
- 20 A Sense of Space Inside
- 19 Concentration Through Pictures
- 18 You Bet Your Life
- 17 The Art of Right Speech
- 16 Look After Yourself with Ease
- 15 Climb the Ladder Safely
- 08 When Attacked by Distractions
- 07 Faith in the Practice
- 06 The Frontier Fortress
- 05 Breath Meditation: Four Tetrads
- 04 Indulge in the Pleasure of Jhana
- 03 Be More Alert
- 02 Pain & Patience
- 01 A Genuine Refuge Inside
- January 2015
- Full month zip
- 31 Why Meditate
- 29 Respect for the Precepts
- 28 An Auspicious Day
- 26 Be Decisive
- 25 Go Climb a Mountain
- 23 After a Busy Day
- 21 Strength from Within
- 20 Evaluating Your Practice
- 19 The Power of Action
- 17 Protecting the Flame
- 16 Looking for Balance
- 15 A Post for the Heart
- 14 Food for Consciousness
- 13 Respect for the Training
- 10 Instructions for a New Monk
- 09 A Practice Personal & Social
- 08 The Wish for True Happiness
- 07 Tips for Monotasking
- 04 Do You Want to Stop Suffering
- 03 Take Time to Evaluate Your Life
- 02 Life in the Context of the Practice
- 01 Equanimity & Exertion
- 2014
- December 2014
- Full month zip
- 31 Instruct, Urge, Rouse, Encourage
- 30 The Bureaucracy of the Defilements
- 29 Perceiving the Breath
- 28 Examine Your Happiness
- 27 The Samsaric Mudfight
- 26 A Sense of Honor
- 25 The Duty to Be Positive
- 24 In Alignment
- 23 In Control
- 22 In the Present
- 21 Training in Maturity
- 14 Victory
- 13 Resourceful
- 12 The Dhamma Wheel Shakes Up the World
- 11 The Physics of Emotions
- 10 On Top of Your Actions
- 09 Scramble the Image
- 08 Don’t Believe Everything You Think
- 07 Gifts of Noble Wealth
- 06 Mindfulness, Discernment, & Peace of Mind
- 05 When Things Seem Dark
- 04 A Gift of Stillness
- 03 Caring Enough to Doubt
- 02 The Uses of Right Concentration
- 01 Goodwill in Action
- November 2014
- Full month zip
- 30 Tricks of the Trade
- 29 The True Dhamma Has Disappeared
- 28 Two Kinds of Defilements
- 27 How to Think about Death
- 26 Wisdom Requires Integrity
- 25 Training Your Inner Consumer
- 24 Not a One-note Dhamma
- 23 In the Mood to Meditate
- 22 The Wisdom of Self-regulation
- 20 Loving Yourself Wisely
- 19 Cut Through the Narratives
- 18 Tranquility & Insight
- 17 Fluent in the Breath
- 16 Getting Connected Inside
- 08 A Safe Home in the Body
- 07 Raise Your Standards
- 06 Dissolving Your Thoughts
- October 2014
- Full month zip
- 30 Recollection of the Buddha
- 28 Skillful Fears
- 27 Catch Yourself Lying to Yourself
- 23 Levels of Discernment
- 22 Don’t Get Discouraged
- 21 Owning Your Actions
- 19 Make the Most of What You’ve Got
- 13 Cause & Effect Right Now
- 12 A Separate Awareness
- 11 Give Yourself to the Breath
- 10 Bojjhanga: Discernment Fosters Concentration
- 08 Value What You’ve Got
- 07 Generating Good Energy
- 06 Six Properties
- 05 Trust
- 04 Five Strengths
- 03 In the Light of Karma
- 02 Listen to Your Inner Adult
- 01 Every Little Bit
- September 2014
- Full month zip
- 30 Interested in the Breath
- 29 Bigger than the World
- 28 A True Person
- 27 A Quality of the Character
- 26 Holding on Stategically
- 24 Karma in the Present
- 23 The Inner Civil War
- 22 How Not to Suffer
- 21 A Sense of Just Right
- 20 Comfort Dhamma
- 19 Dualities
- 11 Equanimity & Endurance
- 10 Good Fences Around You
- 09 Prevention
- 08 Dealing with Limitations
- 06 Strength through Letting Go
- 05 Merit as Medicine
- 04 A Frame for the Day
- 02 Circumspection
- 01 Tune In, Tune Out (med fi)
- August 2014
- Full month zip
- 31 A Valuable Gift
- 30 Make Your Mind Reliable
- 29 Speech for the Sake of Stillness
- 28 Perceptions as Targets
- 27 A Post in the Mind
- 26 High-level Metta
- 25 The Treasure Hunt
- 24 Trial & Error, Trial & Success
- 22 Only One Person
- 20 Friends with the Breath, Friends with the Buddha
- 13 Discernment Through Ardency & Evaluation
- 12 The Karma of Pain
- 11 Stop Feeding Sensual Desire
- 09 Goodwill, Gratitude, No Guilt
- 08 The Cup Is Already Broken
- 07 Peace vs. Clinging
- 06 Two Eyes, Not Just One
- 04 Self Power, Other Power
- 03 Persistence
- 02 What You Learn from Concentration
- 01 Happiness without Drawbacks
- July 2014
- Full month zip
- 31 The Demands of Goodwill
- 30 The Dignity of Right Effort
- 28 Guarded
- 27 Cutting & Stitching
- 26 Skillful Desire
- 24 Words of Encouragement
- 22 Concentrating Work
- 21 Lessons of Distraction
- 20 Good Fundamentals
- 19 Bases of Success
- 18 No Big Deal
- 17 Dealing with Pain
- 15 A Safe Haven through Alertness
- 14 Things You Tend to Overlook
- 11 The Dhamma Eye
- 10 Keep It Simple
- 09 On the New Land
- 08 Don’t Lose Your Goodness
- 07 Judging Your Efforts
- 06 A Sense of Yourself
- 05 Hunting & Foraging
- June 2014
- Full month zip
- 23 No Resistance
- 22 Truthful & Observant
- 21 A Good Example for the World
- 20 Thinking while Meditating
- 18 Imperturbable
- 17 An Island in the Flood
- 10 Right View as a Tool
- 09 Looking in the Dhamma Mirror
- 07 The Mind’s Eating Disorders
- 06 Solidly Here
- 05 Everyday Feeding Habits
- 04 Empathetic Joy
- 03 Complacency
- 02 Director, Actor, Audience
- May 2014
- Full month zip
- 31 Perceptions & Obsessions
- 30 Nimble with Your Questions
- 29 Right but Wrong
- 28 A Friend to the World
- 27 A Fence with a Gate
- 25 Protection to Take with You
- 18 No Arrows, Nothing
- 17 Separate Things Out
- 16 Look After Yourself with Ease
- 15 Fire
- 13 Visakha Puja
- 12 Conversations
- 10 Fabrications
- 09 Gradual & Sudden
- 08 Ego
- 07 A Position of Strength
- 06 “My Way”
- 05 The Governing Principle (med-fi)
- 03 Grace & Dignity
- 02 Respect for Concentration
- 01 The Skills of a Hunter
- April 2014
- Full month zip
- 30 A Healthy Body Image
- 29 Right Speech, Inside & Out
- 28 The River of Karma
- 20 Don’t Be Burdensome
- 19 Right Resolve & Right Concentration
- 18 Take Care of Your Mind
- 17 Right View: Feeding Instructions
- 16 At the Checkpoint
- 14 How Much Concentration Is Enough?
- 12 Something to Stand On
- 11 The Bowl of Oil
- 10 Be Meticulous
- 09 Karma & Compassion
- 08 Make the Breath Your Home
- 06 Be Blameless
- 05 Looking for Happiness Inside
- 04 Learning by Doing
- 02 Inhabit the World of Form
- 01 Four Bases of Success
- March 2014
- Full month zip
- 31 Protect Your Concentration
- 30 No Dharma without Karma
- 27 Establishing Mindfulness & Concentration
- 26 A Noble Warrior’s Path
- 25 Appropriate Attention, Appropriate Intention
- 24 Don’t Be a Traitor to Yourself
- 22 Skillful Selves
- 21 Deconstruct Your Emotions
- 20 Cooking Your Concentration
- 19 Tranquility & Insight Together
- 18 Training Your Cynical Voices
- 16 So Little Time
- February 2014
- Full month zip
- 23 An Inside Job
- 22 Shaping the Present
- 20 A Harmless Happiness
- 19 The Four Noble Truths from Within
- 18 Metta
- 17 Refuge in the Dhamma
- 16 Stop Trampling on the Breath
- 08 At Home with the Breath
- 07 The Value of Effort
- 06 Roads Through the Jungle
- 05 Choose Your Wave
- 04 Dont Leak Out Your Ears & Eyes
- 02 Playing Your Lute
- 01 Think Like a Thief
- January 2014
- Full month zip
- 31 The Noble Search Makes Us Human
- 30 No Happiness Other than Peace
- 29 A Building & Cleaning Crew Inside
- 28 The No Common Sense Zone
- 23 The View from the Mountaintop
- 22 Skillfully Shaping Your Life
- 21 Doing the Right Thing
- 20 Training Your Observer
- 19 Ask Yourself the Buddha’s Question
- 18 Letting Go Strategically
- 17 Expectations
- 16 Remember This
- 15 Meditating When You’re Sick
- 14 Forging a Path
- 13 Adult Education
- 11 Growing Up Inside
- 10 Committed to the Breath
- 09 The Meaning of Happiness
- 08 Making the Dhamma Your Own
- 04 Thoughts Wanted & Unwanted
- 01 Pleasure Has a Price
- 2013
- December 2013
- November 2013
- Full month zip
- 27 Evaluating the Practice
- 26 Looking After Yourself
- 24 Heedfulness for the Holidays
- 23 Healing Your Energy
- 22 Noble & True
- 21 A Happiness Big Enough for Everyone
- 20 Customs of the Noble Ones
- 19 Feeding Off the Future
- 18 Protect Your Energy
- 17 Broaden Your Range of Choices
- 16 Living in Death Valley
- 09 A Home to Take Home
- 08 Choosing Sides
- 07 Change Your Habits
- 06 How to Be an Admirable Friend
- 05 Question & Probe
- 03 One Thing Only
- October 2013
- Full month zip
- 28 All Dhamma, All the Time
- 26 Strengthen Your Focus
- 25 You Can Do It
- 23 The Buddha’s Last Word
- 22 The Wisdom of Incongruity
- 21 Bodies & Minds Outside
- 19 Safety in Your Own Space
- 18 When Aging Closes In
- 17 Housecleaning
- 16 Noble Wealth
- 15 The Concentration Omelet
- 14 A Happiness Worthy of Respect
- 07 Your Inner Teacher
- 05 Concentration & Its Tools
- 04 Respect for the Whole Training
- 03 Equanimity & Action
- 02 The Politics of Defilement
- 01 The World Is Swept Away
- September 2013
- Full month zip
- 30 Success by Approximation
- 29 Your One Responsibility
- 28 Harmless Happiness
- 27 Reading Your Mind
- 26 Look at Yourself
- 24 Memory & Motivation
- 23 What You Can’t Change, What You Can
- 21 Independence
- 20 Breaking the Arrows
- 19 The Size of Your Eyes
- 11 The Gift of Discernment
- 10 Nurturing Your Inner Adult
- 09 Noble Treasures
- 07 Perceptions around Pain
- 05 Watch the Mind at the Breath
- 04 At Home with the Breath
- 03 Afraid of Pleasure & Pain
- 01 Rethinking the Way You Think
- August 2013
- Full month zip
- 31 You Can Choose Not to Suffer
- 30 A Heart Bigger than the World
- 29 Being Good to Yourself
- 28 Showing Respect for Concentration
- 26 Strengths of Mind
- 25 Solid in the Face of Death
- 23 Balanced in the Present
- 22 Getting Back on Your Feet
- 21 Good & Bad Pleasure
- 20 Empathetic Joy
- 19 What’s Getting in the Way
- 18 Don’t Go with the Flow
- 17 A Home for the Mind (med-fi)
- 16 The Brightness of Life
- 14 A Thread into Awareness
- 13 Metta Can Hurt
- 12 Endurance Training
- 10 Limitless Is the Buddha
- 09 Primitive Practice
- 08 Helping Others, Helping Yourself
- 07 Clinging to Karmic Diarrhea
- 06 Everything’s Right There
- 05 The Dhamma Channel
- 03 Take Down Your Sails
- 02 A Meditative Environment
- 01 To Master the Ways of Thought
- July 2013
- Full month zip
- 31 Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, Space
- 30 A Foundation for Mindfulness
- 29 Be an Adult around Pleasure & Pain
- 27 Not Getting What You Want
- 26 Inner Culture
- 25 Don't Think You’re the Thinker
- 24 Your Game Leg
- 22 Asalha Puja
- 21 Wearing the Breath
- 20 The Quick Reversal of the Mind
- 19 Your Dangerous Mind
- 18 What to Keep in Mind
- 17 A Snug Fit
- 15 Murderers, Vipers, Floods, Oh My!
- 13 Training the Mind
- 12 The Body from the Inside
- 11 Take Your Happiness Seriously
- 10 Merit: the Rewards & Dangers
- 09 Motivation
- 08 Using the Four Noble Truths
- 07 Relaxing into the Body
- 06 The Skill of Not Suffering
- 05 Talking to Yourself
- June 2013
- Full month zip
- 23 All-around Eye
- 22 Basic Breath Instructions
- 21 Look After Yourself with Ease
- 20 To Discern Suffering
- 19 A Fence for Freedom
- 18 Noble & True
- 10 Contentment
- 08 Running Commentary
- 07 Things Arise & Pass Away
- 06 Monotasking
- 05 Right View from Right Effort
- 04 Happiness, Fabricated & Not
- 02 Full-body Breath
- 01 What You’re Choosing to Do Right Now
- May 2013
- Full month zip
- 31 A Connoisseur of Concentration
- 30 Straightening the Arrow
- 29 All Living Beings & Their Thoughts
- 28 Settle Down Now
- 27 Let Tranquility Do Its Work
- 26 Getting Untangled from Thorns
- 19 Letting Go of Pleasure & Pain
- 18 Keep Goodness Going
- 17 Inconstant, Stressful, Not-self
- 16 An Ally in the Breath
- 14 Working with Fabrication
- 13 It’s Good to Talk to Yourself
- 11 Creating a World of Concentration
- 10 The Search for Something of Substance
- 08 Lessons from Generosity & Virtue
- 07 The Path Changes Your Mind
- 06 Discernment through Right Effort
- 05 Doing, Maintaining, Using
- 03 The Value of Getting Stuck
- 02 Truths Noble in the Heart
- April 2013
- Full month zip
- 30 Choosing & Watching Your Choices
- 29 Windows of Opportunity
- 28 Meticulous
- 27 Maintaining Focus
- 26 The Wrong Uses of Right
- 25 Brahmaviharas & Breath
- 18 Take an Interest
- 16 Finding Extra Energy
- 14 Practice at Home
- 13 Interested in the Breath
- 11 Blowing Bubbles
- 10 Focus on What You’re Doing
- 09 The Right Mood
- 06 Investing Your Inner Wealth
- 04 Rotten Birds
- 03 To Depend on Yourself
- March 2013
- February 2013
- Full month zip
- 26 Pleasant Practice, Painful Practice
- 25 A Mountain Made of Discernment
- 23 A Place to Step Back
- 22 Protecting Goodwill
- 21 Back & Forth Right Here
- 20 Don’t Be Afraid of Jhana
- 19 Three Levels of Refuge
- 18 Discernment on the Path
- 17 Two Roads to the Grand Canyon
- 08 The Power of Human Effort
- 06 The Buddha Meant What He Said
- 05 Circumspect About Pleasure
- 03 No Foolproofing
- 02 Your Inner Ally
- 01 A Mind Like Earth (med-fi)
- January 2013
- Full month zip
- 31 A Sense of Your Materials
- 30 The Kindness of Body Contemplation
- 28 Truths of the Will
- 24 The Power of Perception
- 23 Discernment Is in the Details
- 21 Undividing the Mind
- 20 Respect Your Center
- 18 A Mirror for the Mind
- 17 Pro-self, Pro-help
- 16 Just This Small Spot
- 05 Study & Practice
- 04 Get Out of Your Head
- 03 Roast the Beans but Don’t Burn Them
- 01 What They Don’t Teach in School
- 2012
- December 2012
- November 2012
- Full month zip
- 26 Safety in Awareness
- 25 For When You’re Ill
- 23 The Termite Mound
- 22 Take the One Seat (med-fi)
- 21 Between Either & Or
- 20 No One Size Fits All
- 19 Respect Your Practice
- 17 Refuge
- 16 Rooted in Heedful Desire
- 14 Attachment to Precepts
- 12 On Your Own
- 11 Cooperation
- 10 The Gift of Ardency
- 09 Believe in Your Actions
- October 2012
- Full month zip
- 31 The Riddle of Freedom
- 30 Fighting the Three Characteristics
- 29 Sharp Words & Sharp Pains
- 28 Making a Refuge
- 27 The Mind on a Leash
- 26 The Goose & the Golden Eggs
- 25 Truth in Action
- 23 The Gradual Path of Skill
- 22 Sources of Lasting Happiness
- 21 Profound Goodwill
- 21 A Handful of Leaves
- 20 Think Strategically
- 19 Bases of Success
- 16 The Brahmaviharas Are Not Enough
- 15 Take Your Time
- 13 The Observer
- 12 Recovering your Balance
- 10 Pain Is a Noble Truth
- 09 Away from the Herd
- 08 Worth
- 07 Noble Ardency
- 05 Changing the Pleasure Equation
- 04 A Funeral Meditation
- 03 One Responsibility
- 02 Do Jhana
- 01 The Hunger of the Mind
- September 2012
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- 30 Choices
- 29 Pay Attention
- 20 Protect Your Inner Center
- 19 A Sense of Just Right
- 18 Thinking as Medicine
- 17 Insight from Jhana
- 15 Lessons from Right Action
- 14 The Power of Choice
- 13 Protect Your Desire for True Happiness
- 12 Freedom through Restraint
- 11 Conspiracies in the Mind
- 10 Judging Your Meditation
- 08 Good Craving, Clinging, Becoming
- 07 Focal Points
- 06 Breath Energies
- 04 Cosmic Scale, Human Scale
- 03 The Committee of Fabrications
- 02 A Good Place to Stay
- 01 Right Resolve, Right Concentration
- August 2012
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- 30 Victory
- 29 Look Out for Yourself Wisely
- 28 The Energy to Be Generous
- 27 Merit & Meditation
- 26 Circumspection
- 25 A Load Off the Mind
- 23 Feelings Not of the Flesh
- 22 Being Observant
- 21 Concentration through Samvega
- 20 A Special Path
- 18 The Dhamma Doesn’t Change
- 17 The Arrow in the Heart
- 16 A Sense of Time & Place
- 15 Mindful of Karma
- 13 Stepping Out of the Waves
- 12 Not Everything Natural Is Good
- 11 Generosity & Gratitude
- 10 Fabricating with Awareness
- 09 Moral Intelligence
- 08 Eight Principles
- 07 Disenchantment
- 06 Freedom through Painful Practice
- 04 No Easy Formula
- 02 The Triple Gem Complete
- 01 Three Parts of Right View
- July 2012
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- 31 Pleasure & Pain
- 30 Change Your Mind
- 29 Staying Power
- 28 The Essence of the Dhamma
- 27 Practicing from Gratitude
- 25 Feeding on the Breath
- 24 True Friends & False
- 23 The Values of Stillness
- 22 A Refuge from Aging, Illness, & Death
- 21 Choiceful Awareness
- 02 The Wisdom of Ardency
- 01 The Noble Search for Happiness
- June 2012
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- 24 The Brightness of the Dhamma, the Darkness of the World
- 23 The Karma of Meditation
- 22 Equanimity Isn’t Everything
- 21 Stilling Mental Fabrication
- 20 Home Schooling Your Inner Children
- 19 Smart vs. Wise
- 18 How to Think About Death
- 16 To Keep You Going
- 15 Raising Your Standards
- 14 The Science of Meditation
- 13 Thinking with the Breath (med-fi)
- 12 Tranquility & Insight in Tandem
- 11 Honest & Observant
- 09 Putting Aside the World
- 08 Basic Wisdom
- 07 Right Resolve
- 06 Generosity & Virtue as Skills
- 04 The Dhamma in Line with the Dhamma
- 03 Your Factory Inspectors
- 02 Attacking Emotions from Two Sides
- May 2012
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- 27 A Solid Grounding in the Breath
- 25 Seclusion Through Restraint
- 24 Stillness Isn’t Enough
- 23 Pain Is Not the Enemy
- 22 Why Meditate?
- 20 A Mind Like Rock
- 19 Responsible for Your Goodness
- 16 Days & Nights Fly Past (med-fi)
- 15 Noble Standards (low-fi)
- 14 Desire & Equanimity (low-fi)
- 12 Take Care of Your Tools
- 11 In the Mood to Meditate
- 10 Anchored in the Present
- 09 Wisdom as a Tool
- 08 Unsentimental Good Will
- 01 Stay Right Here
- April 2012
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- 30 Strength for Stillness
- 22 Determined on Goodwill
- 21 Mindful of Death
- 19 The Messages of Mindfulness
- 17 Meditators Without Borders
- 16 A Meditator Is a Good Friend to Have
- 14 Living Together
- 13 Shelter from a Stormy Night
- 12 Feeling & Intention
- 11 Goodwill & Karma
- 10 Insight from Evaluation
- 09 Remember This
- 07 Mature About Karma
- 04 The Intelligent Heart
- 03 Control over the Mind
- 01 Ardent, Alert & Mindful
- March 2012
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- 31 Right Here
- 30 Inner Strength, Inner Wealth
- 29 Occupy Your Body
- 28 Friends Inside & Out
- 27 Challenges
- 26 Past & Future in the Present
- 10 How & Why We Meditate
- 09 Rebirth Is Relevant
- 08 The Mind When Trained Brings Happiness
- 07 The Heart of the Teaching
- 06 The Observer
- 04 First Jhana
- 03 The First Sermon
- 01 Staying in Place
- February 2012
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- 29 Your Inner Immune System
- 28 Try This at Home
- 27 The Problem Lies Inside
- 26 Encouragement on the Path
- 19 The Wise Experienced Cook
- 18 Choosing Freedom
- 17 New Feeding Options
- 16 A Strong Post
- 15 Curious about the Present
- 14 A Clear Agenda
- 13 Free for the Time Being
- 11 Steady the Mind
- 10 Supervised Play
- 09 Just Right Effort
- 08 Sensitive to What You're Doing
- 06 Victory Ground
- 05 Two Things to Keep in Mind
- 04 In Shape to Meditate
- 03 Breath, Tranquility & Insight
- 01 Pain, Self & Not-self
- January 2012
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- 31 Keeping Your Values Alive
- 30 Dissolving Narratives
- 27 Goodwill Has to Be Circumspect
- 26 Sensuality
- 25 Constructing a Home for the Mind
- 24 Delicious Breathing
- 23 Stop Squirming
- 21 A Mirror for the Mind
- 20 Maintaining Interest
- 14 Settling In
- 13 Making a Difference
- 12 Evaluating Your Practice
- 11 Strengthening Discernment
- 10 Wandering Mind
- 09 Attachment to Views
- 05 Strengthening Concentration
- 04 Strengthening Mindfulness
- 02 Generating Energy
- 01 Strengthening Conviction
- 2011
- December 2011
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- 31 Practice Full Circle
- 30 Renunciation
- 29 Full Attention
- 28 Refuge in the Breath
- 27 Don't Worry, Be Focused
- 25 Sensitive to the Breath
- 24 Limitless Compassion, Limited Resources
- 23 Noble Contentment, Noble Discontent
- 22 Counter-cultural Values
- 21 Goodwill & Heedfulness
- 19 Respect
- 18 Tranquility & Insight Together
- 10 Peace of Mind
- 09 Games the Mind Plays
- 07 Sensuality Is a Fetter
- 06 Views, Virtue, & Mindfulness
- 05 Turn Off the Automatic Pilot
- 02 You Don't Have to Suffer
- 01 Giving & Taking Time
- November 2011
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- 30 Facing Pain
- 29 Family Ties
- 28 Whether You Like It or Not
- 27 Boring
- 24 Surprise Yourself
- 22 Understanding Intention
- 21 Your Main Foundation
- 19 Feelings of Grief & Joy
- 16 Strength for the Brahmaviharas
- 11 Feeding on Feeding
- 10 Everything Gathers Around the Breath
- 02 The Politics of Arising & Passing Away
- 01 Trust in Heedfulness
- October 2011
- Full month zip
- 31 Exploring Contentment
- 30 Freedom & Responsibility
- 22 After-work Meditation (sony)
- 21 What Made the Buddha Exclaim
- 20 In the Mood
- 19 Happiness Comes from Inner Strength (sony)
- 18 Beneficial Thinking
- 17 Why Train the Mind
- 16 Everybody Benefits
- 15 Past & Future in the Present
- 14 The Quality of Your Awareness
- 12 Circular Practice
- 11 Discernment Performs
- 10 Cutting New Paths in the Mind
- 08 Learning through Healing
- 07 In Line with the Dhamma
- 05 The Unity of the Path
- 04 At Home with the Breath
- 03 What You Bring
- 01 A Gift of Stillness
- September 2011
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- 30 Goodwill for the Whole Committee
- 29 Learning about the Mind
- 27 Equanimity
- 26 Study & Practice
- 25 The Strength to Do Good
- 24 The Words of Other People
- 23 Settling in Snugly
- 22 The Particulars of Your Suffering
- 14 Being Your Own Teacher
- 13 Expand Your Mind
- 12 Concentration
- 10 Trustworthy Happiness
- 09 All You Need to Know
- 08 Suffering from Interdependence
- 06 Directing & Not Directing the Mind
- 05 Serenity
- 04 Proactive with Pain (sony)
- 03 Creating Your Environment
- 02 Breath Medicine
- August 2011
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- 31 Of Essential Worth
- 30 Being True to Know the Truth
- 29 Exploring Fabrication
- 28 Gladden, Steady, Release
- 26 From Heedfulness to Purity
- 25 On Your Own Two Feet
- 24 Untangling the Tangle
- 22 Rapture
- 21 The Poison Blowfish
- 20 What Right Mindfulness Remembers
- 18 Virtue Contains the Practice
- 17 Better to Give than to Consume
- 16 Artillery All Around
- 15 Today Is Better than Yesterday
- 12 Right Speech, Inside & Out
- 11 Ripples Go Far
- 10 Gather ’Round the Breath
- 09 Shelter
- 08 Different Paths Go Different Places
- 07 Persistence (sony)
- 06 Discerning Actions (sony)
- 04 A Mind Bigger than Pain (sony)
- 03 Path & Raft
- 02 Healthy Conceit
- 01 Comprehending Stress
- July 2011
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- 31 The Wisdom of Humor
- 31 Levels of the Breath
- 30 A Larger Perspective (sony)
- 29 Finding Your Strength
- 27 Protecting Yourself Against Yourself (sony)
- 26 Stubborn Clinging (sony)
- 25 Expand Your Expectations
- 23 Mindfulness as a Goad
- 22 Good & Bad Potentials
- 21 High Standards for Happiness
- 20 Isolating the Aggregates
- 19 Determined to Stay with the Breath
- 18 Self-starting
- 17 Confidence
- 16 Admirable Friends & Amiable Company (sony)
- 15 All-around Practice
- 14 The Frontier Fortress
- 12 The Self-correcting Mind
- 11 When Wounded
- 09 An Apprenticeship in Integrity
- 08 Customs of the Noble Ones
- 07 An Overview of the Path
- 06 Taking Stock
- 04 Independence & Interdependence
- 03 An Issue of Control
- 01 Treasures Beyond Death
- June 2011
- Full month zip
- 30 Ups & Downs
- 29 Doing
- 28 The Choice Not to Suffer
- 27 Skillful Attachments
- 26 A Gift of Well-being
- 25 The Brightness of Life
- 24 Skills for Freedom
- 22 Sustenence for a Suffering Mind
- 21 The Airplane Mechanic
- 20 For the Survival of Your Goodness
- 19 Strength in Humor
- 18 What You Bring to the Meditation
- 17 A Noble Path
- 15 Where to Look in the Present
- 14 Insights
- 13 Conviction & Persistence
- 11 Inner Critics
- 10 The Inner Saboteur
- 09 Work & Play
- May 2011
- April 2011
- Full month zip
- 24 Remembering Ajaan Lee
- 22 Exploring the Basics
- 21 Truth
- 20 The Wisdom of Patience
- 19 Directed Thought & Evaluation
- 18 Give Peace a Chance
- 16 A Victory that Matters
- 15 Four Virtues
- 14 Unlearning Unskillful Behavior
- 13 An Inner Stronghold
- 12 Fear of Others
- 10 Training Your Minds
- 09 The Power of Intention
- 08 Settling Down
- 06 How to Leave Meditation
- 05 Remembering Ajaan Suwat
- 04 The Observer
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- Full month zip
- 31 Effort in Time
- 30 Sober Up
- 28 The Lessons of Distraction
- 27 Balance & Release
- 25 Multi-dimensional Dhamma
- 24 Listen to Stress
- 21 Spending Your Last Night
- 20 The True Cause of Suffering
- 18 The Energy You Broadcast
- 16 Rehab Work
- 10 The Gift of Strength
- 06 The Gift of Meditation
- 05 Opportunities Everywhere
- 04 Properties
- 03 What It Takes
- 02 Don’t Be Afraid of Pleasure
- 01 Dhamma Books & the Actuality
- 2010
- December 2010
- Full month zip
- 31 Year-end Accounting
- 29 Not Siding with the Hindrances
- 28 Staying, Moving & Neither
- 27 High Level Goodwill
- 26 Ingenuity
- 25 Right Speech Inside
- 24 Right Resolve of the Breath
- 23 The Raft of Right View
- 22 The Range of Our Responsibility
- 21 Delight
- 20 At Home in Undisturbance
- 19 Strength Against Fear
- 17 Clinging & Feeding
- 16 Adjusting the Breath
- 15 Training Your Inner Critic
- 14 Use Your Imagination
- 13 Antidotes
- 10 The Ivory Intersection
- 09 Judgment & Ingenuity
- 08 Humane Mind, Intelligent Heart
- 07 Get Out of the Way
- 06 Alone with Your Mind
- 05 No One Size Fits All
- 04 Friendly Duties
- 02 Reliability
- November 2010
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- 30 Stop Shooting Yourself
- 28 Measuring Progress
- 27 Can All Beings Be Happy
- 26 Training the Committee
- 25 Beyond Gratitude
- 23 Encouraging Perceptions
- 22 Looking in Three Directions
- 19 Delusion Concentration
- 18 Guard Your Concentration
- 17 The Dhamma Protects
- 16 Mood Correction
- 15 Addictive Thinking
- 14 Merit
- 13 A Higher Happiness
- 11 Sorting Yourselves Out
- 04 Heightened Intent
- 03 Energy
- 02 Forgiveness
- 01 Motivation
- October 2010
- Full month zip
- 30 Accepting Freedom
- 29 Preconceived Notions of the Breath
- 27 The Truth of Transcendence
- 26 Alone & with Others
- 25 Be Observant
- 23 The Bowl of Oil
- 22 Working Through the Breath
- 21 Basic Breath, Basic Insight
- 20 A Committed Relationship
- 19 Looking After Yourself
- 18 Test Everything
- 16 Working from Home
- 14 The Karma of Perception
- 12 Gratitude & Trust
- 11 The Bases of Success
- 09 Chewed Up by Your Food
- 08 Hindrances
- 07 Levels of Truth
- 06 Broad, Tall & Deep
- 04 Skillful & Unskillful Clinging
- 02 The Breath All the Way (16 Steps)
- 01 A Centered but Broad Awareness
- September 2010
- Full month zip
- 30 Your Sense of Balance
- 28 Rhythms of the Mind
- 27 Thinking About Death
- 23 Developed in Body & Mind
- 22 Working Hypotheses
- 21 Hold On to your Frame of Reference
- 20 What to Trust & Respect Inside
- 16 Fortress Dhamma
- 15 Your Mind Is Lying to You
- 07 Be Bigger than Your Pains
- 06 On Your Own Two Feet
- 05 Top Priorities
- 03 Leaving Distractions Alone
- 02 The Inevitable Emergency
- 01 Lifting the Mind
- August 2010
- Full month zip
- 31 The Path Is Fabricated
- 30 Stay Principled
- 29 Friends Inside
- 27 Meditation for Young People
- 26 Against the Stream
- 25 Skills to Take Home
- 23 Off to a Good Start
- 22 Conviction & Confidence
- 21 Look at Yourself
- 20 Breath Training
- 19 Survival Dhamma
- 18 A Happiness that Spreads Around
- 17 Respect for Concentration
- 15 In Training
- 13 Why Mindfulness
- 11 The Larger View
- 10 Useful Thinking (sony)
- 09 Watch Your Breath (sony)
- 06 Inner Wealth
- 04 Teaching Yourself
- 03 Taking Charge
- 02 Goodwill for Bad People
- 01 Appreciating Merit
- July 2010
- Full month zip
- 31 Taking Responsibility
- 30 Things Don’t Have to Be This Way
- 28 The Buddha’s Basic Therapy
- 27 Harmony
- 26 Asalha Puja (sony)
- 25 The Best Place to Practice (lf)
- 24 A Master of Your Thoughts (lf)
- 23 Balanced & Whole (lf)
- 22 Explaining Cause & Effect (lf)
- 20 Stern Kindness (lf)
- 19 Aggregates as Actions (lf)
- 18 Spokes in the Dhamma Wheel
- 10 What You Can Do
- 09 Exercising Your Judgment
- 07 Fear of the Truth
- 06 An Exercise in Freedom
- 05 Emulating the Truth
- 04 Building on Your Strengths
- 03 Enlightenment Is Not a Hot Dog (sony)
- 02 Complexities of the Mind
- June 2010
- Full month zip
- 21 Time to Heal
- 20 Self Discipline
- 19 Reading the Body & Mind
- 18 The Need for Seclusion
- 17 To Discern Suffering
- 16 The Reality of Your Thoughts
- 07 An Elemental Mind
- 05 Insight into Pain
- 04 Quality Control
- 03 Strength of Body, Strength of Mind (sony)
- 02 Willing & Observing
- 01 Perfecting the Mind in an Imperfect World
- May 2010
- April 2010
- Full month zip
- 30 Three Levels of Effort
- 29 Looking for Balance
- 28 Desert Island Meditation
- 27 The Same for Everyone
- 26 Protection
- 25 Debt Service
- 23 Just Right
- 22 Off the Continuum
- 21 The Arrows of Emotion
- 20 Trust in Concentration
- 19 Loss
- 18 As You Like It
- 10 The No-Karma Zone
- 09 Pissing on Palaces
- 08 The Two Sides of Singleness
- 06 Stay
- 05 In Line with the Dhamma
- 02 A Sense of Time & Place
- 01 The Whole Story
- March 2010
- February 2010
- Full month zip
- 28 Magha Puja: Showing Respect with the Practice
- 27 Fabrication at the Breath
- 26 Fully Here
- 25 Matters of Life & Death
- 24 Thinking About Rebirth
- 22 Questioning & Acceptance
- 21 Diagnosing the Mind
- 20 Meditate Because You Have To
- 19 Facing Pain Straight-on
- 18 Beyond Inter-eating
- 17 Patience & Consistency
- 16 Befriending the Breath
- 15 Like a River Full of Water
- 13 A Mind Without Inertia
- 11 In the Details
- 10 Accepting the Buddha’s Standards
- 09 Recollection of Hell
- 08 Timeless Practice
- 07 Brahmaviharas at the Breath
- January 2010
- Full month zip
- 31 Success
- 30 Whatever Comes Up
- 29 Believing & Knowing
- 27 Factors for Awakening
- 26 Firmly Intent
- 25 Step Back & Watch
- 22 Comparing & Judging
- 21 Awe
- 20 The Large Canvas
- 19 Thinking & Evaluating
- 18 Whole Hearted Goodness
- 16 Your Gyroscope
- 15 Passion, Dispassion, Compassion
- 14 Count Your Blessings
- 12 The Buffet of the Senses
- 11 Using Your Many Minds
- 09 Capture Your Imagination
- 08 This Is a Test
- 07 Unentangled Compassion
- 06 Thinking & Objectifying
- 05 A Connoisseur of Happiness
- 03 Educating Equanimity
- 02 Freedom of Choice
- 01 As Days & Nights Fly Past
- 2009
- December 2009
- November 2009
- Full month zip
- 17 Healing Skills
- 15 Accepting the Way Out
- 14 A Happiness without Boundaries
- 13 Avoidance
- 11 Maybe the Buddha Knew Something
- 10 Skills of the Dhamma Wheel
- 09 The Power of Perception
- 07 Dealing with Confusion
- 06 Enthusiasm
- 04 The Importance of Being Truthful
- 03 Overconfidence & Underconfidence
- 02 Anapanasati Day
- 01 Light Merit
- October 2009
- Full month zip
- 31 A Meritorious Heart
- 29 Radiating Goodness
- 28 Right & Wrong Decisions
- 22 Training the Committee
- 21 Limitations
- 19 Two Kinds of Cross-Questioning
- 18 Cleaning Up Your Personal Environment
- 16 Prepare to Die
- 15 The Third Frame of Reference
- 13 Many I’s, Many Eyes
- 12 In Search of What’s Skillful
- 10 Healing & Protection
- 09 No Happiness Other than Peace
- 08 Don’t Objectify
- 07 Arising & Passing Away
- 06 The Challenge of Faith
- 04 Skillful Judgment
- 03 Ups & Downs
- 02 Sensuality
- 01 A Full Heart
- September 2009
- Full month zip
- 30 Who Are You Trying to Please
- 29 Three Levels of Evaluation
- 28 Recollecting the Devas
- 26 Factors for Awakening
- 25 Questioning Your Way to Certainty
- 24 Bringing Right Resolve
- 23 Enlarge Your Mind
- 22 Bursting Bubbles
- 21 The Second Frame of Reference
- 19 Gratitude to Things
- 18 Injustice
- 17 The Karma of Self
- 09 The Buddha’s Questions
- 07 In Earnest
- 06 The Good Side of Kamma
- 05 Mindfulness, the Gate Keeper
- 04 You Can’t Clone Awakening
- 03 Negotiating with the Committee
- 01 Universal Truths
- August 2009
- Full month zip
- 30 Heedful of Death
- 28 The Path to the Top
- 27 Investing in Noble Wealth
- 26 A Touchstone at the Breath
- 25 Self Knowledge
- 24 Breathing Easy
- 22 Strategic Friends
- 21 Dhamma Medicine for Free
- 20 Duties
- 19 The Limits of Control
- 18 The Karma of Not-self
- 17 Antidotes for Narcissism
- 16 May I Look After Myself with Ease
- 14 A Culture of Self-reliance
- 13 You’re Already Dead
- 12 Relate Everything to the Breath
- 11 A Pleasure Not to Be Feared
- 10 The Blood You’ve Shed
- 07 Safe Haven
- 06 Cross Questioning
- 05 The Need for Right View
- 04 Developing Discernment (oly)
- 03 Healing Breath
- 02 Heedful of What’s Precious
- 01 Beyond Natural Suffering
- July 2009
- Full month zip
- 30 Admirable Friendship
- 29 Views & Vision
- 28 Mindful to Be Skillful
- 27 A Total Training
- 26 Patience & Urgency
- 25 Respect for the Breath
- 24 Being Right
- 23 Concentration Nurtured with Virtue
- 21 Taking Charge
- 18 The Inner Monitor
- 17 Same but Different, but Same
- 15 Bare vs. Appropriate Attention
- 14 Focal Points
- 13 Jhana: Responsible Happiness
- 11 The Creator of Worlds
- 10 Your Highest Aspiration
- 08 Vows
- 07 The Middle Way
- 06 Comprehending Pain
- 05 Trust Your Desire for Happiness
- 04 Truthful & Observant
- 03 Eight Folds, One Path
- 02 Less Is More
- June 2009
- May 2009
- Full month zip
- 29 Self-starting
- 27 Animals in the Mind
- 26 The Mind in Good Shape
- 25 Strength of Conviction
- 17 The Fires of Sensuality
- 15 Getting Yourself
- 14 A Questioning Attitude
- 13 The Path Is & Isn’t the Goal
- 12 Imagining Freedom
- 11 Full Body Breath
- 09 Why We Train the Mind
- 08 The Buddha’s Narrative
- 07 Befriending the Breath
- 06 The Importance of Being Focused
- April 2009
- Full month zip
- 22 The Practice of Right View
- 20 A Soiled, Oily Rag: The Three Perceptions in Context
- 18 A Position of Strength
- 17 Three Virtues for the Mind
- 15 Faith in the Buddha’s Awakening
- 14 In Cahoots with Your Defilements
- 13 Shame & Acceptance
- 12 Appreciation
- 11 Mindful, Alert & Ardent
- 10 The Time & Place to Let Go
- 09 Wisdom for Dummies
- 07 The Five Hindrances
- 06 A Clean Break at Death
- 04 Learning from What You Do
- 03 Fear & Anger
- 02 Letting Go
- 01 Wise Choices
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- Full month zip
- 31 Circumspection
- 30 The Four Jhanas
- 29 The Limits of Old Kamma
- 27 Endurance Made Easier
- 23 Caring without Clinging
- 22 The Will to Awaken
- 21 Control from Within
- 20 Actualizing Your Potentials
- 19 A Trustworthy Mind
- 17 The Truth of Consistency
- 16 Inconstancy
- 13 Success on the Path
- 12 Balancing Tranquility & Insight
- 08 Thinking Your Way to Stillness
- 06 A Reading of Ajaan Lee: “Consciousnesses”
- 05 The Lotus in the Mud
- 04 The Resolve to Let Go
- 01 Abusing Pleasure & Pain
- 2008