A discussion forum for anyone interested in understanding the Buddha's teachings as found in all three baskets of the Tipitaka, the original record of the Buddha's word in the Theravada tradition, and as further elucidated in the ancient commentaries of that tradition.
The discussions include matters of both theory and practice, with the aim of developing precise understanding of the realities of the present moment.
The group started in Bangkok in the early 1970's under the guidance of the Thai Theravadin teacher Khun Sujin Boriharnwanaket.
This group will discuss the practice of insight (vipassana meditation and its application to everyday life. We will also consider various traditional (especially Theravada Buddhist) teachings, depending on the interests of the group. Discussions from beginners or those unfamiliar with these practices are welcomed.
A bibliography of the Sri Lankan form of Theravada, from the Journal of Buddhist Ethics.
Forest Meditation is a website dedicated to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. The main purpose of this website is to share Buddha's teachings with whomever that visits these pages, and also to share info on the temples that the webmaster has personal knowledge of. Most of what you find here is from the Theravada Tradition, specifically Thai Forest Tradition.
Theravada texts and suttas in Portuguese.
Nasceu em 1929 na província de Takeo no Camboja. Graduou-se em Phnom Penh, completou o doutorado na Universidade Nalanda, e participou do histórico Sexto Concílio de 1956. Tornou-se discípulo do Ven. Ajahn Dhammadaro na tradição das florestas da Thailândia, e de Nichidatsu Fujii, fundador do Nichiren Nipponzan Myohoji, um movimento japonês dedicado à paz no mundo. Maha Ghosananda tornou-se conhecido internacionalmente por seu trabalho pela paz, sendo chamado de "O Gandhi do Camboja".
The story and explanation of the term "Hinayana", by Kåre A. Lie.
This site by Bhikkhu Cintita Dinsmore is set up as a container for various writings centered around the project of a developing the bases of a vibrant Buddhist thought and practice to benefit American needs.
Blog mostly focused on the Pali suttas and meditation practice.
A list of Theravada temples in Vietnam.
The ninth Drona Stupa, which is said to be the site where the last rites of Lord Buddha were performed, has been located at Bhagwanganj village under Masaurih sub-division in Patna district.
An online edition of "A Chanting Guide," translated from Pali to English by Phra Ajaan Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Abbot of Wat Metta, and published by the Dhammayut Order in the United States of America. Includes Pali passages with English translations for various types of chants, including reflections and discourses.
See also: Lay Buddhist Practice
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khantipalo/wheel206.html
Jataka stories, translated by Robert Chalmers [1895].
First two volumes of full six-volume translation.
An exclusive website providing buddhist tour packages in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Also providing a complete information about Buddhist Pilgrimage packages, destinations and the life of the Buddha, His birth place, place of His enlightenment and His teachings.
Portal to most Czech Buddhist web sites, mainly Theravada.
A scholastic article by Rhys Davids, published in The Buddhist Review 1:1 1909. It examines various acpects of Buddhism with the dispassionate eye of Science, and compares that with Christianity and other ancient beliefs.
This course is designed to help you to learn the basics of Pali grammar and vocabulary through direct study of selections from the Buddhas discourses. It thus aims to enable you to read the Buddhas discourses in the original as quickly as possible. The textbook for the course is A New Course in Reading Pali: Entering the Word of the Buddha by James Gair and W.S. Karunatillake (1998, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi, India. ISBN 81-208-1440-1). The Pali grammatical tables were designed by Bhikkhu Nyanatusita.
Weekly Dhamma teleconference, moderated by Sinhala monks.
- The conference participants will be able to join the Dhamma discussion seamlessly with either a traditional telephone call or over internet Skype. In addition to the main Teleconference bridge in USA, participants from 10 European countries will have the option to use local telephone numbers to join the conference. The others can join the conference via Skype from anywhere in the world where there is a broadband internet connection.
This Map of India gives some perspective to the life of the Buddha and the monks as they wandered throughout the Ganges valley, or even further afield, to spread the teaching about the path to nibb?na.
In the borderlands of Thailand's Golden Triangle, a rugged region known for its drug smuggling and impoverished hill tribes, one monk devotes himself to the welfare of the region's children. 'Buddha's Lost Children' gives the term "grassroots Buddhism" new meaning, and in the end it's the children's journey we share, - their transformation from neglected village boys to self-confident novices.
