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You will find listed here all the titles we currently have available. This list will be updated when new publications appear. These books are for free distribution. They must not be sold. They have been made available through the faith, effort and generosity of people who wish to share the understanding they contain with whomever is interested. This act of freely offering is itself part of what makes this a 'Dhamma publication', teachings based on spiritual values. On following pages you will find details of the possibilities for obtaining these books. Particularly on the distribution page under about you can read details about delivery options, including details about contributing to postage costs. You will also find details under limitations indicating the number of books that can be requested. |
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The Stillness of Being | Ajahn Viradhammo
Selected talks by Ajahn Viradhammo, Abbot of Tisarana monastery in Canada
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Parami, Ways to Cross Life's Floods | Ajahn Sucitto
Parami – ‘perfections,’ or transcendent virtues – are daily life practices that give the mind a firm ground in Dhamma. Comprising simple qualities like patience, generosity and truthfulness, they can be skilfully applied to the ‘flash-points’ in the day in order to steer the mind out of samsaric currents and on towards peace, clarity and nibbāna.
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Mindfulness, Precepts and Crashing in the Same Car | Ajahn Jayasaro
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Daughters and Sons | Ajahn Jayasaro
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Contemplations on the Seven Factors of Awakening | Ajahn Thiradhammo
This book is based on a series of talks on the Seven Factors of Awakening given at Bodhinyanarama Monastery in New Zealand during the Rains Retreat in 2007.
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Forest Sangha Desk Calendar 2013 | Calendars
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Inner Listening | Ajahn Amaro
This booklet describes a meditation practice often employed by Ajahn Sumedho, and found in various spiritual traditions, but which is not widely known in the Southern Buddhist world. It is a method that can support the qualities of both calm and insight, and has been found to be of great benefit to many people over the centuries.
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Forest Sangha Wall Calendar 2013 | Calendars
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah - Single Volume | Ajahn Chah
The complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distribution. These same talks are also available in the three volumes below.
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 1 - Daily Life Practice | Ajahn Chah
The first book in the three volume set of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distribution.
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 2 - Formal Practice | Ajahn Chah
The second book in the three volume set of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distribution.
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 3 - Renunciant Practice | Ajahn Chah
The third book in the three volume set of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distribution.
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Bodhinyana | Ajahn Chah
This was the first compilation of a series of translated talks by Ajahn Chah. After its initial printing in 1979 it has been reprinted many times. The book contains talks on daily-life practice, formal practice as well as a session of questions and answers.
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A Taste of Freedom | Ajahn Chah
This collection of ten talks, given by Ajahn Chah in Thailand and England, was was one of the earliest publications - 1991 - having been translated from the Thai language by the Sangha of Wat Pah Nanachat.
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Food for the Heart | Ajahn Chah
This is a collection of ten transcribed talks given by Ajahn Chah mainly to the monastic community in Thailand.
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Living Dhamma | Ajahn Chah
This is a collection of nine transcribed Dhamma talks given by Ajah Chah to the lay community as well as to the monastic community in Thailand.
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Everything Is Teaching Us | Ajahn Chah
New and revised translations of Ajahn Chah's teachings by Paul Breiter. These talks offer guidance in using all situation to deepen training.
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On Meditation | Ajahn Chah
A collection of clear and precise teachings by Ajahn Chah on using various meditation tools. These teachings are extracts from longer talks printed in full elsewhere.
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In Simple Terms | Ajahn Chah
Translated from the Thai language by Ajahn Thanissaro, this is a collection of similes and short stories extracted from recorded teachings of Ajahn Chah.
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Walking with Awareness | Ajahn Liem
A Guide to Walking Meditation
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The Way It Is | Ajahn Sumedho
This book contains a collection of teachings of Ajahn Sumedho given to people who are familiar with the conventions of Theravada Buddhism and have some experience of meditation. Most of the chapters are edited from talks given during retreats for lay people or for Ajahn Sumedho's monastic disciples, so they require some careful attention and are best read in sequence.
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Now is the Knowing | Ajahn Sumedho
Three Dhamma talks by Ajahn Sumedho given during the early years of establishing Theravada Buddhist Monasteries in Britain. These talks consider the way we relate to the Three Refuges, using the basic meditation on Mindfulness of Breathing and reaching for Nibbana, the goal.
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Cittaviveka | Ajahn Sumedho
Cittaviveka is a pali term meaning 'the mind of non-attachment'. Cittaviveka is also the name of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery in West Sussex, UK, the first forest-sangha monastery in Britain. The transcribed talks cover a wide range of subjects including the process of integrating Buddhism into the West, developing skilful means in practice and the relationship with a teacher.
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The Four Noble Truths | Ajahn Sumedho
A small booklet of edited talks given by Ajahn Sumedho on the central teaching of the Buddha: that the unhappiness of humanity can be overcome through spiritual means.
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Intuitive Awareness | Ajahn Sumedho
These transcribed talks by Ajahn Sumedho convey an intuitive understanding of the Buddha's teaching which has arisen from the author's many years of practice as a Buddhist monk.
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Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless | Ajahn Sumedho
Mindfulness – Path to the Deathless is a collection of talks by Ajahn Sumedho gathered together and published in the 1980s in order to present his teachings on meditation practice. This book provides clear guidance on meditation and making one's life a practice of the Buddha's Way.
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The Island: Teachings on Nibbana | Ajahn Pasanno & Ajahn Amaro
This presentation by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro is a small compendium of the 'essence teachings' of the Buddha, as they appear in the Pali Canon and have been conveyed by the lineages that rely upon them (the Thai forest tradition in particular).
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Broad View - Boundless Heart | Ajahn Pasanno & Ajahn Amaro
Transcribed talks of Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. Ajahn Pasanno describes the practice of the Brahmaviharas - loving-kindness, compassion, empathy and equanimity. Ajahn Amaro offers an overview of Theravada Buddhism and Ajahn Chah's teaching of Right View in this tradition.
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Meditation: A Way of Awakening | Ajahn Sucitto
This book addresses the questions, why meditate and how to meditate? The guidance offered is relvant to all those who cultivate the inner life.
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Great Patient One | Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
This book is the sequel to Rude Awakenings. It records the seven hundred mile journey on foot, of Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott as they spent six months together in the Middle Land of the Buddha, as well as a long loop into Nepal and the Himalayas. The arduous nature of the pilgrimage, both physically and psychologically, 'gives the reader a taste of Dhamma off the cushion and on the road'.
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Kamma and the End of Kamma | Ajahn Sucitto
This book explores a range of ways in which the principle of kamma - of cause and effect - can be seen as underlying the Buddha's teaching in all aspects of life. Often seen as a teaching on morality, kamma has its most transformative fruition in meditation.
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Rude Awakenings | Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
Rude Awakenings records a journey by Ajahn Sucitto of Cittiviveka Monastery in West Sussex, UK and Nick Scott. They spent six months together retracing the Buddha's footsteps in India, along with many detours and sidetracks both physical and psychological. The alternating versions of what each of them perceived of their outside world presents a vision of each human being's pilgrimage through life.
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Simple Kindness | Ajahn Candasiri
This book provides an introduction to the basic teachings (the Four Noble Truths, Brahma Viharas, Mindfulness, Spiritual Faculties, etc.) along with supports for practice (The Refuges and Precepts).
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Introduction to Insight Meditation | Ajahn Sucitto
A brief guide suitable for anyone setting out to develop meditation. It deals with the correct attitude, body posture and ways of integrating meditation into daily life.
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Discipline and Conventions | Ajahn Sucitto
A guide to monastic convention and how they apply to interaction between monks, nuns, and the lay community.
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Rituals and Observances | Ajahn Sucitto & Ajahn Candasiri
Based upon talks given at Cittaviveka by Ajahns Sucitto and Candasiri.
Meditation alone is not a guaranteed entry into the sublime. This booklet is about the recognition and cultivation of skilful means whereby we bring emotive forces into our daily lives.Available as: PDF 
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Unexpected Freedom | Ajahn Munindo
Sixteen transcribed talks given by Ajahn Munindo, mostly at Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery in Northumberland where he is resident abbot.
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A Dhammapada for Contemplation | Ajahn Munindo
The ancient texts of the Dhammapada rendered into accessible English as themes for personal contemplation.
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Dhammapada Reflections - Vol. One | Ajahn Munindo
Fifty-two verses from the Dhammapada with brief contemplations.
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Mara and the Mangala | Ajahn Amaro
This story is intended to be both a partner to the novel 'The Pilgrim Kamanita,' written by Karl Gjellerup in 1906, and a tale that stands on its own. There is no need to have read the earlier book in order to make sense of this one.
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Finding the Missing Peace | Ajahn Amaro
This booklet, describing meditation tools and techniques for beginners in a series of lessons, is based on a six week series of classes given in Mendicino, California, in 2002
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Small Boat, Great Mountain | Ajahn Amaro
Ajahn Amaro reflects on the teachings of The Natural Great Perfection from the Dzogchen teachings and compares it with those familiar in the Pali Canon and in the Thai Forest Tradition.
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Silent Rain | Ajahn Amaro
This book is an account of a 'tudong' walk through England, made by Ajahn Amaro in 1983. It was previously published in a shorter book called Tudong:The Long Road North.
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When Everything is Said | Ajahn Abhinando
A book of poems in German with English translations.
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Friends on the Path | Ajahn Sundara & Ajahn Candasiri
A compilation of eleven Dhamma talks by two of the senior nuns in the Western Forest Sangha.
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Seeing the Way - Vol. Two | Various Ajahns 2011
Following the style of the first volume of Seeing the Way, this volume two presents an anthology of transcribed talks from eighteen senior monks and nuns in Ajahn Chah's monasteries.
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Morning and Evening Chanting | Chanting
Daily chanting used in Ajahn Chah's branch monasteries.
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Forest Sangha Calendar 2012 | Calendars
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Tutto Insegna | Ajahn Chah
Questi discorsi contengono le linee guida per approfondire la pratica, utilizzando qualsiasi situazione.
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Le Quattro Nobili Verita | Ajahn Sumedho
Un libretto con le trascrizioni dei discorsi di Ajahn Sumedho, relativi all'insegnamento essenziale del Buddha: c'è una via spirituale che permette di superare l'infelicità umana.
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Consapevolezza: la via oltre la morte | Ajahn Sumedho
Scopo di questo libro è offrire istruzioni chiare e spunti di riflessione sulla meditazione buddhista.
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Primi Passi In Buddhismo E Meditazione | Ajahn Sucitto
Una breve guida, adatta a chiunque voglia sviluppare la pratica meditativa. Suggerisce la giusta attitudine, la posizione del corpo e i modi per integrare la meditazione con la vita di tutti i giorni. Inizia con una breve spiegazione del Buddismo.
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Dhammapada Per La Contemplazione (Italian) | Ajahn Munindo
Gli antichi testi del Dhammapada, tradotti in un linguaggio semplice, come temi per la contemplazione individuale.
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Piccola Barca, Grande Montagna | Ajahn Amaro
Ajahn Amaro riflette sugli insegnamenti della Grande Perfezione Naturale nella tradizione Dzogchen, e li confronta con quelli più familiari del canone pali e della Tradizione Tailandese della Foresta
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A Gift of Dhamma (Chinese) | Ajahn Chah
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Food for the Heart (Chinese) | Ajahn Chah
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Our Real Home (Chinese) | Ajahn Chah
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Still, Flowing Water (Chinese) | Ajahn Chah
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Why We Are Here (Chinese) | Ajahn Chah
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Tako jednostavno (Serbian) | Ajahn Chah
108 poređenja o Dhammi
Ađan Ča
Prevod Branislav Kovačević
(Serbian translation of In Simple Terms)Available as: EPUB MOBI 
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Plena Atencao (Portuguese) | Ajahn Sumedho
O objectivo deste livro e proporcionar uma instrucao clara e uma reflexao sobre meditacao budista, tal como e ensinada por Ajahn Sumedho, um bhikkhu (monge) da tradicao Theravada.
(Portuguese translation of Mindfulness - The Path to the Deathless)Available as: EPUB PDF MOBI 
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As Quatro Nobres Verdades (Portuguese) | Ajahn Sumedho
Este livro foi compilado e editado a partir de palestras proferidas pelo Veneravel Ajahn Sumedho acerca do ensinamento central do Buddha - que a infelicidade humana pode ser transcendida atraves do caminho espiritual.
(Portuguese Translation of The Four Noble Truths)Available as: EPUB MOBI 
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Dhammapada - Reflexoes (Portuguese) | Ajahn Munindo
52 versos do Dhammapada com comentarios de Ajahn Munindo
(Portuguese translation of Dhammapada Reflections)Available as: EPUB MOBI 
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Dhammapada Reflexionen (German) | Ajahn Munindo
52 Verse aus dem Dhammapada mit Kommentaren von Ajahn Munindo
(German translation of Dhammapada Reflections)Available as: EPUB MOBI 
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Die Vier Edlen Wahrheiten (German) | Ajahn Sumedho
Eine kleine Sammlung bearbeiteter Vorträge von Ajahn Sumedho über die zentrale Lehre des Buddha: dass das Unglücklichsein durch spirituelle Praxis überwunden werden kann.
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Un Dhammapada para la Contemplacion (Spanish) | Ajahn Munindo
Los antigous textos del Dhammapada presentados en un castellano sencillo para reflexionar.
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