Author: Dhamma Nanda

GLOSSARY OF PĀLI TERMS Included in this list are Pāli terms that appear in the text as well as some

Appendix B. PASSAGE ON VEDANĀ FROM THE SUTTAS   In his discourses the Buddha frequently referred to the importance of awareness of

Appendix A. THE IMPORTANCE OF VEDANĀ IN THE TEACHING OF THE BUDDHA   The teaching of the Buddha is a system for

The Striking of the Clock   I feel very fortunate that I was born in Burma, the land of Dhamma,

Questions and Answers   QUESTION: May we tell others about the meditation? N. GOENKA: Certainly. There is no secrecy in

Chapter 10. THE ART OF LIVING Of all our preconceptions about ourselves, the most basic is that there is a self.

Questions and Answers   QUESTION: I wonder whether we can treat obsessive thoughts in the same way that we treat

Filling the Bottle of Oil   A mother sent her son with an empty bottle and a ten-rupee note to

Chapter 9. THE GOAL   “Whatever has the nature of arising also has the nature of cessation.”1 The experience of this

Nothing But Seeing   There lived a recluse near where Bombay now stands, a very saintly man. All who met

Questions and Answers   QUESTION: This afternoon I tried a new position in which it was easy to sit for

Chapter 8. AWARENESS AND EQUANIMITY   Awareness and equanimity—this is Vipassana meditation. When practised together, they lead to liberation from suffering.