Tác giả: Bill Crecelius

Tôi đã học được cách giữ vững và phát triển sự hành thiền của mình. Tôi muốn chia sẻ những kinh nghiệm này với bạn. Trước hết như một người độc thân sống ở một nơi không có thiền giả nào khác, rồi sống ở một nơi có nhiều bạn thiền sinh Vipassana khác, và cuối cùng như một người đã lập gia đình sống với một người bạn đời Dhamma, tôi đã thích nghi đời mình vào cuộc sống Dhamma. Con đường của bậc tu sĩ rất cao quý. Người ta nói rằng con đường của các vị thật rõ ràng, bằng phẳng và dễ đi. Nó vươn cao trên đám bùn lầy, không có sỏi đá, sắc nhọn hay chông gai. Thật không may, đây không phải là trường hợp dành cho các cư sĩ tội nghiệp như chúng ta. Cuộc sống của chúng ta bị ràng buộc bởi trách nhiệm ngoài đời, công việc, quan hệ gia đình và nợ nần nhà cửa. Không giống như các tu sĩ, con đường của chúng ta đầy trở ngại và phiền nhiễu của thế gian… Chính vì lý do đó mà tôi nghĩ 8 cuốn Cẩm Nang Của Một Thiền Giả này có thể giúp ích cho các thiền sinh Vipassana trên con đường thanh lọc tâm..

Tải sách ebook bản song ngữ Anh-Việt tại đây: Cẩm Nang Của 1 Thiền Giả

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Các videos cuốn sách: Cẩm Nang Của 1 Thiền Giả Vipassana 

Các audios cuốn sách: A Meditator’s Handbook (tiếng Anh)

Các audios cuốn sách: Cẩm Nang Của 1 Thiền Giả Vipassana (tiếng Việt)

Mangal sutta & Explanation Ebook

Pali vocabulary from the 10-day vipassana courses as taught by S.N. Goenka.

Publisher’s Preface
This Pali Workbook is an indirect outgrowth of the annual Pali studies program held at the Vipassana Research Institute in Igatpuri, India. Since 1986 small groups of Vipassana students have gathered at VRI each year in October, as the monsoon is ending, to begin a year of study of the P±li language and to give service at the adjoining meditation center, Dhamma Giri.

The Pali passages used by Mr. S. N. Goenka in his evening discourses from the tenday course of Vipassana meditation make a naturally inspiring source of material for study by these students. This workbook is a collection of some of the most familiar
passages from these discourses of Goenkaji. They are naturally also some of the most familiar passages from the Pali Canon, so they should provide the same inspiration for any beginning student of the language used by the Buddha, whether or not they have
had the opportunity to learn the Dhamma from Goenkaji.

The workbook can be used as a simple vocabulary review, helping one to draw inspiration from the teaching of the Buddha by gaining greater familiarity with the meaning of his words. It also has extensive grammatical charts at the back, and the exercises gradually lead a diligent student to use the charts as a way of self-instruction in the grammar of Pali. For a Pali language student these grammatical charts will be valuable reference tools as he or she proceeds beyond this introductory workbook to more demanding textbooks.

One of the most distinctive features of the Pali Workbook is that the vocabulary is defined as it is introduced not only by simple lists of English equivalents, but also by excerpts drawn from Goenkaji’s ten-day discourses. The excerpts serve to place the passage from which the vocabulary is drawn in its rich context of actual practice of the Dhamma. This, after all, is ultimately the purpose of studying the words of the Buddha— to invigorate and guide our practice.

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: Pali Workbook

Marla Sutherland

Having lost her way at thirty, Marla abandoned a frenetic, addictive lifestyle to seek a new direction. A chance encounter pointed her toward the East: Nepal – a mountainous kingdom that beckoned with visions of Shangri-La, and India – a vast and exotic land where she experienced ten days of Noble Silence in a Vipassana meditation course that would forever change her life.

Stepping out of an expected life into an unimagined one, Marla traversed the landscape of India and trekked into the Himalayas of Nepal, only to discover it was the inner journey that would illuminate a path to self-knowledge, wisdom and peace.

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: Walking Still – From The Heights Of Hymalayas To Depths Of The Mind

John E. Coleman

A fascinating, engaging, and unique memoir, this story covers John Coleman’s life after his cover is blown as a CIA agent in Asia in the late 1950s, leading him to embark on a vigorous pursuit of spiritual truth. In his travels through India, Burma, Japan, and Thailand, he encounters luminous teachers such as Krishnamurti, Maharishi, and D.T. Suzuki. Ultimately, his search for peace of mind and liberating insights comes to fruition in Yangon–also known as Rangoon–under the tutelage of the great Vipassana meditation master Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: The Quiet Mind

Kory Goldberg & Michelle Décary

Full of practical and inspiring information for meditators who plan to visit the sacred sites where the Buddha lived and taught in India and Nepal, this unique guidebook provides a rich anthology of stories relating to each of the sites, as well as helpful maps, creative artwork, and spiritual narratives from experienced travelers. Each site entry includes insider information and tips with detailed descriptions of transportation, accommodation, and local cuisine; suggested excursions and activities in the vicinity; and highlights of established Vipassana mediation centers best suited to accommodate visiting meditators. This second edition has been updated and revised to feature newly discovered pilgrimage sites and a few more stories from the Pali canon.

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: Along The Path – The Meditator’s Companion To Pilgrimage In The Buddha’s India And Nepal

Paul R. FLeischman, M.D

These eight essays explore the interface between psychiatry, science, and the timeless teachings of the Buddha. Drawn from the personal experiences of a therapist and practitioner of Vipassana meditation, this work explores meditation’s similarities and differences with psychotherapeutic and scientific endeavors. In the title essay, parallels are drawn between the atomic synthesis of free choice and lawful consequence in Chaos Theory and karma, offering contemporary insights into one of Buddhism’s core concepts. The empirical roots of meditation, its relevance to daily life, and the challenges and benefits of daily practice of Vipassana medi.

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: Karma And Chaos – New And Collected Essay On Vipassana Meditation

By Sayagyi U Ba Khin

This booklet contains the transcriptions of a series of three lectures given in 1951 by Sayagyi U Ba Khin. The lectures were given at the request of a religious study group headed by two Americans. They contain a summary of the life of the Buddha and his teachings. 

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: What Buddhism Is

Maung Htin Aung

The tales contained in this collection were first told in the dark decade of Burmese history (1876–85) during the coming event of the British conquest. The stories combine exotic background with strong details that offer the Western reader both a picture of Burma in the nineteenth century and an understanding of the basic good sense, gaiety, and gentleness of the Burmese people and the Buddhist clergy. The characters that appear in the book illustrate timeless truths about human nature, which today’s reader can apply to existing people and situations. For the first time since the eleventh century the future of Burmese Buddhism became uncertain, and there was widespread fear, both in Upper Burma still under a Burmese king and in Lower Burma already under British rule, that the final fall of the Burmese kingdom would result in the total extinction of both the national religion and the Burmese way of life. Told with the purpose of allaying this anxiety and fear, these tales give a full and faithful résumé and appraisal of the position of Burmese Buddhism on the eve of the British conquest of 1886.

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: Burmese Monks Tales

The Buddhist Writings Of Niyanapolika Thera

Edited with an Introduction by Bikkhu Bodhi

Foreword by Erich Fromm

This volume brings between two covers the author’s original writings from the BPS’s Wheel and Bodhi Leaves series. These writings offer one of the most mature, comprehensive, and authoritative expressions of Buddhism by a contemporary Western monk. 

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: The Vision Of Dhamma

How To Untie Knots – Vipassana Research Institute

Bill Crecelius

Bill Crecelius has written a straightforward, practical guide for those who seek to establish themselves in Vipassana meditation. He is an experienced Vipassana Teacher who was one of Goenkaji s earliest Western students. Drawing on his own long experience in the practice, A Meditator s Handbook is full of encouragement, homey examples and vivid illustrations. It contains a wealth of sound friendly advice. It is recommended for any Vipassana meditator, and especially for those who have just started practicing. 

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: A Meditator’s Handbook

Nanamoli Bhikkhu

Composed entirely of texts from the Pali canon, this unique biography presents the oldest authentic record of the Buddha’s life and revolutionary philosophy. The ancient texts are rendered here in a language marked by lucidity and dignity, and a framework of narrators and voices connect the canonical texts. Vivid recollections of his personal attendant Ananda and other disciples bring the reader into the Buddha’s presence, where his example offers profound inspiration and guidance on the path to freedom. 

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: The Life Of The Buddha

Way To The End Of Suffering – Bodhi Bhikkhu

Bhikkhu Bodhi

This book offers a clear, concise account of the Eightfold Path prescribed to uproot and eliminate the deep underlying cause of suffering—ignorance. Each step of the path is believed to cultivate wisdom through mental training, and includes an enlightened and peaceful middle path that avoids extremes. 

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: The Noble Eightfold Path

Sayagyi U Ba Khin

A Special Edition of the Mahabodhi Journal on my Teacher’s Teacher – Sayagyi U Ba Khin It carries short articles by Sayagyi’s Disciples, as well as some by his disciple’s disciples. Some of them are – Guruji Shri. S N Goenka, U Ko Lay, Daw May Sein, Shri. Dayanand Mangalchand Adukia, Zeya Maung, Elizabeth Nottingham, Vimala Goenka, Francis Story, Dr. Om Prakash, Winston King, Robert Hover, John Coleman, Jocclyn King, Khit Sann Maung, Maung Ye Lwin, U Chit Tin, Dr. U Rewatadhamma, Lakshminarayan Rathi, & students of Guruji S N Goenka. 

Tải Sách Ebook Tại Đây: The Maha Bodhi Journal

Sayagyi U Ba Khin

Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta — Impermanence, suffering and Egolessness — are the three essential characteristics of things in the Teaching of the Buddha. If you know Anicca correctly, you will know Dukkha as its corollary and Anatta as ultimate truth. It takes time to understand the three together.

Impermanence (anicca) is, of course, the essential fact which must be first experienced and understood by practice. Mere book-knowledge of the Buddha-Dhamma will not be enough for the correct understanding of Anicca because the experiential aspect will be missing. It is only through experiential understanding of the nature of Anicca as an ever-changing process within you that you can understand Anicca in the way the Buddha would like you to understand it. As in the days of the Buddha, so too now, this understanding of Anicca can be developed by persons who have no book-knowledge whatsoever of Buddhism.

To understand Impermanence (anicca) one must follow strictly and diligently the Eightfold Noble Path, which is divided into the three groups of Sila, Samadhi and Pañña — Morality, Concentration and Wisdom. Sila, or virtuous living, is the basis for Samadhi, control of the mind leading to one-pointedness. It is only when Samadhi is good that one can develop Pañña. Therefore, Sila and Samadhi are the prerequisites for Pañña. By Pañña is meant the understanding of Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta through the practice of Vipassana, i.e., insight meditation.

TẢI SÁCH BOOK TẠI ĐÂY: The Essentials Of Buddha Dhamma In Meditative Practice

By The Venerable Ledi Sayadaw

INTRODUCTION

In compliance with the request of the Pyinmana Myo-ok Maung Po Mya and Trader Maung Hla, during the month of Nayon, 1266 Burmese Era (June, 1904 C.E.), I shall state concisely the meaning and intent of the thirty-seven Bodhipakkhiya-dhammas, the Requisites of Enlightenment.

Four Types of Capacity for Path Attainment

It is stated in the Puggala-Pannatti (the “Book of Classification of Individuals”, 160; Abhidhamma Pitaka) and in the Anguttara Nikàya (The Fours, No. 133) that, of the beings who encounter the Sàsana, i.e. the Teaching of the Buddha, four classes can be distinguished, viz.:

1. Ugghàtitannu,
2. Vipancitannu,
3. Neyya, and
4. Padaparama.

TẢI SÁCH BOOK TẠI ĐÂY: The Requisites Of Enlightment