Thudong Monks To bring to the mind’s eye the monks and hermits of the Thai Forest Tradition, see The Thai Buddhist Forest, Thudong: Forest Monks and Hermits of Thailand. It is a quite beautiful, wordless slideshow with an excellent musical soundtrack (1:10:20). From Thudong: Forest Monks and Hermits of Southeast Asia, we are told . . . wandering elders or masters with […]
Inspiring Imagery To set the stage, let’s begin with some inspiring imagery. First, there is Seen in Their True Light (from Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery‘s Books section) Ajahn Jayasaro offers selections from the Dhammapada and his own teachings interspersed with beautiful photos inspiring dhamma reflection Download this free PDF, sit back, relax, take a deep breath or two, and explore the thoughts and […]
The Thai Forest Tradition Thai Forest Monks (Ti Rai Pah village, Tung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary, Thailand) Buddhism is estimated to be some 2500 years old. As it spread, different schools arose. There are now essentially at least three Buddhisms based on different scriptural canons. There is Theravāda Buddhism based on the Pāli Canon, the East Asian tradition, centered on the […]