Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

US Buddhist monk · United States · Born 1949 · age 76

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Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu is an American Buddhist monk and author. Belonging to the Thai Forest Tradition, he studied for ten years under the forest master Ajahn Fuang Jotiko. S. - which he cofounded with Ajahn Suwat Suvaco.

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2010“Sometimes you hear the idea that the ego is so corrupt that anything it tries to do is going to be corrupted as well.”In their wordsFull text onlineRead the whole statement

“There’s a passage where [the Buddha] contrasts his way of teaching with what he calls training in bombast.”In their wordsFull text onlineRead the whole statement

2004“You let go of the grosser forms of happiness, the grosser strategies for happiness, and get used to more and more refined ones.”In their wordsFull text onlineRead the whole statement

2003“Maybe you can't make the whole body comfortable, but make at least part of the body comfortable and stay with that part. As for the pains, let them be in the other part.”In their wordsFull text onlineRead the whole statement

“Society tends to slough off the problems of aging, illness, and death, tends to push them off to the side because other things seem more pressing.”In their wordsFull text onlineRead the whole statement

2002“The Interactive Present" (2002)”In their wordsRead the whole statement

1949Born28 December 1949

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Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

10 statements, newest first

Sometimes you hear the idea that the ego is so corrupt that anything it tries to do is going to be corrupted as well.
2010, Full text online, Own words
I remember when I first went to Singapore. I marveled at how planned everything was. But the sense of marvel was not totally positive.
2010, Full text online, Own words
There’s a passage where [the Buddha] contrasts his way of teaching with what he calls training in bombast.
2010, Full text online, Own words

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Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu is an American Buddhist monk and author. Belonging to the Thai Forest Tradition, he studied for ten years under the forest master Ajahn Fuang Jotiko. Since 1993, he has served as abbot of the Metta Forest Monastery in San Diego County, California - the first monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition in the U.S. - which he cofounded with Ajahn Suwat Suvaco.

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Born 1949 · age 76

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