Awesome Theravada 
Theravada is a
branch of Buddhism that draws its doctrine from the Pāli Canon, one of
the oldest surviving records of the Buddha’s teachings.
Contents
Academic
Articles
- Allowing Things to
Arise - How to handle the desire to get rid of negative mind
states.
- Grasping and
Clining - The four different kinds of attachment and how to
eliminate the causes of those attachments.
- Letting Go - Letting
go through contemplation, explained with concrete examples.
- ThoughtCo -
Clear and well-written series on Buddhism by Barbara O’Brien, with many
references to the Pāli Canon.
Blogs
Books
Dhamma Talks
Audio
- BuddhaNet -
Sample of talks from teachers of several traditions, both lay and
ordained.
- Buddhist Society of Western
Australia - Talks from the BSWA organized by teacher and
category.
- dhamma.audio - Library of
teachings from a wide variety of places, sortable by teacher and
collection.
- dhammatalks.org - English
translations of suttas, audio talks, and books by Thanissaro
Bhikkhu.
- Tisarana -
Recorded talks from Tisarana Buddhist Monastery in Canada.
Forums
Organizations
- Forest Sangha - Home of the
international monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn
Chah.
- Sirimangalo International
- Teachings on meditation and Buddhism in audio, video, and printed
format. It is also a meditation centre located in Hamilton,
Ontario.
Pali
- Pali
Tutor - Practice declensions, conjugations, and vocabulary.
- Pronunciation -
Single page guide on the Pali alphabet and its pronunciation.
- Bhikkhu
Bodhi’s A Course in the Pali Language - Designed to help you to
learn the basics of Pali grammar and vocabulary through direct study of
selections from the Buddha’s discourses. It aims to enable you to read
the Buddha’s discourses in the original as quickly as possible.
- Buddha Vacana
- This website is dedicated to those who wish to understand better the
words of the Buddha by learning the basics of Pali language, but who
don’t have much time available for it.
- Pali
Suffixes - List of the different ways words can end, from the Pali
Dictionary by Kogen Mizuno.
- Basic
Pāli Noun Declension (PDF) - Cheatsheet with the various forms that
nouns can take.
- Pali
Verbal Endings (PDF) - Cheatsheet with verbal endings based on
tense.
- Morphological
analyzer and generator for Pali (PDF) - First step in the direction
of the morphological analysis of Pali.
- Chant Pali - Helpful guides for
chanting and learning the most common Pali phrases, broken down
line-by-line and syllable-by-syllable.
- Pratyeka - Comprehensive
study of Pali through three textbooks.
Places
Monasteries
- Abhayagiri - Redwood
Valley, California - Environment in which individuals and families are
given the opportunity to be in contact with the principles of the
Buddha’s teachings.
- Amaravati - Hertfordshire,
England - Place of practice for monks and nuns in the Forest
Tradition.
- Aruna Ratanagiri -
Northumberland, England - Forest Tradition monastery headed by abbot
Ajahn Munindo.
- Atammayatarama Buddhist
Monastery - Woodinville, Washington - Theravada monastery that
offers free services, books, and meditation sessions.
- Bodhinyanarama -
Wellington, New Zealand - Sanctuary in a wooded valley that serves as a
monastic residence and public area for Buddhist events.
- Buddha Bodhivana - East
Warburton, Victoria, Australia - Forest monastery in a small town.
- Cittaviveka - Hampshire,
England - Primarily a residence for monks and nuns.
- Dhamma Vihara - Veracruz,
Mexico - Facilitates group and individual meditation retreats.
- Dhammapala -
Kandersteg, Switzerland - Quiet monastery in the mountains.
- Mosteiro Suddhavāri - São
Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Forest Tradition monastery with Ajahn
Mudito as its resident monastic.
- Sitavana - Forest Monastary,
Kamloops, British Columbia - Forest Tradition monastery with Ajahn Sona
as abbot.
- Temple Forest Monastery -
Temple, New Hampshire - Balance of wilderness, seclusion, and
accessibility.
- Wat Nong Pah Pong
- Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand - Forest monastery established by the
venerable Ajahn Chah.
- Wat Pah Nanachat - Ubon
Ratchathani, Thailand - Where English-speakers can practice the simple
lifestyle as taught by the Buddha.
Temples
- Wat San Fran - San Francisco,
California - Temple for learning, celebrating Buddhist holidays, as well
as experiencing Thai culture.
Hermitages
- Hillside Hermitage -
Small hermitage for monks of the Forest Tradition near the Knuckles
mountain range in Sri Lanka.
- Pacific Hermitage - White
Salmon, Washington - Small monastery where monks can devote time to
study and meditation.
- The Forest Hermitage -
Warwickshire, England - Headquarters of the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy
Organisation.
Meditation Centers
Russian Language
- Dhamma.ru - A variety of
resources.
- Theravada.ru - An introduction to
Theravada Buddhism from the St. Petersburg community.
Suttas
Individual Suttas
Resources
- Access to Insight -
Translations of over one thousand suttas from the Pali Canon.
- Ancient Buddhist
Texts - Original texts, translations, and Pali material.
- Apadāna (Legends of the
Buddhist Saints) - Complete translation of six hundred
autobiographical poems ascribed to the accomplished Buddhas and Arahants
of the early Buddhist community.
- dhammadāna - Learn about the
Buddha’s original teachings in French, English, Italian, Burmese, and
Japanese.
- Dhammapada
- Short verses that summarize the essential principles of the Buddha’s
teachings.
- Parallel
Reading of the Dhammapada - Read and compare multiple versions of
the Dhammapada side-by-side.
- Sādhu! - World directory
of physical locations and websites.
- SuttaCentral - Early
Buddhist texts, translations, and parallels in many languages.
Videos
Individual Videos
- Ask A Monk:
Divorce - Discussion of divorce that leads back to the fundamentals
of Buddhism.
- Ask A Monk:
Life Partners - Suffering does not come from not getting what you
want, but from the wanting itself.
- Dana en Wat
Pah Nanachat - A walk through of daily life at Wat Pah Nanachat,
focusing on the topic of generosity and the role it plays in Buddhist
life. (Español with English subtitles)
- The Mindful
Way - BBC documentary about the life and function of a Buddhist
monastery of the Forest Tradition in Thailand.
YouTube Channels
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