Thus Should You Train Yourselves | Evañhi Vo Sikkhitabbaṃ

by Ajahn Kovilo | Jun 11, 2024 | Ajahn Kovilo, Essays, Writings

Download PDF Download EPUB Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations Pabbajjā Going-Forth Hiri-ottappa Conscience and Concern Kāya-samācāro Bodily Conduct Vacī-samācāro Verbal Conduct Mano-samācāro Mental Conduct Ājīva-samācāro Conduct Regarding Livelihood Indriyesu...

Wellbeing Cascading: Radical Attention and Pāmojja (Wellbeing) on the Path to Peace

by Ajahn Kovilo | May 29, 2024 | Ajahn Kovilo, Essays, Writings

I. Introduction: The “Wellbeing Cascade” The Pāli Canon (Tipiṭaka) is the oldest record of the Buddha’s teachings and is the ultimate fount from which all Theravāda practitioners, including myself, draw inspiration, guidance, and meaning. This corpus of roughly forty...

The Metrics of Metta: Update on a Summer with Clear Mountain

by Ajahn Kovilo | Aug 13, 2023 | Newsletters

Counting Time – The Metrics of Metta: A Summer with Clear Mountain There are an infinite number of ways that we could count our time. In one discourse (AN 7.74), before going on to suggest that we should all meditate more, the Buddha does the math to creatively...

Counting Time – The Metrics of Metta: A Summer with Clear Mountain

by Ajahn Kovilo | Aug 11, 2023 | Ajahn Kovilo, Essays, Writings

“‘The days and nights are relentlessly passing; how well am I spending my time?’ This should be reflected upon again and again by one who has gone forth.”  (AN 10.48) Introduction There are an infinite number of ways that we could count our time. In one discourse (AN...

Ajahn Achalo – Full Interview | Intuiting Home; Love and Rest Between Vehicles; and Shrine Practice

by Ajahn Kovilo | Feb 9, 2023 | Talks

Ajahn Achalo – Full Interview | Intuiting Home; Love and Rest Between Vehicles; and Shrine Practice This is the full interview of Ajahn Achalo’s conversation with Ajahn Kovilo and Tan Nisabho on topics including “intuiting home”, “love...