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Buddha in the Jungle by Kamala Tiyavanich. From her research of Buddhism in Thailand, extending back to the earliest written records of previous centuries, you see a very wide range of meditation practices in use. You read how the forest lineages included healers, educators, schoolteachers, priests, peacemakers, and meditators; some were soothsayer
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The Theravada system of practice prevails in South and Southeast Asia in the countries of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia. This book deals with Theravada practice.
Henepola Gunaratana • Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition
Central Indian city of Patna, on the banks of the Ganges. This was the court of Samudragupta the Great (r. 335–375).
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
The Sanskrit word used here, kushala (auspicious), is derived from kusha, which is the name of the sacred grass used in ancient India by priests and fortune-tellers to assist them in gaining entrance to the unknown. This grass was also used by the Buddha and others for their meditation cushions.
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
Devipuram—“The Goddess’s Abode”—the temple complex that Guruji had spent more than three decades building up from almost nothing in the rural wilds of eastern India.