Theravada

Find everyday calmness and clarity with simple mindfulness meditations and exercises....

Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others. Our fear of intimacy—both with others and with ourselves—creates feelings of pain and longing.

The jhānas are eight progressive altered states of consciousness that can be identified with the aspect of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path called Right Concentration....

Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration....

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....

This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....

This modern spiritual classic, presented as a 30-day meditation retreat taught by Joseph Goldstein, offers timeless practical instructions and real-world advice for practicing meditation - whether walking or sitting in formal practice or engaging in everyday life....

The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Dīgha Nikāya) is the first of the five Nikāyas (Collections) in the Sutta Pitaka and has its own particular character. Unlike the others which contain thousands of shorter discourses (suttas), it comprises just 34 but of much longer length....

Learn how habitual giving can help you boost your mood, deepen your meditation, sleep more soundly, and much more.

By performing an act of body, speech, or mind as the outcome of one’s volition, one also creates a possibility to act in a similar way in future. One, so as to speak, lays foundations for creating a way of behaving, a habit or a tendency....

The nature of our heart is such that whenever it clings and grasps there is agitation and confusion. First it might wander over there, then it might wander over here....

With stories from south central LA to the jungles of Peru, these deep and honest reflections by one of the country's most powerful mindfulness teachers focus on compassion as the fiercest and most effective response to suffering....

Featuring accounts by practitioners living everyday lives, this introduction to Vipassana meditation provides a way for listeners to learn more about its benefits....

People who charge through their days on autopilot are often missing out on life’s most precious gifts. Mindless living puts you at risk of stress, mental health problems, and weakens your immune system. In this audiobook, you’ll discover the secrets of truly calm, contented people....

A groundbreaking exploration of a practice tradition that was nearly lost to history....

Compassion, kindness, equanimity, and joy are not only the fruits of the awakened life but also the path to it....

The Abhidharma has traditionally been reserved only for academic or monastic study. For the first time, Beth Jacobs brings this dynamic body of work to general listeners, using practical explanation, personal stories, and vivid examples to untangle the technical aspects of the Abhidharma....

If one practices the Dhamma to a limited extent, then one experiences in return a limited measure of freedom; if one practices the Dhamma to a fuller extent, then one experiences a fuller measure of freedom....

Once a person understands the rise and fall of all phenomena, then experiencing the worst that human life can give does not make one tremble. You know that it’s something passing just as the wind passes your face....

Clinging is the greatest possessiveness and attachment we have. As long as we cling, we cannot see reality. We cannot see reality because clinging is in the way. Clinging colors whatever we believe to be true. If we really want to get rid of suffering, then clinging has to go....

This book shows how we can move beyond secular mindfulness and compassion techniques to the cultivation of insight - seeing into and thereby becoming free of the repetitive thinking that keeps us trapped in cycles of suffering....

Whether you are looking to deepen your existing spiritual practice, break out of the monotony of a stale, daily routine, or undergo a full-on life-reset, The Buddhist Cleanse will help you instigate the change you seek....

This book will help you appreciate the timeless wisdom of the oldest form of Buddhism in existence....

Vipassana is a form of meditation, or a mental exercise, if you will, that has the capacity to do absolute wonders in your life....

La traducción en español de El Arte de Vivir es la introducción clásica a la Meditación Vipassana, tal y como la enseña S.N. Goenka....