http://www.accesstoinsight.org Readings in Theravada Buddhism en-us Copyright 2012 John T Bullitt 2012-05-16T09:09:33+01:00 John T Bullitt This field is intentionally uninformative because I don't know what it's for. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.030.than.html The Buddha compares the rewards of the practice to different parts of a large tree, with total release the most valuable part of the tree: the heartwood. [TB]... http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.030.than.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.035.than.html Even though the Buddha did not usually seek debates, he knew how to reply effectively when attacked. In this discourse, he gets Saccaka — who uses a variety of cheap debater's tricks — to trip over those tricks. However, the Buddha goes beyond simply defeating Saccaka in debate. He then takes the opportunity to teach him the Dhamma. [TB]... http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.035.than.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.136.than.html Two lessons in the dangers of quick generalization. In the first, the Buddha points out that the perception of all feeling as stressful is not appropriate at all stages of the practice. In the second, he shows that generalizing too quickly on the basis of what one sees in meditation can lead to serious wrong view. [TB]... http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.136.than.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/sn/sn46/sn46.053.than.html The right and wrong ways to respond to sluggishness or restlessness. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/sn/sn46/sn46.053.than.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../lib/authors/thanissaro/rootsofbuddhistromanticism.html Sometimes it is difficult to appreciate the extent to which one's attitudes towards meditation practice can be influenced by modern cultural trends. In this short excursion into Western cultural history, the author explores the origins of such familar notions as interconnectedness, oneness, and ego-transcendence—ideas popularly attributed to the Buddha—and finds that their roots lie instead in the 18th... http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../lib/authors/thanissaro/rootsofbuddhistromanticism.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../ An ATI reader has developed ... http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../ http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.130.than.html The Buddha's eyewitness account of hell. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../tipitaka/mn/mn.130.than.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../lib/authors/thanissaro/truth_of_rebirth.html An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on rebirth. ... http://www.accesstoinsight.org/./../lib/authors/thanissaro/truth_of_rebirth.html