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Beginnings (ebook)
Collected essays
This book contains all the known published and unpublished essays by S. Bodhesako.
The Island Within
The Life of the Hermit Monk Bhante ÑÄṇadÄ«pa
The Silent Sages of Old
Suttas from the Sutta NipÄta
Pali and English translation of key passages from the Sutta NipÄta by the late hermit monk ÑÄṇadÄ«pa MahÄthera.
Meanings (paperback)
Essays and Letters on Dhamma
A collection of essays describing the structure of experience and a lengthy correspondence mirroring the efforts to understand the meaning of Dhamma.
With the Right Understanding
Phenomenological Explorations of the Pali Suttas
A collection of essays focussing on the arising of right view. Because only with the right understanding can there be anything that deserves to be called ‘Buddhist meditation’.
The Hermit of Būndala
Biography of ÑÄṇavÄ«ra Thera, with reflections on his life and work
An attempt to compile all that is known about ÑÄṇavÄ«ra’s life and thought. The book retells stories from after his death, about controversies, lost or burned letters, his surviving legacy, and the growth of interest in these writings till the present time. — Second, revised & updated edition!
Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes
Letters of a Wayfarer
A pastiche of letters about a man and his search for meaning; what he may have found, or ghosts of what may be found.
Getting Off
A Portrait of an American Buddhist Monk
Getting Off is Samanera Bodhesako’s masterful narrative of his early years as a Buddhist novice and monk.
Clearing the Path
(1960-1965)
Clearing the Path contains the text of ÑÄṇavÄ«ra's revised Notes on Dhamma (1960-1965) together with 149 letters of varying lengths written by ÑÄṇavÄ«ra to nine correspondents, which serve (as the author himself stated) as a commentary on the Notes. The texts are scrupulously edited, extensively annotated and cross-referenced by means of a comprehensive index.
Seeking the Path
Early Writings (1954-1960) & Marginalia
Seeking the Path consists of ÑÄṇavÄ«ra's extensive correspondence with Ñaṇamoli Thera from 1954-1959. These letters shed considerable light on the relations between the two men and provide a wealth of material on the formation of ÑÄṇavÄ«ra's thought prior to his 'stream entry'. The remainder of the volume includes two early essays (Nibbana and Anatta and Sketch for a Proof of Rebirth) as well as notes from a Commonplace Book and Marginalia from books owned by ÑÄṇavÄ«ra.
The Letters of Sister VajirÄ
The Letters to Sister VajirÄ documents the correspondence of the Ven. ÑÄṇavÄ«ra Thera with Sister VajirÄ (Hannelore Wolf, 1928-1991) between November 1961 and January 1962.
Collected Writings of ÑÄṇavÄ«ra Thera
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