Based on the Teachings of The Most Venerable Chao Khun Phra Mongkol-Thepmuni

Based on lectures given at the Buddhist Vihara, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur during a three-day visit to Malaysia.

Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.

In print for more than fifty years and translated into some ten languages, Nyanaponika Thera’s The Heart of Buddhist Meditation has attained the stature of a modern spiritual classic. Combining deep personal insight with the power of clear exposition, the author guides the reader into the essential principles making up the Buddha’s Way of Mindfulness. Besides offering a lucid account of the basic practices of insight meditation, the book contains a complete translation of the Great Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness, the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha’s own instructions on the practice. “A work of unique importance ... written with great depth, extraordinary knowledge, deep humanity... I do not know of any book which could be compared to this work as a guide to meditation.” Erich Fromm

The new Buddhist religious movements of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke, emerged in Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty. This book explores why they have come into being, what they have reacted against and what they offer to their members.

Study with reference to Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Foundation activities; revision of author's M.A. thesis presented to Thai Studies Section.

We dedicate this book and any merit it may generate, along with all our efforts at Wat Luang Phor Sodh – The beautiful campus, the Abbot’s teachings, Phra Maha Jetiya Somdej, the International Retreats, the Thai Retreats, and the 24-hour Meditation Vihara – to our beloved