‘To understand Buddhism one must begin with the Dhamma.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditation: A Foundation of Buddhist Teachings.
‘To call something a foundation of Buddhist Teachings is only correct if firstly, it is a principle which aims at the extinction of Dukkha.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditation: Buddha Refused to have any Dealings.
‘Buddha refused to have any dealing with those things which don’t lead to the extinction of Dukkha.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditation: Freedom from Craving.
‘Freedom from craving brings many incidental benefits.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditation: Me and Mine.
‘Working with hopes of getting something in return, is a matter of me and mine that people are so familiar with they don’t even notice it.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Understanding Dependent Origination.
‘Understanding of dependent origination is essential. It allows us to know that the concept of ego is dependent on various causal conditions.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Emptiness by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Nothing that could be taken as being a self or belonging to a self.
Above and Beyond Good, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Don’t attach to good and evil. Know them so thoroughly that you will never attach to them.
Buddhism now 