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Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) (1949 - ) is an American Buddhist monk of the Thai forest kammatthana tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History, he traveled to Thailand, where he studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, himself a student of the late Ajaan Lee.
The Pali language has another word for love — pema — whereas metta is related to the word mitta, or friend. Universal metta is friendliness for all. Universal metta is friendliness for all. The fact that this friendliness equates with goodwill is shown in the four passages in the Canon where the Buddha recommends phrases to hold in mind when developing thoughts of metta.
More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org and accesstoinsight.org. printed copy A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request, Metta Forest Monastery, PO Box 1409, Valley Center, CA.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) is an American Buddhist monk of the Thai forest tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971, he traveled to Thailand, where he studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang, himself a student of the late Ajaan Lee. He ordained in 1976 and lived at Wat Dhammasathit, where he remained following his teacher’s death in 1986.
Two Dialogues on Dhamma (Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano; 2005).pdf Two Styles of Insight Meditation (Bhikkhu Bodhi; 2005).pdf Noble Strategy. Essays on the Buddhist Path (Thanissaro Bhikkhu; 2011).pdf Udana. Exclamations (Thanissaro Bhikkhu; 2012).pdf Vangisa- An Early Buddhist Poet (John D. Ireland; 2005).pdf Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification.
Venerable Thanissaro Bhikkhu is of the Thai forest kammatthana tradition. He studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko and was ordained in 1976, He helped Ajaan Suwat Suvaco establish Wat Mettavanaram (Metta Forest Monastery) and was made abbot of the forest in 1993.