A Heart Released

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Books - A Heart Released ## A Heart Released The Teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun Phra Ajaan Mun Published in 1990 Enlarge Much has been written about the life of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhūridatta Thera (1870-1949), the founder of the Thai Forest Tradition, but very little was recorded of his teachings during his lifetime. (Most of his teachings he left in the form of people: the students whose lives were profoundly shaped by the experience of living and practicing meditation under his guidance.) The first piece translated here, A Heart Released (Muttodaya), is a record of passages from his sermons, made during the years 1944-45 by two monks who were staying under his guidance. The second, The Ever-present Truth, is drawn from notes of Ajaan Munâs sermons taken by two of his students during the last two years of his life, covering a wide range of topics, including some standard accounts of the Buddhaâs life. And the third, the poem The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandhas, was found after his death among the few papers he left behind. Read online ## Download Options - epub (161.1 kB) - azw3 (142.2 kB) - pdf (507.0 kB) - kobo (170.4 kB) - Help: "Which format do I need?" - The EPUB format is suitable for most e-readers, except Kobos and Kindles. This includes most e-reader applications on mobile phones and tablets (e.g. Apple's iBooks, various apps for Android), and on desktops (e.g. Calibre). - Kindle owners will generally want the AZW3 format. Unfortunately, AZW3s cannot be sent with Amazon's Send to Kindle service and need to be sideloaded via USB. Some have tried using Send to Kindle to send EPUBs, but with mixed success. - Kobo owners will want kobo's "KEPUB" format, which is a version of the EPUB format optimized for Kobo e-readers. ## Table of Contents - Cover - Titlepage - Copyright - Introduction - A Heart Released Toggle subsection - § 1. Practice is what keeps the true Dhamma pure. - § 2. To follow the Buddha, we must train ourselves well before training others. - § 3. The root inheritance, the starting capital for self-training. - § 4. The root foundation for the practice. - § 5. The root cause of everything in the universe. - § 6. The root instigator of the cycle of death and rebirth. - § 7. The supreme position: the foundation for the paths, fruitions, and nibbṅna. - § 8. The stronghold that forms the practice area for training oneself. - § 9. The strategies of clear insight, techniques for uprooting defilement. - § 10. The primal mind is radiant and clear by nature, but is darkened because of corruptions. - § 11. Oneâs self-training as a meditator has to be in keeping with oneâs temperament. - § 12. The Mūlatika Discourse. - § 13. Only a visuddhi deva is an individual truly at peace. - § 14. Activityless-ness is the end point of the world, beyond supposing and formulation. - § 15. The nine abodes of living beings. - § 16. The significance of the first sermon, the middle sermon, and the final sermon. - § 17. Arahants of every sort attain both release through concentration and release through discernment, having developed the threefold training to completion. - The Ever-present Truth Toggle subsection - § 1. The root meditation themes - § 2. Virtue. - § 3. Potential - § 4. Contemplating the body - § 5. Purifying the mind - § 6. The method of practice for those who have studied a great deal - § 7. The principles of the practice are ever-present - § 8. Listening to the Dhamma at all times - The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandhas - Glossary ## Cover image - --> - - - -