Straight from the Heart

- 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 - Straight from the Heart ## Straight from the Heart Thirteen Talks on the Practice of Meditation Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa āanasampanno Published in 1987 Enlarge The talks in the present collection all deal with the practice of meditation, and particularly with the development of discernment. These talks were originally given for the benefit of a follower of Venerable ṅcariya Mahṅ Boowa who had contracted cancer of the bone marrow and had come to practice meditation at Wat Pa Baan Taad in order to contend with the pain of the disease and the fact of her approaching death. All in all, she stayed at Wat Pa Baan Taad for 102 days; during that period Venerable ṅcariya Mahṅ Boowa gave 84 impromptu talks for her benefit, all of which were tape-recorded. Read online ## Download Options - epub (406.4 kB) - azw3 (324.8 kB) - pdf (1.5 MB) - kobo (438.0 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 - The Language of the Heart - The Marvel of the Dhamma - The Prison World vs. the World Outside - Birth & Death - A Taste for the Dhamma - Feelings of Pain - Investigating Pain - The Principle of the Present - At the End of Oneâs Rope - The Radiant Mind Is Unawareness - An Heir to the Dhamma - Unawareness Converges, Concealing the True Dhamma, the True Mind - The Conventional Mind, the Mind Released - Postscript - Glossary ## Cover image - --> - - - -