Be Present
by Āyasmā Aggacitta
Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, whenever you can.
Books
Coping With a Handful of Leaves
by Āyasmā Aggacitta
Can any one method of vipassana meditation claim superiority over another? Then again, is it true that absorption concentration is an absolute prerequisite to vipassana? These are some of the perennial debates that haunt Buddhists walking diverse roads to liberation from samsara.
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Honouring the Departed: A Buddhist Perspective
by Āyasmā Aggacitta
The canonical procedure of dedicating merits.
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Role of the Sangha in the New Millennium
by Āyasmā Aggacitta
This booklet, published in conjunction with Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary’s Kathina 2003, is the paper that Ven Aggacitta presented in the Forum “Role of the Sangha in the New Millennium” at the Global Conference on Buddhism held in Shah Alam, Malaysia, in December 2002.
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Discourse on Atanatiya Protection with the Protection in Pali
by Āyasmā Aggacitta
4 Guardian Kings
Discourse on Atanatiya Protection with the Protection in Pali as well – a condensed version based on various translations from the Pali.
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Kathina Then and Now
by Āyasmā Aggacitta
The kathina ceremony is now an internationally established celebration where the Sangha and the laity meet to participate in mutually rewarding, meritorious activities. Throughout the centuries, the way of carrying out the ceremony has changed with local interpretations, practices and customs. How much has deviated from the original scriptural tradition— how much is in accordance with the scriptures and how much is mere invention?
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