Jekyll2026-04-10T20:09:07+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/feed/content/navakovada.xmlThe Open Buddhist University | Content | Thai Monastic CurriculumA website dedicated to providing free, online courses and bibliographies in Buddhist Studies. Khemarato Bhikkhuhttps://twitter.com/buddhistuniSN 56.11 Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: The Discourse on Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dhamma2022-02-10T14:48:57+07:002023-12-13T22:18:01+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn.056.011The Buddha’s first discourse.

Note: The PDF linked above is from Bhikkhu Bodhi’s translation, courtesy of SuttaCentral.

]]>Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda TheroSN 47.4 Sālā Sutta: At Sālā2022-02-10T14:48:57+07:002024-07-15T09:06:27+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn.047.004Even Arahants remain focused on the four satipaṭṭhāna—how much more so should the new monks.

]]>Ajahn Geoff Ṭhānissarohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/geoffKhuddakapāṭha: The Short Readings2022-01-04T21:38:00+07:002025-05-28T16:11:48+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/kdThe first book of the Khuddaka Nikāya, the Khuddakapāṭha was, in ancient times, a daily liturgy for novice monks.

Its selection of chants is still influential in Theravāda liturgies today.

]]>Bhikkhu Ānandajotihttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/anandajotiContemplation of the Body2021-08-31T11:00:20+07:002025-08-24T14:16:22+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/kayanupassana_yanA series of 19 talks given by His Holiness to a group of Westerners on the practice of meditation on the body.

A highly orthodox presentation of kāyānupassanā in Theravāda Buddhism.

]]>Somdet Yanhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/yanThe Buddhist Monastic Code2021-02-05T14:03:31+07:002025-09-23T10:32:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/bmc_geoffUnfortunately idiosyncratic and giving undue weight to certain Thai subcommentaries, this vinaya textbook remains the gold standard for Western, Theravāda monks or anyone looking to seriously study the monastic rules.

]]>Ajahn Geoff Ṭhānissarohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/geoffMv 1–4 Mahākhandhako: The Great Chapter of the Vinaya2021-01-10T15:17:15+07:002024-11-13T16:26:43+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/mv1-4The opening four chapters of the Vinaya record the inspiring story of the Buddha’s enlightenment and of his first, eventful year of teaching.

]]>Bhikkhu Ānandajotihttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/anandajotiThe Real Practice: Three Talks2020-05-18T15:44:14+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/real-practice_jayasaroThree inspiring talks to the monks of Wat Pananachat on monastic practice.

]]>Ajahn Jayasarohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/jayasaroKor What?2020-05-18T13:38:36+07:002023-04-24T10:19:29+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/essays/kor-what_chandako

What we’re referring to when we speak of “Korwat” is the monastic etiquette and protocol.

A short introduction to the monastic rules as followed in Thailand.

]]>Ajahn Chandakohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/chandakoAdvice for New Monks2020-05-18T13:38:36+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/advice-for-a-new-monk_panyavaddho

Until one has a taste of samādhi, one doesn’t know the value of the Dhamma and the teaching. Until a bhikkhu experiences samādhi, he fails to see the value of the Buddha’s teaching. He may read about it in books, but paper and ink are not very tasty food!

A transcript of this talk can be found in Teachings for the Monks.

]]>Ajahn Paññavaddhohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/panyavaddhoThe Questions of King Malinda: An Abridgement of the Milindapañhā2020-05-11T07:12:24+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/malindapanha_mendisAn abridged translation of the much-beloved, ancient Pāli classic of Theravāda doctrine.

… in Burma the book has actually been included in the Sutta Piṭaka itself, as part of the Khuddaka Nikāya or Miscellaneous Collection. Although the Buddhists of the other Theravāda countries have not gone quite so far in expressing their esteem, in all those lands where the Pali Tipiṭaka reigns supreme the Milindapañhā stands just behind it as a weighty textual source

]]>N. K. G. MendisSome Dhamma Advice2020-03-08T16:58:36+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/dhamma-advice_suchartA short overview of Buddhism from my own teacher. An excellent talk to revisit now and then.

]]>Ajahn Sucharthttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/suchart