Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Category: Living Masters

From Buddhist Encyclopedia

Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff, Born: 1949) is an American monk of the Thai Forest Tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History, he travelled to Thailand, where he studied meditation under Ajahn Fuang Jotiko, himself a student of the late Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo. He ordained in 1976 and lived at Wat Dhammasathit, where he remained following his teacher's death in 1986. In 1991 he traveled to the hills of San Diego County, USA, where he helped Ajahn Suwat Suwaco establish Wat Mettavanaram (Metta Forest Monastery). He was made abbot of the wat in 1993.

Talks

Heedfulness

Emptiness

Karma and Western Misunderstanding

Customs of the Noble Ones

Iddhipada - The Bases for Success

Happiness

Three Characteristics

Five Aggregates

Guided Meditation

Holding On

Four Bases for Success

Chant

Buddhist Romanticism

Persistence In Practice

Bibliography

• Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction
• Handful of Leaves
• The Buddhist Monastic Code
• The Wings to Awakening, 1996, Dhamma Dana Publications