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<dt>June Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted July 1</span></dd>
<dt>New Suttas</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="./suttas/MN/MN11.html">Majjhima 11</a> The Shorter Lion’s Roar Discourse, <a class="buried" href="./suttas/KN/Thag/thag10_7.html">Theragāthā 10:7</a> Gotama, <a class="buried" href="./suttas/KN/Thag/thag13.html">Theragāthā 13</a> Soṇa Koḷivisa, and <a class="buried" href="./suttas/KN/Thag/thag17_2.html">Theragāthā 17:2</a> Sāriputta. The suttas have also been added to the current versions of the corresponding ebooks.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted June 24</span></dd>
<dt>New Essay</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/uncollected_essays_index.html#TruePerson">Becoming a True Person</a>, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. The Buddha’s instructions for becoming compassionate and accountable.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted June 20</span></dd>
<dt>May Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted June 1</span></dd>
<dt>New Book</dt><dd><em>The Mirror of Insight: The Buddha as Strategist,</em> by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, is available in <a class="buried" href="/ebook_index.html#MirrorOfInsight">ebook formats</a> and can be <a class="buried" href="/books/Mirror_ofInsight/Section0001.html">read online</a> as well. A short explanation of the Buddha’s teachings on the topic of insight and how those teachings should be strategically applied in practice. Included is an analysis of the different meanings of the word, <em>saṅkhāra,</em> fabrication, and the various ways in which fabrications are viewed, used, and abandoned along the path. The traditional two-truth theory of how the Buddha taught is also called into question.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted May 17</span></dd>
<dt>New Suttas</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="./suttas/SN/SN1_2.html">SN 1:2</a> Freedom, <a class="buried" href="./suttas/SN/SN1_56.html">SN 1:56</a> Engendered (2), <a class="buried" href="./suttas/SN/SN1_57.html">SN 1:57</a> Engendered (3), <a class="buried" href="./suttas/SN/SN2_2.html">SN 2:2</a> Kassapa the Deva’s Son, <a class="buried" href="./suttas/SN/SN2_17.html">SN 2:17</a> Subrahma the Deva’s Son, and <a class="buried" href="./suttas/SN/SN2_22.html">SN 2:22</a> Khema the Deva’s Son</dd><dd><span class="small">posted May 5</span></dd>
<dt>New Book</dt><dd><em>Gather ’Round the Breath: Dhamma Talks Cited in With Each & Every Breath,</em> by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, is available in <a class="buried" href="/ebook_index.html#GatherRound">ebook formats</a> and can be <a class="buried" href="/books/GatherRound/Section0001.html">read online</a> as well. A collection of 114 Dhamma Talks. A companion volume to Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu’s introduction to breath meditation, With Each & Every Breath, presenting in sequence all of the talks referenced in it.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted May 2</span></dd>
<dt>New Essay</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/uncollected_essays_index.html#MedAtWork">Meditators at Work</a>, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. Meditation is an active rather than a passive process.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted April 21</span></dd>
<dt>March evening Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a>.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted April 6</span></dd>
<dt>February Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted Feb. 17</span></dd>
<dt>January Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted Feb. 5</span></dd>
<dt>Livro novo</dt><dd>Alegra-nos apresentar <a class="buried" href="/pt_txt_index.html#Escolhendo" título="veja o livro">Escolhendo Um Bom Caminho</a>. Para proteger os potenciais que possibilitarão encontrar a verdadeira felicidade, devemos criar o melhor ambiente possível no nosso dia dia, mantendo os preceitos, praticando a contenção dos sentidos, procurando ter moderação na fala, tentando encontrar isolamento com regularidade e tentando manter a perspectiva correta. Quando temos a perspectiva correta, todos os outros elementos do caminho fluem. É assim que começamos a escolher um bom caminho, que, na verdade, é o melhor caminho que existe.</dd><dd><span class="small">publicado o 2 de fev.</span></dd>
<dt>New Essay</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/uncollected_essays_index.html#Grief">An Arrow in the Heart : The Buddha’s Teachings on Grief</a>, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. The Buddha’s three steps for overcoming grief.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted Jan. 31</span></dd>
<dt>New Book</dt><dd><em>Bases for Success: Six Dhamma Talks on the Four Iddhipādas,</em> by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, is available in <a class="buried" href="/ebook_index.html#BasesForSuccess">ebook formats</a> and can be <a class="buried" href="/books/Bases_forSuccess/Section0001.html">read online</a> as well. The Four Iddhipādas are the most neglected of the teachings that the Buddha said were central to maintaining his message.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted Jan. 24</span></dd>
<dt>New Essay</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/uncollected_essays_index.html#LogicOfNotSelf">The Logic of Not-self</a>, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. The Buddha’s reason for teaching Not-self.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted Jan. 20</span></dd>
<dt>December Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted Jan. 14</span></dd>
<dt>New Lectures</dt><dd>Various new <a class="buried" href="/mp3_long.php" title="go to download page">lectures</a> have been added, including those from Ajaan Geoff's recent visit to Singapore.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted Jan. 4</span></dd>
<dt>November Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted Dec. 1</span></dd>
<dt>October Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted Nov. 8</span></dd>
<dt>New Book</dt><dd><em>Noble Warrior : A Life of the Buddha Compiled from the Pāli Canon,</em> by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu and Khematto Bhikkhu, is available in <a class="buried" href="/ebook_index.html#NobleWarrior">ebook formats</a> and can be <a class="buried" href="/books/NobleWarrior/Section0001.html">read online</a> as well. The translated passages are interspersed with a minimum of explanation, allowing the compilers of the Canon to speak for themselves. Particular attention is given to the many accounts of the Buddha’s awakening and the role that his awakening played in shaping the Dhamma he taught.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted October 26</span></dd>
<dt>September Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted Oct. 10</span></dd>
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<dt>ของใหม่ ธรรมเทศนาภาษาไทย:</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/thai_index.html#1907" title="อบรมภาวนาตอนเย็น กรกฎาคม"> อบรมภาวนาตอนเย็น กรกฎาคม </a> และ <a class="buried" href="/thai_short_index.html#1907" title="เทศน์ตอนเช้า เดือน กรกฎาคม"> เทศน์ตอนเช้า เดือน กรกฎาคม</a></dd><dd><span class="small">ตั้งแต่ 28 กันยายน ปึ 2019 </span></dd>
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<dt>New Essay</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/uncollected_essays_index.html#Duality">Safety in a Duality</a>, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. The Buddha taught that a teacher’s first duty was to give the student a firm grounding in how to decide what should and shouldn’t be done. This article explains the importance of this essential duality on all levels of the practice.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted Sept. 10</span></dd>
<dt>August Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted Sept. 8</span></dd>
<dt>July Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted August 9</span></dd>
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<dt>ของใหม่ ธรรมเทศนาภาษาไทย:</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/thai_index.html#1905" title="อบรมภาวนาตอนเย็น พฤษภาคม"> อบรมภาวนาตอนเย็น พฤษภาคม</a> และ <a class="buried" href="/thai_short_index.html#1905" title="เทศน์ตอนเช้า เดือน พฤษภาคม"> เทศน์ตอนเช้า เดือน พฤษภาคม</a></dd><dd><span class="small">ตั้งแต่ 23 กรกฎาคม ปึ 2019</span></dd>
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<dt>June Dhamma talks</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/mp3_index_current.html" title="go to audio download page"> regular evening</a> and <a class="buried" href="/mp3_short_index_current.html" title="go to short talks download page"> short morning</a></dd><dd><span class="small">posted July 6</span></dd>
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<dt>ของใหม่ ธรรมเทศนาภาษาไทย:</dt><dd><a class="buried" href="/thai_index.html#1903" title="อบรมภาวนาตอนเย็น มีนาคม"> อบรมภาวนาตอนเย็น มีนาคม </a> และ <a class="buried" href="/thai_short_index.html#1903" title="เทศน์ตอนเช้า เดือน มีนาคม"> เทศน์ตอนเช้า เดือน มีนาคม</a></dd><dd><span class="small">ตั้งแต่ 26 มิถุนายน ปึ 2019</span></dd>
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<dt>New Book</dt><dd><em>The Intelligent Heart : Five Dhamma Talks,</em> by Ajaan Suwat Suvaco, is available in <a class="buried" href="/ebook_index.html#IntelligentHeart">ebook formats</a> and can be <a class="buried" href="/books/IntelligentHeart/Section0001.html">read online</a> as well. It’s a collection of his Dhamma talks published to commemorate Ajaan Suwat’s 100th birthday.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted June 17</span></dd>
<dt>New Book</dt><dd><em>Factors for Awakening : Ten Dhamma Talks,</em> by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, is available in <a class="buried" href="/ebook_index.html#FactorsforAwakening">ebook formats</a> and can be <a class="buried" href="/books/FactorsforAwakening/Section0001.html">read online</a> as well. The seven factors for awakening <em>(bojjhanga)</em> are a set of qualities explaining how right view helps to develop right mindfulness into right concentration.</dd><dd><span class="small">posted June 17</span></dd>
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<h1 id="giftofdhamma">The Gift of Dhamma</h1>
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<article>All of the Dhamma here is offered freely―no price tags, no advertising, no suggested donations, no memberships, no strings attached in any way. This is distributing the Dhamma in line with the Dhamma, in line with how the Buddha himself taught that his teachings should be offered.</article>
<article>For those who want to express gratitude for the teachers’ generosity, the best way is to put the teachings into practice, earnestly―to see for yourself, for your own benefit, and for the benefit of the world.</article>
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<h1 id="about">About</h1>
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<h2 id="thanissaro">Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Phra Ajaan Geoff)</h2>
<p>Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) is an American Buddhist monk of the <em>Kammatthana</em> (Thai Forest) Tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History, he traveled to Thailand, where he studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, himself a student of the late Ajaan Lee. 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 Ajaan Suwat Suvaco establish <a class="buried" href="https://www.watmetta.org/">Metta Forest Monastery</a> (Wat Mettavanaram). He was made abbot of the Monastery in 1993.</p>
<h2 id="kammatthana">Kammatthana</h2>
<p><em>Kammatthana:</em> Literally, “basis of work” or “place of work.” The term is most often used specifically to identify the Thai Forest Tradition, i.e., the forest tradition lineage founded by Phra Ajaans Mun and Sao. For an introduction to the history of the <em>Kammatthana</em> Tradition, see the essay “<a class="buried" href="./Archive/Writings/CrossIndexed/Uncollected/MiscEssays/The%20Customs%20of%20the%20Noble%20Ones.pdf">The Customs of the Noble Ones</a>,” by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.</p>
<h2 id="mun">Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatto (1870-1949)</h2>
<p>Ajaan Mun was born in 1870 in Baan Kham Bong, a farming village in Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand. Ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1893, he spent the remainder of his life wandering through Thailand, Burma, and Laos, dwelling for the most part in the forest, engaged in the practice of meditation. He attracted an enormous following of students and, together with his teacher, Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo Mahathera (1861-1941), established the <em>Kammatthana</em> Tradition that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad. He passed away in 1949 at Wat Suddhavasa, Sakon Nakhorn province.</p>
<h2 id="lee">Phra Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo (1907-1961)</h2>
<p>Ajaan Lee was one of the foremost teachers in the Thai forest ascetic tradition of meditation founded at the turn of the century by his teacher, Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatto. His life was short but eventful. Known for his skill as a teacher and his mastery of supranatural powers, he was the first to bring the ascetic tradition out of the forests of the Mekhong basin and into the mainstream of Thai society in central Thailand.</p>
<h2 id="fuang">Phra Ajaan Fuang Jotiko (1915-1986)</h2>
<p>Ajaan Fuang was one of Ajaan Lee’s most devoted students, spending some 24 rains retreats in the company of his renowned teacher. After Ajaan Lee’s death, Ajaan Fuang continued on at Wat Asokaram, Ajaan Lee’s bustling monastery near Bangkok. A true forest monk at heart, Ajaan Fuang left Wat Asokaram in 1965 in search of greater solitude more conducive to meditation, and ultimately ended up at Wat Dhammasathit in Rayong province, where he lived as abbot until his death in 1986.</p>
<h2 id="suwat">Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco (1919-2002)</h2>
<p>Born on August 29, 1919, Ajaan Suwat ordained at the age of 20 and became a student of Ajaan Funn Acaro two or three years later. He also studied briefly with Ajaan Mun. Following Ajaan Funn’s death in 1977, Ajaan Suwat stayed on at the monastery to supervise his teacher’s royal funeral and the construction of a monument and museum in Ajaan Funn’s honor. In the 1980’s Ajaan Suwat came to the United States, where he established four monasteries: one near Seattle, Washington; two near Los Angeles; and one in the hills of San Diego County (<a class="buried" href="https://www.watmetta.org/">Metta Forest Monastery</a>). He returned to Thailand in 1996, and died in Buriram on April 5, 2002 after a long illness.</p>
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<h3>Dhamma</h3>
<p>The best introductions to the Dhamma are <a href="/ebook_index.html#BuddhasTeachings" class="buried">The Buddha’s Teachings</a>, a short introduction to the basic concepts and values underlying Buddhist practice; <a href="/ebook_index.html#noblestrategy" class="buried">Noble Strategy</a>, a collection of essays about Buddhism by Thanissaro Bhikkhu; <a href="/ebook_index.html#awarenessitself" class="buried">Awareness Itself</a>, a collection of short teachings by Ajaan Fuang, Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s teacher; and <a href="/ebook_index.html#refuge" class="buried">Refuge</a>, a compilation of essays and scriptures from the Pali Canon addressing basic elements of the Buddhist Path.</p>
<h3>Breath Meditation</h3>
<p>The best starting point for learning breath meditation is the new book, <a href="/ebook_index.html#eachandeverybreath" class="buried">With Each & Every Breath</a>. The other fundamental guide to breath meditation is <a href="/ebook_index.html#keepingthebreath" class="buried">Keeping the Breath in Mind</a> by Ajaan Lee.</p>
<h3>Pāli Canon</h3>
<p>The <a href="/ebook_index.html#dhammapada" class="buried">Dhammapada</a>, the <a href="/ebook_index.html#udana" class="buried">Udana</a>, and the <a href="/ebook_index.html#itivuttaka" class="buried">Itivuttaka</a> are all excellent gateways to the Pali Canon.</p>
<h3>The Wings to Awakening</h3>
<p>Not for beginners, but the essential guide to practicing the Buddhist Path, following the Buddha’s own summary of his teachings, is <a href="/ebook_index.html#wings" class="buried">The Wings to Awakening</a>.</p>
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<h3>What are the disadvantages of the pdf format?</h3>
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<h3>I’m having trouble downloading mobi files.</h3>
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<p><em>Case 1:</em> Instead of downloading the mobi file, the Safari browser tries to open it as web page. <em>Answer:</em> I was able to download the files on Safari by clicking on them while holding down the "option" button. Using Firefox instead of Safari also takes care of the problem. Based on a little research I did, it seems like the mobi as HTML problem on Safari is nothing new.</p>
<p><em>Case 2:</em> The mobi downloads as a .txt file using a Samsung Galaxy tablet running Android 4.2.2. <em>Answer:</em> I noticed the url contained the mobi extension, but when I download it, it gets changed to a .txt extension. Manually renaming the file from filename.txt to filename.mobi fixes the problem, and it opens up in Kindle just fine.</p>
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<h3>How do I download the mp3 audio files?</h3>
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<h3>What happened to the full year zip archives?</h3>
<p>Because hard drive space is expensive on a hosted web server, it was costly to store those large archives for the downloading convenience of a small number of users. It shouldn’t be too difficult to build a local collection by downloading the full month zip archives. In any case, there are advantages, since there is a much smaller chance of ending up with a corrupt file downloading ten 150 MB archives than a single 1.5 GB one.</p>
<h3>What do “med-fi” “low-fi” “NR”, “oly”, & “sony” mean in some talk titles?</h3>
<p>Please note that mp3 files with an “NR” or “(oly)” notation indicate recordings of somewhat lower audio quality -- “NR” for applied “Noise-Reduction” and “(oly)” for “Olympus,” an inferior recording device at the Monastery. Any of these could also be labelled “low-fi.” “(Sony)” is similar to “(oly),” but the audio quality is more acceptable. More recently the Sony device has been labelled “med-fi.”</p>
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<p style="text-align:left"> Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. <em>Head & Heart Together,</em> 9 Jan 2018. <em>dhammatalks.org.</em> Retrieved from https://<wbr>www.dhammatalks.org/<wbr>books/<wbr>Head&HeartTogether/<wbr>Section0001.html. Accessed 10 Oct 2018. </p>
<h3>Chapter in a web book</h3>
<p style="text-align:left"> Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. “The Joy of Effort.” <em>Head & Heart Together,</em> 9 Jan 2018. <em>dhammatalks.org.</em> Retrieved from https://<wbr>www.dhammatalks.org/<wbr>books/<wbr>Head&HeartTogether/Section0001.html. Accessed 10 Oct 2018.</p>
<h3>Ebook (i.e., epub, mobi, pdf)</h3>
<p style="text-align:left"> Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. <em>Head & Heart Together.</em> Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery, 2016. Epub Edition. <em>dhammatalks.org.</em> Retrieved from https://dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/Ebooks/HeadHeartTogether180109.epub.</p>
<h3>Web essay</h3>
<p style="text-align:left">Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. “Names for Nibbana.” <em>dhammatalks.org,</em> 2018. Retrieved from https://<wbr>www.dhammatalks.org/<wbr>books/<wbr>uncollected/<wbr>Nibbana.html. Accessed 10 Oct 2018.</p>
<h3>Sutta translation</h3>
<p style="text-align:left">Madhupindika Sutta [The Ball of Honey] <em>Majjhima Nikaya 18.</em> (Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu). <em>dhammatalks.org.</em> Retrieved from https://<wbr>www.dhammatalks.org/<wbr>suttas/<wbr>MN/<wbr>MN18.html.</p>
<h3>Thai Forest translation</h3>
<p style="text-align:left">Ajaan Fuang Jotiko. <em>Awareness Itself: The Teachings of Ajaan Fuang Jotiko</em> (Translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu). 7 April 2018. <em>dhammatalks.org.</em> Retrieved from https://<wbr>www.dhammatalks.org/<wbr>books/<wbr>AwarenessItself/<wbr>Section0001.html. Accessed 10 Oct 2018. </p>
<h3>Audio file</h3>
<p style="text-align:left">Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. “Feeding Off the Future,” 19 Nov 2013. Evening Dhamma Talks on <em>dhammatalks.org.</em> Audio retrieved from https://<wbr>www.dhammatalks.org/<wbr>Archive/<wbr>y2013/<wbr>Feeding_Off_the_Future.mp3. Accessed 10 Oct 2018.</p>
<h3>Youtube</h3>
<p style="text-align:left">Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. “Feeding Off the Future.” Youtube, uploaded by Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, 17 June 2014, https://<wbr>www.youtube.com/<wbr>watch?v=DqhsxxNEtzQ.</p>
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