Don't create any more suffering

Author: Achaan Thanavaro

Disciple of Achaan Sumedho, in turn the oldest American disciple of Achaan Chah and the founder of the first forest monasteries for Western monks, Thanavaro was the founder of the Santacittarama, or 'garden of the serene heart', the first Italian vihara based on the pattern of Thai monasteries. In these discourses, which reflect a long monastic experience, he clearly sets out the fundamental principles of the Buddhist message and the ten paramitas, the virtues of the Bodhisattva.