Old News Archive
January-March 2012

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ATI on your Windows Phone 2012.03.17

An ATI reader has developed a free app that allows you to carry the ATI website on your Windows Phone. (Please note that this is a public beta version. It works, but the developer is still working out a few kinks.)

→ See more info about using ATI on other mobile devices.

2012.03.07

Devaduta Sutta: The Deva Messengers (MN 130), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
The Buddha's eyewitness account of hell.
The Truth of Rebirth: And Why it Matters for Buddhist Practice, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on rebirth. [PDF icon]

2012.02.28

Into the Stream: A Study Guide on the First Stage of Awakening, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
The sutta readings in this guide are organized around the four factors that lead to the attainment of stream-entry and address questions of interest to all meditators, whether or not their practice aims all the way to Awakening. [Formerly two separate study guides: "The Way to Stream-entry" and "Stream-entry and After".] [PDF icon]

2012.02.15

Sata Sutta: Mindful (SN 47.35), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
What does it mean to be mindful? What does it mean to be alert?
Chanda Sutta: Desire (SN 47.37), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
How mindfulness leads to freedom from desire — and beyond.
Pariñña Sutta: Comprehension (SN 47.38), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Comprehension of these four things leads to Awakening.
Amata Sutta: Deathless (SN 47.41), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Don't let the Deathless be lost to you!
Samudaya Sutta: Origination (SN 47.42), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
The origination and subsiding of the foundations of mindfulness.
Pathama Sukha Sutta: First Discourse on the Pleasant (AN 10.65), translated from the Pali by K. Nizamis.
The benefits of not being re-born.
Dutiya Sukha Sutta: Second Discourse on the Pleasant (AN 10.66), translated from the Pali by K. Nizamis.
The benefits of delighting in the Dhamma-Vinaya.

2012.01.07

Kolita Sutta: Kolita (SN 21.1), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
The real meaning of noble silence.
Maha Saropama Sutta: The Longer Heartwood-simile Discourse (MN 29), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
The Buddha compares the rewards of the practice to different parts of a large tree, with total release the most valuable part of the tree: the heartwood. [TB]
Cankama Sutta: Walking (AN 5.29), translated from the Pali by Aggacitta Bhikkhu & Kumara Bhikkhu.
The benefits of walking meditation.