Ajahn Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu ~ Nibbana for Everyone ~ Theravada Forest Tradition

A reading for meditation of Ajahn Buddhadasa's teaching on the
immanence of Nibbana - translated by Santikaro.  Buddhadāsa
Bhikkhu (Servant of the Buddha) went forth as a bhikkhu (Buddhist
monk) in 1926, at the age of twenty. After a few years of study
in Bangkok, which convinced him “purity is not to be found in the
big city,” he was inspired to live intimately with nature in
order to investigate Buddha-Dhamma in study and practice. Thus,
he established Suan Mokkhabālārama (The Grove of the Power of
Liberation) in 1932 near his hometown of Pum Riang (now in Chaiya
District).  Ajahn Buddhadāsa worked painstakingly to
establish and explain the correct and essential principles of
what he called “pristine Buddhism” or “the heart of
Buddha-Dhamma,” that is, the original awakening realizations of
Lord Buddha before it was buried under commentaries, ritualism,
clerical politics, and the like. His work was based in extensive
research of the Pāli texts (Canon and commentary), especially of
Buddha's discourses (suttas), followed by personal experiment and
practice with these teachings. He then taught whatever he could
say truly quenches dukkha (dissatisfaction, distress, suffering).
His goal was to produce a complete set of references for present
and future research and practice. His approach was always
scientific, straight-forward, and practical. (Extract of
biography taken from Suan Mokkh website -
https://www.suanmokkh.org/buddhadasa)


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