Buddho
Twenty Years of Samatha Meditation and the Lessons of My Burmese Teacher
$23.09
- Paperback
274 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2026
Summary
Nowadays, people want everything fast, fast, fast. Even wisdom. We try to run along the Buddhist path instead of taking it one step at a time. Ahba makes it clear again and again that this is not how it works. Our desire for results is itself one of the greatest obstacles on the path.
Ahba speaks very little about his own past. What we know is that sometime in the 1950s he came walking out of the forests of Myanmar as a monk. At the sixth Buddhist council, where the monks of the Thera…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789083763019 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9083763013 |
| Author: | Wouter Doorn, Ajahn Sumedho |
| Publisher: | Buddho.Org |
| Imprint: | Buddho.Org |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 274 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 127mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“I recommend this book. May it be of benefit to all who read it, inspiring and encouraging those who are interested in realising the path of liberation.”
- Ajahn Sumedho
” It did remind me indeed of Ahba very much, of his profound wisdom, care, and kindness. You describe him well.”
- Ajahn Asoko, assistant to Ajahn Sumedho
Wouter Doorn
Wouter Doorn (1983) has meditated every day since 2005, without exception, alongside a career as a medical specialist in mental health care and a family with two children. He learned buddho meditation from Herman Schreuder, then travelled again and again to northern Thailand for extended retreats with the Burmese monk Ahba, where he was ordained as a monk four times. Together with Herman, he makes the podcast Buddho & Boeddhisme, and he is editor-in-chief of buddho.org.
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