The library
The best places to go deeper: translations, talks, books, monasteries, and retreats — nearly all offered freely by the communities that made them. We point the way rather than copy; each link opens the work in its own home.
The Pāli Canon and its translations — where to read the Buddha's words in full.
dhammatalks.org
Close to a thousand suttas from the Pāli Canon in careful, readable English — the Dhammapada, the Sutta Nipāta, and much of the four great collections — with introductions and notes. Free, without advertising.
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
suttacentral.net · SuttaCentral
The early Buddhist texts in Pāli and the other ancient languages, laid alongside their parallels, with modern translations in many languages.
accesstoinsight.org · Access to Insight
One of the first great libraries of Theravāda texts online: over a thousand suttas and a wealth of study material, arranged by collection, theme, and translator. No longer updated, but kept online as an archive.
Dhamma talks and guided meditation from the monasteries, to listen to.
dhammatalks.org
Years of evening and morning talks, guided meditations, and lectures by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, to stream or download.
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
ajahnchah.org
Ajahn Chah's talks in English and a dozen other languages, with recordings, photographs, his biography, and the teachings of his disciples.
Ajahn Chah
The tradition's essential books, nearly all of them free.
forestsangha.org · Forest Sangha
Nearly all of Ajahn Chah's talks that have been translated into English, gathered in a single volume by the monasteries of his lineage and offered for free distribution.
Ajahn Chah
abhayagiri.org · Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
Ajahn Jayasāro's life of Ajahn Chah — more than twenty years in the making, and the fullest account there is of the man and his teaching. Free to download.
Ajahn Chah
dhammatalks.org
Ajahn Lee's classic guide to breath meditation, with his lessons in concentration, translated from the Thai by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. Read online, or download it free as an ebook.
Ajahn Lee
forestdhamma.org · Forest Dhamma
Ajahn Maha Boowa's account of his teacher's life and practice — the founding story of the forest tradition — translated by Ajaan Dick Sīlaratano. Free to download.
Ajahn Mun
forestdhamma.org · Forest Dhamma Monastery
Ajahn Maha Boowa's teachings, translated by Ajaan Dick Sīlaratano of Forest Dhamma Monastery in Virginia — free to download, in English and many other languages.
Ajahn Maha Boowa
Forest monasteries in Thailand and beyond that welcome visitors.
watpahnanachat.org · The International Forest Monastery
The International Forest Monastery in Ubon Ratchathani, founded by Ajahn Chah in 1975 so that people from abroad could train in English. Those who wish to practise there can write ahead to arrange a stay.
Ajahn Chah
forestsangha.org · Forest Sangha
The international community of monasteries in Ajahn Chah's lineage: a directory of branch monasteries around the world, and their teachings, free to read and hear.
Ajahn Chah
amaravati.org · Amaravati
The monastery Ajahn Sumedho founded in Hertfordshire, England, in 1984 — with retreats, talks, and free books from the Western branch of Ajahn Chah's lineage.
Ajahn Sumedho
abhayagiri.org · Abhayagiri
A forest monastery in Ajahn Chah's lineage in Redwood Valley, California, with Dhamma talks, books, retreats, and a calendar of observances.
watmetta.org · Metta Forest Monastery
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu's monastery in San Diego County, California, in the lineage of Ajahn Lee. Day and overnight visits by arrangement.
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
Places to put the teaching into practice, for a day or a month.
suanmokkh.org · Suan Mokkh
Ajahn Buddhadāsa's Garden of Liberation, online: his books, hundreds of hours of his recorded talks, and the retreats at the International Dharma Hermitage near Chaiya.
Ajahn Buddhadāsa
Dictionaries and tools for reading the texts in Pāli.
dpdict.net · Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
A free, fast dictionary of Pāḷi built on the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition of the Canon: look up any word, or search the texts in Pāḷi and English.