The Council of Thai Bhikkhus in USA.

VDO the activities of the Council of Thai Bhikkhus in the USA

[gallery columns="2"]The activities of CTUThe Council of Thai Bhikkhus in the USA. Today I would like to introduce a meditation technique for reducing stress and enhancing relaxation. The term “meditation” is used in Buddhism for “mind training” rather than the Western sense of “reflection.” It does not require developing an extremely deep stillness, just relaxation and peace. It does, however, involve studying everything that occurs internally during the meditation practice. Together, the book and the audiocassette explain the technique and provide the tools for putting it into practice. Modern life is filled with stress. More and more ...

Basic Buddhist Practice.

Phramaha Thanat Inthisan, Ph.D., is a well-traveled Buddhist missionary monk born in Thailand and now serving at the Wat Thai Washington, D.C., in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States.  He received his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Magadh University, India, in 2003.  His dissertation concerned the “problem of self” in Buddhism.  He is the author of several works, including The Buddhist Missionary in the USA (in Thai).  He is also an expert in meditation practices and in yoga.  His wide range of experiences includes trips to Russia to teach Vipassana meditation, and participation in the last three World Parliament ...

Meditation Workshop at Wat Mongkolratanaram, Tampa,FL

  Becoming a Buddhist The first step one takes in becoming a Buddhist is the taking of refuge.  The act of taking refuge goes back to the very earliest period of the Buddhist community.  The first record of this in fact comes from the weeks following the Buddha's Enlightenment when we are told that two merchants who were passing through the place where he attained Enlightenment took refuge in the Buddha and Dharma.  At that stage it was a two-fold refuge as at that time the Sangha was not yet formed.   Following upon this we find references to the taking of ...