Ajahn Khemavaro and Venerable Pannananda in Brisbane

Ajahn Khemavaro and Venerable Pannananda visited Brisbane from 15th to 23rd March.  They went on alms round in Inala Plaza and offer teachings at the Tathagatha Meditation Centre.  
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Songkran Celebration and Conservation Work at Kempsey
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Studying the Dhamma

In seeking to go beyond suffering by way of studying, if one doesn’t delve into one’s own body and mind, then I can see no end to it.  The study of books can only serve as a guideline.  It’s just something that can be memorized and used to boast that one knows a great deal, which is merely a vain display of kilesa.  It’s not that the formal studying of books is always a bad thing, because sometimes it can provide one with some good ideas and perspectives.  Sometimes reading can cause faith and the desire the practice to arise.  Nevertheless, one must know how to read:  having read something, don’t hold tightly to it. The Buddha instructs us not to be led by the authority of religious texts.  Instead, we should reflect in a well-reasoned way in accordance with the principle of cause and effect, and trust in this.     Excerpt from Introduction of The Autobiography of  Ajahn Dtun  
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