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PATIPADA – INTRODUCTION This book is a translation of the Dhutanga practices of Venerable Acharn Mun Bhuridatta, and it was

PATIPADA – CHAPTER I: KAMMATTHANA The word “Kammatthana” is a technical term. Although it is given a special significance in

PATIPADA – CHAPTER II: TRAINING THE MIND It is necessary to have many different methods and ways of train­ing and

PATIPADA – CHAPTER III: THE STORY OF THE WHITE-ROBED UPASAKA The foregoing methods have been used by those Bhikkhus who

PATIPADA – CHAPTER IV: MORE ABOUT TRAINING Some Bhikkhus go and sit in meditation practice on the edge of a

PATIPADA – CHAPTER V: STORIES OF BHIKKHUS WHO PRACTISE The reader should please understand that in all the forms of

PATIPADA – CHAPTER VI: THE ASCETIC PRACTICES Each one of the thirteen Dhutanga practices are capable of subjugating the kilesas

PATIPADA – CHAPTER VII: THE STORY OF VENERABLE ACHARN CHOB At this point I shall relate the story of Acharn

PATIPADA – CHAPTER VIII: BHIKKHUS OF THE “MODERN KIND” Generally, in the practice of the Dhutanga Kammatthana Bhikkhus who follow in

PATIPADA – CHAPTER IX: ABOUT BEINGS IN THE REALM OF GHOSTS We must return once again to the story of

PATIPADA – CHAPTER XI: THE NATURE OF GREED The Baneful Nature of Greed If one is forgetful and careless of

PATIPADA – CHAPTER XII: A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF VENERABLE ACHARN KOW While writing about stubborn determination and anger, at some

PATIPADA – CHAPTER XIII: METHODS OF BHAVANA The Method of Walking Cankama The Venerable Acharn Mun who experienced Dhamma quite

PATIPADA – CHAPTER XIV: THE IMPORTANCE OF MINDFULNESS Guarding the citta most of the time or the whole time, is

PATIPADA – CHAPTER XV: KAMMATTHANA BHIKKHUS’ WAYS OF BEHAVIOUR Behaving in Economic Ways The Dhutanga Bhikkhus and in particular Venerable Acharn

PATIPADA – CHAPTER XVI: The Customs Of Kammatthana Bhikkhus The Tradition of Respect and Reverence for Their Teachers and for Each