Free Online Buddhist Resources | Anagārika Michael Turner

Links to Other Online Buddhist and Monastic Resources

Below are a few links to resources that you may find of value. You are welcome to contact me if you would like to suggest any additions or removals.

Buddhist Rules of Monasticism and Monk-life

The Complete Buddhist Monastic Code by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (also available in PDF format here: Vol. 1, Vol. 2)
The Bhikkhu's Rules (Abridged): An Abbreviated Guide for Laypeople by Bhikkhu Ariyesako
The Buddhist Monk's Discipline (Abridged): Some Points Explained for Laypeople by Bhikkhu Khantipalo

Buddhist Monasteries

Na Uyana Monastery (Sri Lanka): A Strict and Rigorous Theravāda Buddhist Forest Monastery
Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya Monastery (Sri Lanka): A Strict and Rigorous Theravāda Buddhist Forest Monastery
Pa-Auk Forest Monastery (Myanmar/Burma): A Strict and Rigorous Theravāda Buddhist Forest Monastery

Recommended Books and Audible Audiobooks

The Four Noble Truths (epub/mobi/pdf) by Ajahn Sumedho (this ebook is available for free)
†The Four Noble Truths: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought by Geshe Tashi Tsering
†A Concise/Scholarly Overview of The Noble Eightfold Path by Bhikkhu Bodhi
†A Practical Teaching of The Noble Eightfold Path by Bhante Gunaratana
†The Buddha's Teachings via an Anthology of Core Suttas: In The Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Middle Length Discourses/Suttas: The Majjhima Nikāya by Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Connected Discourses/Suttas: The Saṃyutta Nikāya by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Other Sutta Translations on Amazon.com by Bhikkhu Bodhi: One of the Leading Academics of the Ancient Pāli Canon
The Long Discourses/Suttas: The Digha Nikāya by Bhikkhu Sujato
The Science of Compassion: A Modern Approach for Cultivating Empathy, Love, and Connection by Dr. McGonigal

Free Resources on How to Approach, Read, Study, and Learn from the Suttas

*Befriending the Suttas: Tips, in a Q&A Format, on How to Read and Learn from the Suttas (accesstoinsight.org)
*A Guide to the Pāli Suttas: An Academic Guide on How to Approach and Study the Suttas (suttacentral.net)

Free Pāli Canon Translations: Dhamma-Vinaya Texts (Sutta & Vinaya Piṭaka)

Access to Insight: Early Buddhist and Theravāda Texts, Teachings, and Translations of the Buddhist Pāli Canon
Sutta Central: Early Buddhist and Theravāda Texts, Teachings, and Translations of the Buddhist Pāli Canon

Free Online Dhamma Audio and Recorded Suttas Resources

Pāli Audio: Offers a Selection of Professionally Recorded Suttas, Translated into English from the Pāli Canon
SuttaCentral Voice: Offers a Selection of Recorded Suttas, Read in English with Pāli Transcriptions
Dharma Talks by Anagārika Pasannacitta /Anagārika Michael Turner

Free Online Resources to Learn the Pāli Language

Pāli Course Offered by Bodhi Monastery
Pāli Courses Offered by Pariyatti's Learning Center

Free Online Dharma Learning Resources

Venerable Thubten Chodron Mahayana Buddhist Audio Teachings by Subject
Venerable Thubten Chodron Mahayana Buddhist Video Teachings by Subject
Sravasti Abbey: A Mahayana Learning Centre with Free Online Courses and Remote Group Study Programs

†every student and practitioner of Buddhism should have these books, preferably in a physical format, regardless of tradition, school, or lineage.

*every student and practitioner of Buddhism should have a basic understanding of how to approach and leverage the suttas in their everyday life.

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Michael Turner is a pre-monastic ariya-puggala and a full-time Buddhist anagārika; and he is also a deeply accomplished streamentry mentor and applied-dharma teacher. He emphasises and teaches the practical application of the Buddha's teachings in our everyday lives to overcome our human problems that stand in the way of making measurable progress toward Buddhist enlightenment and he is particularly adept at explaining them in ways that can be easily understood and practiced by Western Buddhists. He has been meditating and cultivating the views and techniques that generate indestructible resilience, inner-strength, and direct experience for almost 30 years and has helped countless numbers of students and peers enhance and course-correct their practice to make veritable progress along the path toward Nibbāna.

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