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Recommended ReadingB U D D H I S T P I L G R I M A G EMiddle Land Middle Way: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Buddha’s India.Shravasti Dhammika. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society,1991. If this excellent and concise pocket book had been available tous for our pilgrimage, we would have seen and understood much moreof the Buddhist holy sites and probably had far fewer adventures.Thoroughly recommended for anyone going on pilgrimage. It is distributedin the U.K. by Lavis Marketing, 73 Lime Walk, Headington,Oxford, 0X3 7AD. In the U.S., BPS books can be purchased from PariyattiBook Service at www.pariyatti.com.B U D D H I S T T E A C H I N G SIn the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon.Edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005. Athoughtful and representative selection from the Pali Nikayas, arrangedin thematic chapters with helpful introductions.What the Buddha Taught. Walpala Rahula. New York: Grove, 1974.The Heart of Buddhist Meditation. Nyanaponika Thera. London:Rider, 1983.3 1 1
^0 R E C O M M E N D E D R E A D I N G 06T E A C H I N G S F R O M T H ET H E R AVA D A N F O R E S T T R A D I T I O NThe Mind and the Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life. Ajahn Sumedho.Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995 (published in England by Rider).Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah. Boston: WisdomPublications, 2002.Venerable Father: A Life with Ajahn Chah. Paul Breiter. BuddhadhammaFoundation, Tesabahl Songkroh Rd., Lad Yao, Chatuchak, Bangkok10900, Thailand. 1994. A very funny but moving account of five yearsspent with Ajahn Chah and the visit he made to the U.S.Amaravati Publications publishes teachings by monks in the forest tradition,including Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho. The books have beensponsored for free distribution. For a current publication list write,enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope, to Amaravati Publications,Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead,Herts, HP1 3BZ, England.B U D D H I S T H I S T O R YThe Buddha and Five After-Centuries. Sukumar Dutt. London: Luzac, 1957(reprint available from Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi).The Awakening of The West. Stephen Batchelor. London: Aquarius. 1994(published in the U.S. by Parallax). As well as being an excellent accountof Europe’s historical encounters with Buddhism, this book is also agood introduction to the different forms of Buddhism now establishedin the West.I N D I A N W I L D L I F ECollins Handguide to the Birds of the Indian Sub-Continent. Martin Woodcockand Hermann Heinzel. London: Collins, 1980. Small, very light,and covering most of the birds likely to be seen on a trip to India.3 1 2
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^0 F O R E W O R D 06mystically emb
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PrefaceWhat follows is the narrativ
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The First MoonT H E M I D D L E L A
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2Over the BorderA J A H N S U C I T
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^0 B O R D E R 06managed to ignore
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3Leaving HomeA J A H N S U C I T T
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4The ObserverA J A H N S U C I T T
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^0 O B S E RV E R 06contemplative b
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^0 O B S E RV E R 06After that we e
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^0 S E C O N D M O O N 06Eventually
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^0 S E C O N D M O O N 06ebbing out
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7The Kingdom of the LawA J A H N S
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^0 T H E L AW 06to get over the wor
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^0 T H E L AW 06accept any fare at
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^0 T H E L AW 06the surrounding tre
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^0 T H E L AW 06a small house near
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8CyclesA J A H N S U C I T T ONovem
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^0 C Y C L E S 06long while for the
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^0 C Y C L E S 06thosebirthsanddeat
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^0 C Y C L E S 06There was a tea st
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^0 C Y C L E S 06The land we were p
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^0 C Y C L E S 06the Indian “West
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9The Deathless DrumA J A H N S U C
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^0 T H E D R U M 06Once...when I wa
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^0 T H E D R U M 06Sangha at Amarav
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^0 T H E D R U M 06scriptures descr
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^0 T H E D R U M 06job, but had eno
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^0 T H E D R U M 06Vaishali’s gre
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^0 T H E D R U M 06less.” And the
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^0 T H E D R U M 06Striding across
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Mid-Bihar
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^0 T H I R D M O O N 06is losing it
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^0 T H I R D M O O N 06There is not
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11Dark AngelA J A H N S U C I T T O
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^0 DA R K A N G E L 06is generously
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^0 DA R K A N G E L 06majority of t
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^0 DA R K A N G E L 06there are man
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^0 DA R K A N G E L 06wound about w
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^0 DA R K A N G E L 06It happens to
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^0 DA R K A N G E L 06there. After
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^0 DA R K A N G E L 06I contemplate
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12Letting GoA J A H N S U C I T T O
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13Landing PlaceA J A H N S U C I T
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^0 L A N D I N G 06I was left alone
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A J A H N S U C I T T O^0 L A N D I
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^0 L A N D I N G 06Ajahn Sucitto in
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Page 304 and 305: EpilogueSo many people helped us bo
Page 306 and 307: NotesP R E FA C E“The mindful exe
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Page 312 and 313: GlossaryAbhidhamma (Pali) one of th
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