Teaching given to Alphabet Sangha at the East Bay Meditation Center on 2020.12.29.
32:35 min
CLEAR ALL
In this book, Bhikkhu Analayo, scholar and meditation teacher, examines central aspects of Buddhist meditation as reflected in the early discourses of the Buddha, based on revised and reorganized material from previously published articles.
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