I didn’t really mean to get back into thinking about Jatila Sayadaw. It just... happened. I was messing around in the corner of my room this afternoon—you know that kind of cleaning where you just shuffle piles from one side to the other without actually finishing anything? I found this scrap of paper. It had a few Burmese words on it, written … Read More

Reflecting this evening on the figure of Bhante Gavesi, and how he avoids any attempt to seem unique or prominent. It is ironic that meditators often approach a teacher of his stature armed with numerous theories and rigid expectations from their reading —wanting a map, or some grand philosophical system to follow— but he just doesn't give it t… Read More