Ajahn Dune Atulo ~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 (Mental Development) - Thai Forest Tradition

This chapter on "The Method of Developing Bhavana" was taken from the text "Atulo" from the notes and memory of Phra Choa Khun Bodhinandamuni (Somsak Pajhdito), Wat Burapharam, Surin. Translated from the original Thai book "Atulo" by Bhikkhu Khemasanto (Douglas Johnson).
** A note on the word 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚
The word "Heart" is not a totally satisfactory rendering of the Pali word "Citta" but it does accord with much of the same meanings and senses as used in English. For those who prefer, the word "Mind" may also be used as a translation for the word "Citta".
** A note on the word 𝐁𝐡ā𝐯𝐚𝐧ā
The Pali dictionary suggests that ‘bhāvanā’ refers to 'mental development' (lit. 'calling into existence, producing') in what in English is generally referred to 'meditation'. The Theravada School of Buddhism distinguishes two types of bhāvanā:
(1) development of tranquillity (samatha-bhāvanā), i.e. concentration (samādhi), and
(2) development of insight (vipassanā-bhāvanā), i.e. wisdom (paññā).
Ajahn Dune Atulo (1888-1983) ordained at the age of 22 and after becoming disillusioned with his life as an uneducated town monk, he left to study in Ubon Ratchathani, where he befriended Ajahn Singh Khantiyagamo and reordained in the Dhammayut sect where he became a disciple of Ajahn Mun.
After wandering for 19 years through the forests and mountains of Thailand and Cambodia, Ajahn Dune received an order from his ecclesiastical superiors to head a combined study and practice monastery in Surin. It was thus that he took over the abbotship of Wat Burapha, in the middle of the town, in 1934. There he remained until his death in 1983.
For more of Ajahn Dune's teachings you can find them here:
www.dhammatalks.net/Books/Aja...
buddho.org/book/gifts-he-left...
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