Buddho: Twenty Years of Samatha Meditation and the Lessons of My Burmese Teacher
Language: English
Published by buddho.org, 2026
- Softcover
- New
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
AbeBooks seller since October 27, 2023
Condition: New
£ 17.87
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketSeller Inventory # I-9789083763019
- Title
- Buddho: Twenty Years of Samatha Meditation and the Lessons of My Burmese Teacher
- Author
- Doorn, Wouter
- Publisher
- buddho.org
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9083763013
- ISBN 13
- 9789083763019
Nowadays, people want everything fast, fast, fast. Even wisdom. We try to run along the Buddhist path instead of taking it one step at a time. Ahba makes it clear again and again that this is not how it works. Our desire for results is itself one of the greatest obstacles on the path.
Ahba speaks very little about his own past. What we know is that sometime in the 1950s he came walking out of the forests of Myanmar as a monk. At the sixth Buddhist council, where the monks of the Theravāda tradition gathered to preserve the teachings of the Buddha, he took the floor on buddhānussati: meditation on the qualities of the Buddha. What he said went unrecorded; what has come down to us is the silence that fell, because there was no one else who could speak about this with the same authority.
He became abbot of a monastery in Yangon and taught samatha meditation. One night in 1981, he suddenly disappeared. The next morning, the junta’s jeeps drove onto the monastery grounds to arrest him – a day too late.
Two years later, Herman Schreuder found him in the mountains of northern Thailand. Ahba said afterwards that he had called him: it was time to teach again. That is how his method reached the West, and how Wouter Doorn came upon it in 2005.
In Thailand he is known as Luang Por Opart. His students call him Ahba, which can be translated as ‘father’. Every day a queue waits outside his kuṭi (hut), from all over Thailand and from much further afield, and it grows longer every year.
What Ahba teaches is very simple: "Repeat buddho out loud and just listen to the sound. Have no other intentions. Try this slowly, slowly, again and again, and you get a clean and clear mind, you get concentration. Concentration is the foundation, and only when it is deep and solid is there room for wisdom to arise."
"If a window is very dirty, you can’t see through it. Clean it a bit, and you can see somewhat better, but still not clearly. Clean it completely, and you can see everything clearly without any doubt. The same applies to a mind full of desire; just clean it slowly."
Buddho is the account of twenty years with that method: retreat after retreat with Ahba, including four periods ordained as a monk, and the teaching he received there. And in between, at home, sitting down every day. Alongside his studies, a career as a medical specialist, and a family with two children.
No shortcuts, and no quick results. Only the steady development of the mind, buddho after buddho, day after day. Slowly. So slowly that you barely see it yourself. But it happens.
"When the dhamma slowly reveals itself to you, slowly lets its light shine, then it is at its most beautiful."
With a foreword by Ajahn Sumedho.
May your mind be clean and clear.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
California Books
Miami, FL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 27, 2023
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 3 to 7 business days | 2 to 5 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 0.00 | £ 9.05 |
Payment methods
Store description
We have 20 years experience selling books worldwide! Friendly customer support. Your satisfaction guaranteed!
Specialty
All authorized categoriesSeller's business information
Miramar International Services LLC
FL, U.S.A.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to California Books, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.