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http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Daily-Chanting/index.htm

This work gives a selection of verses that are recited when worshipping the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha; and a collection of discourses that are popularly used as Safeguards. Part of the chants found in this book are meant to be made every day, and part rotate on a weekly basis.

http://sobhana.net/audio/index.htm
- English Dhamma talks by well known teachers such as Bhikkhu Bodhi and Ven. Narada Thera, Bhante Punnaji and Bhante Yogavacara Rahula;
- Sutta chants in Pali, the original language of the Buddha;
- Sinhala Dhamma talks by well known teachers such as Madihe Pannasiha Thera, Narada Thera, Gangodawila Soma Thera and others.
http://archive.org/details/XFR_2013-09-07_1B_01

Incredibly rare footage of Mahasi Sayadaw, who revitalized a style of Vipassana mediation in Burma during the 1970s, influencing well over one million people in Southeast Asia. This footage also shows footage of Sayadaw's main disciple U Silanada, and some of the first Westerners to bring Theravadin Buddhism to the the West including Jack Kornfield, Alan Clements, Joseph Goldstein, and the Indian Anagarika Munindra. This is an essential link in the transmission of the history as Asian thought into Western culture, and ultimately the American arts. Also included is the opening of a meditation retreat at Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts with Mahasi Sayadaw and his monks, hosted by Jack Kornfield. This includes opening instructions, and actual meditation interviews with Sayadaw.

Ubon Rachathani
https://youtu.be/EE5pB_WcENE

This is a short film made for the Open University series Man’s Religious Quest in 1977 and is set at the main monastery for Ajahn Chah: Wat Pah Pong in Ubon Rachathani, Thailand.

The main interest in the film is that it has recordings of Ajahn Chah himself answering questions on the nature of the monastic life and the teaching of the Buddha.

We also get glimpses of a very young Ajahn Liem (now head of that group of monasteries), identified as a very well respected young monk in the film, and Ajahn Anan, one of the leading meditation teachers in the school (walking behind Ajahn Chah on piṇḍapāta).

We also see an interview with a young monk from England, but I have been unable to identify him by name, and apparently he disrobed soon after returning to England.

The film looks at the daily life of the monks, shows them on piṇḍapāta, in the dānasāla, doing walking and sitting meditation, and going about their daily life and work.

https://vimeo.com/22091518

Santeri (26) decides to become a monk in Thailand and to give up everything he has in Finland. His sister and the director of the documentary Anja Ahola, wants to understand her brother’s great decision to leave behind his possessions, friends and family and to become an ascetic Buddhist monk for the rest of his life.

http://dharma-documentaries.net/the-buddha-comes-to-sussex

This is a documentary about the early days of the opening of the Cittaviveka, or Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, in West Sussex, England, which was begun in 1979 under the auspices of Ajahn Chah. The film opens with a group of monks walking on piṇḍapāta through the English countryside and a gathering of lay and monastics, presumably inside the mansion.

We also see the sometimes hostile, sometimes friendly, sometimes indifferent reactions of the local population to the monastics who have moved in there; to try to ease fears and get understanding the monks have an open day and arrange meetings to discuss matters with the locals.

In the film we see Ajahn Chah, who explains some Dhamma principles, a young Ajahn Sumedho, Ajahn Sucitto, who eventually took over thre running of Chithurst, and a lay woman who became Ajahn Candasirī. Now, as we know, nearly 40 years after the events, the monastery and the monks are as much a part of the community as anyone else who lives there, and they have done so by being true to their calling of living a quiet and simple life.

 

http://dharma-documentaries.net/blue-eyes-in-saffron-robes

This is a very interesting documentary set in Thailand at Wat Bowonniwet and Wat Pa Nanachat where they interview the monks about their lifestyles and their thoughts on being Western monks in Thai culture.

However, it takes on extra significance given the fact that the film was made in 1979 and we see some very famous monks near the beginning of their career, including Ajahn Brahm, Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Jayasāro.

The film maker, from RTV in Eire, first met some western monks in Bangkok at Wat Bowonniwet where he is told that there is a monastery full of Western monks in the North-East, and is intrigued enough to go and see for himself.

Along the way he interviews the then Abbot Ajahn Pabhākaro (who later disrobed, but still occasionally teaches meditation), a young Ajahn Brahm (around five Rains), and back in Bangkok is a white robed Shaun, who was to become Ajahn Jayasāro.

The film is quite good, letting the monks explain things themselves for the most part, and is only marred towards the end when then interviewer professes his faith in Jesus, and when his ideas are contradicted by Shaun, he brings both the interview and the film to a sudden close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDwVI9-G1t0

This exquisite documentary explores the world of forest-dwelling Theravadan monks at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in Redwood Valley, California. Abhayagiri (“Fearless Mountain” in Pali) is a community of monks who follow the precepts originally set down by Buddha. An inspirational film that captures the heart of inquiry as well as the beauty and simplicity of a Buddhist lifestyle.

http://paliinthaiscript.blogspot.com/

Pali Chanting in Thai Script in Romanized Pali and with English Translation. Collecting and publishing the Theravada Chantings as recited in Thailand is the purpose of this blog.

Columbus
Ohio
http://huntingtonarchive.org/

The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Photographic Archive of Buddhist and Related Art contains nearly 300,000 original color slides and black and white and color photographs of art and architecture throughout Asia. Countries covered in the collection include India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma), China, and Japan.

http://www.hsdejong.nl/myanmar/
On this website you will find a lot of photos about Myanmar (Burma).
No big story, only pictures. If you're interested in Buddhist temples and statues, this is the place to be!
https://buddho.nl/wp-content/uploads/ChantingBook.pdf

Pāli Passages with English Translation.

Compiled, partly translated & edited by Phra Claus Pabhaïkaro (Dr. Claus Sandler).

http://www.aimwell.org/paritta.html

 Parittas, with full Pali texts, recited by Mingun Sayadaw U Vicittasara. You can also watch a YouTube video of the same discourses recited by Sayadaw U Candasiri.

 

http://www.watpahnanachat.org/chanting/
  • Morning Chanting
  • Evening Chanting
  • Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
  • Dhammapahansa
  • Faith in the Tathagata
  • First and Last Words
  • Mindfulness of Breathing
  • Ovadapatimokkha
  • Secure Refuge
  • Sharing Merit
  • The Noble Eightfold Path

 

http://ignca.gov.in/?p=30985

More than a hundred stories with ancient Indian frescoes from Ajanta caves.

http://ignca.gov.in/sculpture-of-india-bharhut/

Images at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts website.

http://buddhist-arts.com/

A library, created by Cheryl Marland, to further understanding and appreciation of Buddhist art.

http://www.buddha-images.com

Buddha-Images.com shows Buddha images from Thailand with different postures and gestures. The hand gestures of the Buddha images are explained. The different styles of Buddha images in Thailand (according to historical periods) are exemplified. Besides the life of the Buddha, the website also features the 10 previous lives of the Buddha (the Jataka Tales) as seen in mural paintings in Thai temples.