Desani.net & Other Resources

Links to Some Useful Resources

Desani.net

The Desani.net website, maintained by Desani's former student and helper John Hinds, contains accounts of his conversations with Desani, among other remembrances. The article “Notes from Readings…” describes Desani relating his personal philosophy about the interplay between consciousness and concentration; the meditative life; and being a householder. Also especially recommended are the articles:

• Life With Desani at Pemberton Parkway
  
  

• Note on Desani’s Nadi Texts
  
  

• Best Advice Ever From Desani and Liars, Hypocrites, Imperialists & Sages (Interview)
  
  

• In Retrospect

Contemporary Buddhist Commentary

• Metta, the Practice of Loving-Kindness as the Foundation for Insight Meditation Practice, Sayadaw U Indaka, translated from Burmese by Ven. Ariya Ñani, 2004, 72pp.

• Books by the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, available from Amazon.

Miscellaneous

• Arnold Schwarzenegger on the path of hate.