A new page for unedited transcripts and over 100 hours of recordings of Acarya Godwin Samararatne.
New Set of Godwin’s Talks Available
A new set of public and retreat talks by Acarya Godwin Samararatne from the Netherlands in 1996.
The Henri van Zeyst Archives
An introduction to a new website of texts on Theravāda Buddhism by the great Dutch author Henri van Zeyst.
New Audio and Poems on Godwin Home Page
New material featuring talks by Acarya Godwin Samararatne at the evening meetings, and also discussions and chanting; the poems were written by meditators at Nilambe expressing their thoughts and feelings.
13th anniversary of Acharya Godwin Samamaratne
Short post commemorating the 13th anniversary since the passing of the well-known Sri Lankan meditation teacher Godwin Samamaratne.
Sharing the Dhamma – Godwin Website CD
It has become a custom to republish some of Godwin’s teachings on his anniversary, and this year the whole website dedicated to Godwin, Godwin Home Page, has been published on CD with the title Sharing the Dhamma.
eBooks on Godwin Home Page
Publication of the books on Godwin’s website in epub and mobi formats is announced. In a very convenient form you can now carry the books around with you along with your eReader, and delve into the teachings as and when needed.
Godwin on iPad
In 2009 Awaken Publishing and Design in Singapore produced a very beautiful book of Godwin’s teachings called Discovering Meditation. Now they have just managed to put out a collection of 19 books for the iPad, which includes Godwin’s book.
Godwin Samararatne: Why We Should Meditate
When you read the Buddhist texts you are so amazed at the Buddha’s profound and deep statements about the human mind. It is amazing that he should have made these statements 2,600 years ago.
Reprint of The Gentle Way of Buddhist Meditation
We published 1,700 copies of the book at the time. Now this year, the original publisher of The Gentle Way, Inward Path in Penang, have reprinted the work again, this time in a print-run of 1,000 copies.
Publishing Godwin
The following, which I wrote last year, was recently published in Remembering Godwin, a selection of talks by Godwin Samararatne and some appreciations of his life and teachings to commemorate Godwin’s 10th anniversary in 2010.