NEW: ‘Nanavira Hamuduru’ – Short Documentary about his life and work

British Buddhist monk, Ven. Ñanavira Thera ordained in Ceylon shortly after WWII and lived as a hermit on the outskirts of a remote village, Bundala, until his suicide in 1965. His complex and innovative writings remain largely unknown – in part because of his suicide, but also due to the challenging and unorthodox nature of his work. The film explores Ven. Ñanavira’s biography, writings, and the questions around monastic suicide.

Here is available only the low quality of the original. Also we cut out 30sec. long clip from Maugham’s radio play “The Question of Retreat” due to copyright restrictions.

Part One

Part Two

 

Reviews

Ven. Nanavira – the scholar monk, the suicide and the film
by Nan, The Island, July 23, 2011

Suicide by the terminally ill
by Nan, The Island, July 30, 2011

Ven. Ñāṇavīra: The Film
By Bhikkhu Yogananda, Nidahas, August 3, 2011

eBook: The Tragic, the Comic & the Personal (BPS)

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NEW: Path Press Archive

We opened an archive space at Issuu for Path Press files which have been already published on our websites and those interesting materials which have been posted at Akalika Forum, and also to archive many other papers which have never been shared before. So, keep visiting us and we hope you will find those files interesting and beneficial in your practice. Click bellow and see for yourself:

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Dear friends,

The Akalika Forum is currently in process of archiving some relevant and interesting posts which have been published at Akalika Forum and we file them into Path Press archive. These materials and many other are going to be archived at http://issuu.com. When it is ready for the public we will inform you.

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eBook: Collected Essays of Samanera Bodhesako

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Ven. Ñānavīra: The Film

by Bhikkhu Yogananda

My friend Tom Rosenberg sent me a copy of his film Ñāṇavīra Hamuduru. It’s a labour of love and a fitting tribute to a monk who has influenced many of us in the way we approach the Buddha’s teaching. I’m glad that the film seems to have triggered an interest among Colombo Buddhists when it was screened on July 18, and I hope that it could eventually be made available for free online viewing.

Ven. Nanavira – the scholar monk, the suicide and the film

Sunday Island – July 23, 2011, 4:49 pm
Sunday Island – July 30, 2011, 4:57 pm

‘Clearing the Path’ and ‘Seeking the Path’ are now available!

ERRATA to Notes on Dhamma (PPP, 2009)

Channa’s Suicide in the Samyukta-āgama

Notes from Ven. Saddhajiva

Venerable Ñānavira Remembered

Reflection on Sister Vajirā and Insanity

With birth, death applies

Existence means control

Feelings are suffering

Ven. Ñānavīra’s papers at the Manuscript Department of Cambridge

Gratitude – by Ven. Ñanavira

Review of Ven. Ñānavīra’ Letters after 1960

The Calm After the Storm

In & Out – by Ven. Ñānavīra

Anguish—the Mark of Man

The Use of Money by Monks

A Note on Fundamental Structure

Review of ‘Notes on Dhamma’

Hierarchy of Awareness

Path, Fruit and Nibbāna by Kheminda Thera

Papañca-Saññā-Sankhā

Scratching the Itch

Interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Nirodho

Beginnings: Collected Essays by S. Bodhesako