"...Doctors prescribe medicine to eliminate disease from the body. The Teachings of the Buddha are perscribed to cure disease of the mind, to bring back its natural healthy state. So Buddha can be considered to be a doctor who prescribes cures for the ills of the mind. He is in fact the greatest doctor in the world..." 

What is this disease of the mind then?

In order to eliminate the disease we have to apply

"...The Buddha laid down Morality, Concentration and Wisdom as the path to peace, the way to enlightenment. But in truth these things are not the essence of Buddhism. They are merely the Path... The essence of Buddhism is peace, and that peace arises from truly knowing the nature of all things..."

"...The worldly way is to do things for a reason, to get some return, but in Buddhism we do things without any gaining idea.. If we don't want anything at all, what will we get? We don't get anything! Whatever you get is just cause for suffering, so we practise not getting anything... Just make the mind peaceful and have done with it..."

"Dhamma is that which can cut through the problems and difficulties of mankind, gradually reducing them to nothing. That's what is called Dhamma and that's what should be studied throughout our daily lives so that when some mental impression arises in us, we'll be able to deal with it and go beyond it."

is a world-wide Buddhist community in the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah.

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The Sanghapala Foundation is a Buddhist community in the tradition of Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Sumedho & Amaravati Buddhist Monastery 

The mission of the Sanghapala Foundation is to foster the teachings of the Buddha by supporting Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

Bodhinyanarama, or the Garden of Enlightened Knowing, was founded 1985. It is a monastic residence of the Theravada tradition of Budhism set in a 51 hectare Native Reserve of regenerating bush 29 kms from Wellington New Zealand. It provides the perfect natural environment for experiencing the the truth of the way things are.
Bodhinyanarama has its origins in the Thai Forest Tradition and is associated with the many branch monasteries of Venerable Ajahn Chah.