"In this remarkable book, Ajahn Buddhadasa teaches us beautifully, profoundly, and simply the meaning of sunnata, or voidness, which is a thread that links every great school of Buddhism... He teaches us the truth of this voidness with the same directness and simplicity with which he invites us into his forest."
- From the Foreword by Jack Kornfield

Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Wisdom Publications, Paperback,
150 pages, $20.95

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (Servant of the Buddha) went forth as a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) in 1926, at the age of twenty. After a few years of study in Bangkok, which convinced him �purity is not to be found in the big city,� he was inspired to live intimately with nature in order to investigate Buddha-Dhamma in study and practice. Thus, he established Suan Mokkhabalarama (The Grove of the Power of Liberation) in 1932 near his hometown of Pum Riang (now in Chaiya District). At that time, it was the only forest Dhamma Center and one of the few places dedicated to vipassana meditation in Southern Thailand. Word of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, his work, and Suan Mokkh spread over the years so that they are easily described as �one of the most influential events of Buddhist history in Siam.� Here, we can only mention some of the most interesting services he has rendered Buddhism.