U-Turn [EN]

The first time the students of KPYUSA got the opportunity to get together and train in the style of Dhamma taught by Luang Por Thoon Khippapanyo was in 2000. This book is a translation of a transcription of a Dhamma sermon given to Ajarn Passano, the Abbott of Wat Abhayagiri, on July 2, 2000 at the KPYUSA mountain in Redwood Valley, California, USA.
The transcribers felt that the information contained within this sermon would be highly beneficial to those who have confusion about proper practice and desire to achieve Nibbana (total enlightenment).

Luang Por Thoon was very concerned for the practitioners of Buddhism in our current day and age. He once said that because many people are dedicated and interested in practicing, if they
were provided with the right way of practice, they would become enlightened. Unfortunately, the majority of teachings in this day and age only teach the same thing – that is, how to prevent thinking.

If you become aware that your chosen method of practice is wrong, will you have the courage to abandon it and try a new method? Once you make that U-turn, you might just find that following a new path is not as hard as you might have thought. At the very least, Luang Por Thoon has already walked this particular path to completion, to Nibbana.

Students of Luang Por Thoon