3000 HOURS OF MEDITATION

This book contains a selection of journal entries by Ajahn Achalo written from February and March, 2018, as he completed the final hours of his vow to meditate for 3000 hours at the site of Lord Buddha’s Enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India. It also includes reflections composed while leading a pilgrimage to the Four Holy Sites the next year. The collection is at once an informal Buddhist teaching, a travelogue, and candid diary. Sometimes humorous, sometimes sad, but always brutally honest. If offers a rare glimpse into the heart and mind of a meditation monk