Most Recent News
Recent News 2002-2011
Biographical Notes

Letters and Essays
Some Favorite Poems
Willis PAO Mnemonic Library

Arboleda Andarivel Main Page
Photos of Godsons in Costa Rica
Photos of Willis
Picasaweb Photo Albums

Long Distance Hikes:
The Whoa Way Hiking
Solo Hike 1980:  (no journal)
       Donner Pass to Mt. Shasta
Solo Hike 1990:
       Donner Pass to Mt. Whitney
Solo Hike 1993:  Mexico to Oregon
      Part  1   2  3   4  5   6  7
Willis circles back to Stanford
Solo Hike 1994:  (no journal)
      Thru PCT Mexico to Canada
Solo Hike 1999:
      Thru CDT: Seven Million Steps
Solo Hike 2011: Vermont Loop

Currently Sponsored Projects
MIT OpenCourseWare
Wikimedia Foundation
Courage to Resist
J. Craig Venter Institute
Jonathan Willis Jarvis
postal: 848 N Rainbow Blvd #1163, Las Vegas NV 89107
email: williswhoa at yahoo.com  

"This is not mine, not me, not myself."
    -- Majjhima Nikaya 62: Advice to Rahula

"Pasajera es la vida, dolorosa y vacía."
    -- legend over the Andarivel Gate

The Buddhist Four Noble Truths:
1. Suffering pervades all experience.
2. The origin of suffering is craving.
3. The cessation of suffering follows the extinction of craving.
4. By means of self restraint, concentration and wisdom.
    (The Noble Eightfold Path)

Self Restraint:
Adapted from the Eight Theravada Precepts
     taken 5/96 at Wat Metta, California;
     Renewed 3/2005 at Suan Mokkh, Thailand.

1. Refrain from killing living beings.
2. Refrain from taking things without permission.
3. Refrain from unchaste thoughts, words or actions.  
4. Refrain from untruthful, harsh, divisive or frivolous speech.
5. Refrain from alcohol, intoxicating drugs or tobacco.
6. Refrain from eating substantial food after midday or before dawn.
7. Refrain from chasing after pleasurable sensations.
8. Refrain from using luxurious seats or soft beds.

Concentration and Wisdom:
The Middle Length Discourses (Majjhima Nikaya)
MN 51: The Gradual Training
MN 62: Advice to Rahula
Dhamma Study Notes
Dhamma Practice Notes

El Dhamma en Español 
Agnostic Buddhism
Anapanasati: Breathing with Mindfulness
What is Yoga? Patanjali's Sutras
The Way of the Bodhisattva
The Patimokkha: The 227 Theravada Monastic Rules