Forest Desanas by Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno is a compilation of detailed instructions from the Thai Forest tradition. Ajaan Maha Boowa is widely recognized as living Buddhist saint and a master in the Thai Forest tradition. In 1955 he established the Wat Pa Baan Taad monastery and this book outlines his teachings. The fundamental problem that besets human beings, according to Ajaan Mah? Boowa, is that they have taken fake and false things as their true self and lack the necessary power to be their ?own true self?; they allow the wiles and deceits of the mental defilements to generate fear and anxiety in their minds.