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Thai Forest Tradition, Session 2Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Jun. 14, 2014 [Thai Forest Tradition]

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1. Reading: “Visions of a Sāmaṇa” from Samaṇa by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, p. 11. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] // [Monastic life/Motivation] [Ajahn Mun]


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7. Reading: “Discernment versus self-deception” from An Unentangled Knowing by Upasikā Kee Nanayon, p. 102. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Discernment] [Delusion]


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 3Ajahn Pasanno – Jun. 14, 2014 [Thai Forest Tradition]

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2. Reading: Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 17. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Liem]


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5. “In an earlier reading, Ajahn Mun mentioned the primal mind. Is that what you’re discussing here?” [Ajahn Mun] [Nature of mind] // [Knowing itself] [Ajahn Chah]

Reading: Questions and answers regarding the primal mind from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 478.


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9. Reading: Excerpt from “The Training the Heart,” Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 509. // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Translation]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 5: Advantages of Mindfulness, Disadvantages of AttachmentAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Jan. 10, 2015

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[Session] Readings from Body Contemplation: A Study Guide by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. [Mindfulness of body]

AN 4.184: Janussonī; AN 10.60: Girimananda; SN 35.247: Six Animals; AN 4.45: Rohitassa; Thag 1.104: Khitaka.

Dhp 259, Dhp 299, Dhp 46; Ud 3.5.

AN 1.575 and onward, Mindfulness immersed in the body (SuttaCentral numbering).

AN 1.616 and onward, Deathless (SuttaCentral numbering).


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 6: The Kāyagatāsati SuttaAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Jan. 11, 2015 [Unattractiveness]

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[Session] Reading: MN 119: This sutta describes the development of mindfulness of the body through mindfulness of breathing, the four postures, full awareness, bodily parts, elements, corpse contemplation, and the four jhānas. [Mindfulness of body]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 9: Ajahn Chah Remembrance DayAjahn Pasanno – Jan. 16, 2015

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2. Reading from the draft biography of Ajahn Chah: The founding of Wat Pah Pong. [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Sao]

Reference: Stillness Flowing p.123 .


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3. Readings from the Introduction to Listening to the Heart by Kittisaro and Ṭhānissarā (commercial).

Story: Kittisaro’s first meeting with Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Conceit] [Body scanning] [Humor]

Stories: The Squirrel Story and the Donkey Story. [Learning]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 10: Contemplation of DeathAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Jan. 17, 2015 [Recollection/Death]

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Reading: Nine point death meditation from the Lam Rim.

Reading: AN 6.19: Mindfulness of Death (1).

Reading: AN 6.20: Mindfulness of Death (2).

Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Charnel ground contemplations.

Reading: “Only the Practice of Dharma Can Help Us at the Time of Death,” Larry Rosenberg, Tricycle, Summer 2000.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 11: Elements 1Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Jan. 18, 2015 [Elements]

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Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Elements.

Reading: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.

Reading: “Wholehearted training” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 635 (excerpt).

Reading: “Why Are We Here?” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 131 (excerpt).


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 12: Elements 2Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 21, 2015 [Elements]

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[Session] Reading: “Theory: Elements,” Meditation: A Way of Awakening by Ajahn Sucitto, pp. 128-138.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 14: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 1Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 23, 2015 [Right Mindfulness]

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[Session]

Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 8-12.

Reading: Iti 34: Ardour. [Ardency]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 15: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 2Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 24, 2015

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Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 12-14. [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: AN 10.58: Roots.

Reading: SN 51.15: The Brahmin Uṇṇabha.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 16: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 3Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 25, 2015 [Right Mindfulness]

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[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 14-21.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 17: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 4Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 26, 2015 [Right Mindfulness]

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Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 21-22.

Reading: AN 4.245: Training.

Reading: Sn 1.4: The Farmer Bhāradvāja.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 18: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 5Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 29, 2015 [Right Mindfulness]

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Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 23-24.

Reading: AN 4.41: Concentration. [Concentration]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 19: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 6Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 30, 2015

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Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 24-28. [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]

Reading: MN 19: Dvedhavitakka Sutta, Two Kinds of Thought.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 20: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 7Ajahn Pasanno – Jan. 31, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 28-31.

Reading: SN 47.40: Analysis.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 21: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 8Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 1, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 31-34.

Reading: SN 47.4: At Sālā.

Reading: Iti 90: Foremost Faith.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 22: The Ānānpānasati SuttaAjahn Pasanno – Feb. 2, 2015

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[Session] Reading: The Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118) describes how the sixteen steps of mindfulness of breathing fufill the four foundations of mindfulness, which in turn fufill the seven factors of enlightenment. [Mindfulness of breathing]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 23: The Structure of Breath Meditation 1Ajahn Ñāṇiko – Feb. 5, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 93-96.

Reading: Book of the Discipline Part 1 p. 116-121, Pārājika 3 origin story.

Reading: AN 9.36: Jhāna.

Reading: SN 54.8: Simile of the lamp.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 24: The Structure of Breath Meditation 2Ajahn Ñāṇiko – Feb. 6, 2015

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Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 96-99 [Mindfulness of breathing]

Reading: SN 22.79: Being Devoured.

Reading: SN 36.11: Alone.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 25: The Structure of Breath Meditation 3Ajahn Ñāṇiko – Feb. 8, 2015

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Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 99-100. [Mindfulness of breathing]

Reading: Forest Desanas p. 52.

Reading: Unpublished Luang Por Baen talks.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 26: The Structure of Breath Meditation 4Ajahn Ñāṇiko – Feb. 9, 2015

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Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 100-105. [Mindfulness of breathing]

Reading: SN 46.53: Fire.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 27: A Gift of DhammaAjahn Ñāṇiko – Feb. 10, 2015

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[Session] Reading: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 225-231: “A Gift of Dhamma.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 28: The Method of Developing CalmAjahn Ñāṇiko – Feb. 13, 2015

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[Session] Reading: Chapter 2, “The Method of Developing Calm” in The Natural Character of Awakening by Chao Khun Upāli, p. 30-39. [Right Mindfulness]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 29: Liberation in the Palm of Your HandAjahn Ñāṇiko – Feb. 15, 2015

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[Session]

Reading: MN 9: Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta, Right View (excerpt).

Reading: Readings on the suffering of birth and aging from Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand by Pabongka Rinpoche (commercial). [Birth] [Ageing]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 31: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 1Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 20, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 109-112.

Reading: SN 51.20: “Analysis.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 32: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 2Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 21, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 112-113.

Reading: MN 44, Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Shorter Series of Questions and Answers.

Reading: AN 8.63: “In Brief.”

Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha.

Reading: AN 8.81: “Training.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 33: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 3Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 22, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness] [Concentration] [Formless attainments]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 113.

Reading: AN 4.94: “Concentration.”

Reading: AN 9.36: “Jhāna.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 34: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 4Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 23, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 113-115.

Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha (Right Mindfulness p. 43).

Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 35: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 5Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 24, 2015

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[Session] Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 36: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 6: BodyAjahn Pasanno – Feb. 27, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 115-119.

Reading: MN 80: Vekhanassa Sutta, To Vekhanassa.

Reading: Ud 7.8: “Kaccāna.”

Reading: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 37: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 7: Body/FeelingAjahn Pasanno – Feb. 28, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Elements] [Mindfulness of feeling]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 119-121.

Reading: MN 28: Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta, The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 38: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 8: FeelingAjahn Pasanno – Mar. 1, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of feeling]

Reading: MN 14: Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering.

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 121-122.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 39: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 9: FeelingAjahn Pasanno – Mar. 2, 2015 [Sensual desire]

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[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 122-129. [Mindfulness of feeling] [Jhāna]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 40: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 10: Feeling/MindAjahn Pasanno – Mar. 3, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Concentration] [Mindfulness of mind]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 129-132.

Reading: MN 111: Anupada Sutta, One by One As They Occured.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 41: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 11: MindAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 6, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of mind] [Divine Abidings]

Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness.

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 132-133, 174-175, 137.

Reading: SN 42.8: “The Conch Blower.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 42: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 12: MindAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 8, 2015

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[Session] [Goodwill] [Recollection]

Reading: AN 11.15: “Loving Kindness.”

Reading: AN 11.11: “Mahānāma.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 43: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 13: MindAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 9, 2015

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[Session] [Nibbāna]

Reading: Introduction to Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha p. 31-32 (quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 36-37).

Reading: The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 222-224, 30-31.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 44: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 14: Mental QualitiesAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 10, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of dhammas]

Reading: “Contemplation of Dhammas,” p. 182-183, 185, and “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 142-148.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 45: Vedanā 1Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 15, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of feeling] [Feeling]

Reading: “The Perceptual Process,” p. 156-159 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.

Reading: MN 44: Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Small Discourse Giving an Elaboration.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 46: Vedanā 2Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 16, 2015 [Feeling]

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Reading: SN 36.4: “The Bottomless Abyss.”

Reading: SN 36.6: “The Dart.”

Reading: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta, To Dıghanakha.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 47: Vedanā 3Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 17, 2015 [Feeling]

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Reading: SN 36.7: Gelañña Sutta, “The Sick Ward.”

Reading: SN 36.21: “Sivaka.”

Reading: “The End of Rebirth,” The Stillness of Being by Ajahn Viradhammo, p. 67-77.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 48: The Honeyball 1Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 18, 2015 [Proliferation] [Perception]

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Reading: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

Reading: “Categorical Answers,” Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.

Reading: AN 8.30: “Anuruddha.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 49: The Honeyball 2Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Mar. 22, 2015 [Proliferation] [Perception]

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Reading: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

Reading: “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 50: The Peace BeyondAjahn Ñāṇiko – Mar. 23, 2015

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[Session] Reading: “The Peace Beyond,” Collectd Teachings p. 9-19.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 51: Santi 1Ajahn Ñāṇiko – Mar. 24, 2015 [Ajahn Liem]

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[Session] Reading: “Santi,” Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 39-53.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 52: Santi 2Ajahn Ñāṇiko – Mar. 25, 2015 [Ajahn Liem]

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[Session] Reading: “Santi,” Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 53-63.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 53: Not by Looking for ProtectionAjahn Ñāṇiko – Mar. 29, 2015

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Reading: “A Matter of Life and Death,” p. 205-212 in The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial).

Reading: “Towards the Future,” p. 215-220 in The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial).


Suttas You've Never Heard Of, Session 2: Responding to the Human SituationAjahn Pasanno – Jun. 25, 2016

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[Session] Readings: AN 7.6: Treasures. Translated by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. [Treasures]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 2: Readings with Q&A Part 1Ajahn Pasanno – Apr. 21, 2018 [Ajahn Chah]

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2. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 40-41: Ajahn Chah’s father’s dying request [Parents] [Death] [Monastic life/Motivation] // [Culture/Thailand] [Meditation]


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4. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 582: “Out of Compassion” [Compassion] // [Gratitude] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Teaching Dhamma] [Family]


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6. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 588-591: “Observance Day” [Lunar observance days] // [Abhayagiri] [Eight Precepts]


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9. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 612-614 “Faith in the Triple Gem” [Faith] [Three Refuges] // [Buddha] [Dhamma] [Truth] [Teaching Dhamma] [Lay life] [Recollection/Dhamma]

Simile: Digging a well — Ajahn Chah. [Right Effort] [Liberation]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 3: Readings with Q&A Part 2Ajahn Pasanno – Apr. 21, 2018

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2. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 427 “Work is Dhamma Practice” [Ajahn Chah] [Work] [Eightfold Path] // [Everyday life] [Aversion]


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5. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 533-535 “A Snake in the House” [Ajahn Chah] [Similes] // [Relinquishment] [Cessation] [Saṃsāra] [Nibbāna]


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6. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 646-647 “Por Buapah” [Ajahn Chah] // [Death] [Grief] [Personal presence]

Story: Por Buapah did the cement work for the original shine at Wat Pah Nanachat and the bell tower at Wat Pah Pong. [Stupas/monuments] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Wat Pah Pong]


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7. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 647-648 “Por Am” [Ajahn Chah] // [Right Livelihood] [Views] [Intoxicants]

Story: Ajahn Chah teaches Por Am herbal medicine so he can avoid killing animals. [Culture/Thailand] [Food] [Precepts] [Medicinal requisites] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Health care] [Lunar observance days]

Quote: “It’s not possible to defeat the Dhamma, you know, and that’s why you fainted.” — Ajahn Chah to Por Am [Dhamma]


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9. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 654-655 “Scientists and Academics” [Ajahn Chah] [Science] [Learning]


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10. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 662-664 “Por Puang” [Ajahn Chah] // [Temporary ordination] [Wat Pah Pong] [Generosity] [Recollection/Death] [Sickness] [Death] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Three Refuges]


Love, Attachment, and Friendship, Session 1: Benefits and Drawbacks of LoveAjahn Karuṇadhammo – Oct. 12, 2019

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[Session] Reading: Ud 8.8: Visākhā Sutta


Love, Attachment, and Friendship, Session 2: Learning to Love YourselfAjahn Ñāṇiko – Oct. 12, 2019

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[Session] Reading from On Love by Ajahn Jayasaro.