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13 events, 119 sessions, 167 excerpts, 14:28:07 total duration

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Ajahn Chah (37)  Culture/Thailand (8)  Death (8)  Sickness (6)  Thai Forest Tradition (6)  Ajahn Mun (5)  Mindfulness of breathing (5)  Relinquishment (5)  Right Mindfulness (5)  Similes (5) 

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Thai Forest Tradition, Session 2 – Jun. 14, 2014

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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] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [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]


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 3 – Jun. 14, 2014

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


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5. “In an earlier reading, Ajahn Mun mentioned the primal mind. Is that what you’re discussing here?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Nature of mind] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [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. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Translation]


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

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[Session] Readings from Body Contemplation: A Study Guide by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [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 Sutta – Jan. 11, 2015

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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. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body] [Unattractiveness]


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

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2. Reading from the draft biography of Ajahn Chah: The founding of Wat Pah Pong. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [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). Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kittisaro]

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 Death – Jan. 17, 2015

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[Session] [Recollection/Death]

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 1 – Jan. 18, 2015

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[Session] [Elements]

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 2 – Jan. 21, 2015

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


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 14: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 1 – Jan. 23, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 8-12.

Reading: Iti 34: Ardour. [Ardency]


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

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[Session]

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 3 – Jan. 25, 2015

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[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 14-21. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 17: Mindfulness the Gatekeeper 4 – Jan. 26, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness]

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 5 – Jan. 29, 2015

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[Session] [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 23-24.

Reading: AN 4.41: Concentration. [Concentration]


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

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[Session]

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 7 – 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 8 – 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 Sutta – 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. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 23: The Structure of Breath Meditation 1 – 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 2 – 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 3 – Feb. 8, 2015

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

Reading: Forest Desanas by Ajahn Mahā Boowa p. 52.

Reading: Unpublished Luang Por Baen talks.


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

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[Session]

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

Reading: SN 46.53: Fire.


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

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


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 28: The Method of Developing Calm – 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. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Right Mindfulness]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 29: Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand – 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 1 – 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 2 – 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 3 – 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 4 – 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 5 – Feb. 24, 2015

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[Session] Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī. Read by Ajahn Pasanno.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 36: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 6: Body – 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/Feeling – 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: Feeling – 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: Feeling – Mar. 2, 2015

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[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 122-129. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of feeling] [Jhāna] [Sensual desire]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 40: Fleshing Out the Four Tetrads 10: Feeling/Mind – 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: Mind – 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: Mind – 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: Mind – 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 Qualities – 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 1 – 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 2 – Mar. 16, 2015

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[Session] [Feeling]

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 3 – Mar. 17, 2015

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[Session] [Feeling]

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 1 – Mar. 18, 2015

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[Session] [Proliferation] [Perception]

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 2 – Mar. 22, 2015

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[Session] [Proliferation] [Perception]

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 Beyond – Mar. 23, 2015

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


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 51: Santi 1 – Mar. 24, 2015

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


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 52: Santi 2 – Mar. 25, 2015

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


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

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[Session]

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).


Abhayagiri's 20th Anniversary, Session 2: Agenda – Jun. 4, 2016

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3. Reading: Reflections from Reverend Heng Sure. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abhayagiri] // [Pacific Hermitage] [Communal harmony] [Master Hsuan Hua] [Almsround]


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

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


Can We Function without Attachement?, Session 4 – Oct. 1, 2017

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4. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: The common root of renunciation and compassion is the relationship to suffering. [Renunciation] [Compassion] [Suffering]

Reading:The Balanced Way” by Bhikkhu Bodhi on accesstoinsight.org.


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

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


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


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


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7. Comment: The essence of Ajahn Chah’s teaching was virtue and Right View. [Teaching Dhamma] [Virtue] [Right View ] [Ajahn Chah ] // [Meditation] [Mindfulness] [Concentration]

Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 594-596: “Sammādiṭṭhi”


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9. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 612-614 “Faith in the Triple Gem” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith] [Three Refuges] [Ajahn Chah] // [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 2 – Apr. 21, 2018

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2. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 427 “Work is Dhamma Practice” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [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” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Similes] // [Relinquishment] [Cessation] [Saṃsāra] [Nibbāna]


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6. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 646-647 “Por Buapah” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [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” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [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” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Science] [Learning]


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10. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 662-664 “Por Puang” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [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 Love – Oct. 12, 2019

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[Session] Reading: Ud 8.8: Visākhā Sutta Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.


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

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[Session] Reading from On Love by Ajahn Jayasaro. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.


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