Generosity (dāna)
Parent topics: Treasures, Perfections, Gradual Teaching
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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 9 – Apr. 28, 2001

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4. Reading from the draft biography: Chah decides to enter the village monastery at age nine. [Types of monks] [Monastic life/Motivation] [Ajahn Chah] // [Conditionality] [Conscience and prudence] [Truth] [Generosity] [Kamma] [Work]

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 25


Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 11 – Sep. 19, 2010

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8. Reading from the draft biography: Ajahn Chah’s ability to draw people in and respond with compassion. [Personal presence] [Compassion] [Generosity] [Ajahn Chah] // [Wat Tam Saeng Pet] [Rains retreat] [Sickness] [Almsround] [Teaching Dhamma] [Similes] [Upatakh]

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 705


Death and Dying, Session 1 – May. 9, 2014

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4. Reading: SN 41.10: Death of Citta the Householder [Great disciples] [Death] // [Deva] [Faith] [Three Refuges] [Generosity]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 3 – Apr. 21, 2018

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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]