Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo)
Parent topic: Skillful qualities
Subtopics: Generosity, Virtue, Renunciation, Discernment, Energy, Patience, Truth, Determination, Goodwill, Equanimity
8 excerpts, 35:51 total duration

Metta Retreat, Session 3 – Sep. 11, 2008

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6. “Can you speak about working with fear and loss of ego identity, fear, and death?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Fear] [Self-identity view] [Death] // [Goodwill] [Aggregates] [Impermanence] [Delusion] [Faith] [Eightfold Path] [Perfections] [Recollection]

Reference: Description of dukkha. [Suffering]

Quote: “We respond to teachings on liberation and Nibbāna with a curious sense of fear and trepidation.” — Ajahn Mahā Boowa speaking about Ajahn Mun [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Ajahn Mun] [Liberation] [Nibbāna] [Family] [Clinging]


Tudong Stories at Spirit Rock, Session 3 – Jun. 2, 2011

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10. Quote: “It all comes back to that simple quality of mindfulness. From the mindfulness, then the different qualities of practice that we need to rely on are cultivated.” — Ajahn Pasanno [Mindfulness] [Faculties] [Tudong] // [Concentration] [Thai] [Translation] [Discernment] [Perfections]

Quote: “The base and foundation is the mindfulness. Being the knowing is always the foundation, and then the mind is able to become still, become settled, become steady.” [Knowing itself]

Recollection: “It’s rare that Ajahn Chah would use [the Pāli term] pañña on its own. More often than not, he would use satipañña, which is mindfulness and wisdom together.” [Ajahn Chah] [Pāli]


Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 6 – Nov. 28, 2013

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14. “Where are the paramis listed and described in the Pali Canon?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perfections] [Sutta]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 48 – Mar. 12, 2104

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7. “Did Ajahn Chah speak about paramī?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Perfections] // [Culture/Thailand]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 58 – Mar. 28, 2014

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4. “With the succinct teaching “know and let go,” I notice a tendency in the mind to go through the motions of that without really being able to enter into it – what do I do about that?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness] [Relinquishment] [Truth] [Perfections]


Buddhist Identity in the Modern World – Aug. 15, 2015

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9. “The Dalai Lama is the iconic image of Buddhism in the West, but the Theravāda lineage is not much out there. How do you spread the word?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Dalai Lama] [Culture/West] [Theravāda] [Buddhist identity] // [Perfections] [Rebirth] [Advertizing] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Abhayagiri] [Dhamma books] [Generosity] [Virtue]


Developing Skill in Reflective Meditation, Session 2 – Dec. 1, 2019

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9. “Is there a recollection about recalling one’s own successes and good qualities?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Recollection/Virtue] [Recollection] // [Perfections] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Right Effort]


Living in a Changing Society – Aug. 23, 2020

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1. “Ajahn Chah was ill for the last ten years of his life. How could he endure that and why did this take place?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Sickness] // [Perfections] [Teaching Dhamma] [Saṅgha] [Death] [Monastic teachers] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Upatakh] [Generosity]