Postulants (anagārika)
Renunciant practice / Monastic life / Types of monks / Postulants
Alternative translations: Pakow Thai
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Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 44 – Mar. 6, 2014

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2. Ajahn Pasanno gives more information about the cremation ground story. [Ajahn Chah] [Personality] [Postulants]


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3. “Did the pakow who accompanied Ajahn Chah to the cremation ground ever ordain?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Postulants]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 49 – Mar. 13, 2014

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6. “Why did older men ordain as pakows and follow Ajahn Chah on tudong?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Older monks] [Postulants] [Ajahn Chah] [Tudong] // [Culture/Thailand] [Food] [Almsfood]


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8. “How long would such pakows ordain?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Older monks] [Postulants] // [Amaravati] [Dhammapala]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 52 – Mar. 18, 2014

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4. “Was your eight years living with novices like how it was described in this reading [‘Toilets on the Path’]?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Novices] // [Thai]

Story: Ajahn Preecha comes to Wat Pah Pong at the age of 11 or 12. [Ajahn Preecha] [Postulants] [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Pong]


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 6 – Nov. 26, 2015

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6. “Could you describe the progression of anagarika and samanera training?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sequence of training ] [Postulants] [Novices] [Abhayagiri] // [Eight Precepts] [Not handling money] [Ordination] [Saṅgha decision making] [Dependence] [Ajahn Chah monasteries]


Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat, Session 3 – Jun. 9, 2021

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1. Story: Anagārika Lief requests to become a novice. Told by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Ñāṇiko] [Postulants] [Abhayagiri] // [Wat Pah Pong] [Sequence of training] [Lunar observance days] [Ajahn Amaro]


Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat, Session 8 – Jun. 11, 2021

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9. Story: Moving onto the Abhayagiri land. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Lodging] [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Postulants] [Ajahn Amaro] [Saṅghapāla] [Lay supporters]