Alphabetical Hierarchy Numerical Most common About tags

 Form (rūpa)
Alternative translations: Body
Parent topic: Aggregates
7 excerpts, 18:51 total duration
Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 6 – Ajahn Pasanno – Nov. 28, 2013

Download audio (3:01)
17. “Is there anything in the teachings/scriptures that would relate to the idea of organ donation?” [Health care] [Form] [Generosity]

Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 19 – Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 1, 2014

Download audio (2:43)
8. “Would it be possible to give a working definition of saṅkhāra? It seems that saṅkhāra is used by different people in different ways.” [Volitional formations] [Aggregates] // [Conditionality] [Form]

Reference: Abhayagiri Chanting Book, p. 23: "All conditions are impermanent."

Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 20 – Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 2, 2014

Download audio (4:55)
3. “I'm interested in the theme mentioned of the body and mind being separate from each other. The questioner asks 'Don't they have influence on one another?' I'm curious about how to reflect on that.” [Form] [Nature of mind] // [Ajahn Chah] [Sickness] [Knowing itself]

Story: Ajahn Chah retreats into the peace and stability of the mind to cope with a lung infection.

Death and Dying, Session 2 – Ajahn Yatiko, Jeanne Daskais and Debbie Stamp – May. 9, 2014

Download audio (1:20)
17. Comment: You spoke of death as the dissolution of the body and awareness coming home. The life that we think we're leading is not the life that we know about when we're aware. [Form] [Knowing itself] [Nature of mind] [Death]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno: When death comes, our life is like something that is built up out of crystal that becomes a pile of rubble in the end. It's so important to recognize that within that there is this possibility of awareness and purity of heart. [Similes]

Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 6 – Ajahn Karuṇadhammo – Jan. 11, 2015

Download audio (0:49)
5. Comment: I find it helpful to think about all the different cells of the body. How could any of them be me? [Form] [Not-self] [Unattractiveness]

Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 33 – Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 22, 2015

Download audio (3:10)
4. “After emerging from these attainments, can one function in the world?” [Jhāna] [Formless attainments] [Everyday life] // [Discernment] [Relinquishment] [Spiritual bypass]

Comment: If you happen to exist in a body, it seems you need to learn how to live in a body. [Form]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of body] [Thai Forest Tradition] [Liberation]

Desire or Aspiration, Session 1 – Ajahn Pasanno – Jun. 14, 2015

Download audio (2:53)
8. “What to do when you have a lot of freedom in your mind, but in your body you're stuck with a bad habit?” [Desire] [Liberation] [Heart/mind] [Form] [Habits] [Craving] // [Direct experience] [Meditation/Techniques] [Language] [Mindfulness of breathing]