Joseph Kappel   Teachings by Joseph Kappel
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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 12 – Apr. 28, 2001

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4. Story: “Sleep is delicious.” Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Admonishment/feedback] [Goodwill] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Amaro ] [Joseph Kappel] [Upatakh] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Robes] [Mentoring] [Faith]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 20 – Apr. 28, 2001

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2. “Did Ajahn Chah pass his teaching style to you or do you use your own separate style?” Answered by Ajahn Sumedho and Paul Breiter. [Personality] [Ajahn Chah] [Teaching Dhamma]

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Story: Ajahn Sumedho, first abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat. Told by Ajahn Sumedho. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Abbot] [Wat Pah Nanachat ] [Sequence of training] [Culture/West] [Joseph Kappel] [Aversion] [Suffering] [Guilt/shame/inadequacy] [Humor]

Quote: “The special thing about Luang Por Chah was that he was at ease and completely himself.” — Ajahn Sumedho. [Contentment]

Response by Paul Breiter: “The elements are there, but different teachers are expressing them in a living way.”


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 26 – Apr. 29, 2001

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4. Story: Ajahn Chah visits Massachusetts. Told by Jack Kornfield. [Culture/West] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Culture/Natural environment]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 28 – Apr. 29, 2001

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4. Stories: The Chipmunk Story and The Donkey Story. Told by Kittisaro. [Kittisaro] [Depression] [Humor ] [Similes] [Ajahn Chah] // [Recreation/leisure/sport] [Perfectionism] [Meditation] [Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Sickness] [Animal] [Learning] [Health care] [Self-identity view] [Joseph Kappel] [Compassion] [Energy] [Right Effort] [Equanimity] [Lawfulness]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 32 – Apr. 29, 2001

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2. Story: Ajahn Chah visits Seattle. Told by Joseph Kappel. [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Family] [Paul Breiter]

Story: Venerable Pabakkaro’s grandmother hugs him at the airport. [Joseph Kappel] [Monastic life] [Vinaya]

Story: Ajahn Chah visits Mount Ranier. [Culture/Natural environment]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 33 – Apr. 29, 2001

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1. Story: My experiences with Ajahn Chah. Told by Nan Meister. [Gratitude] [Faith] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Liem] [Suffering] [Commerce/economics] [Spiritual urgency] [Joseph Kappel] [Bowing] [Wat Pah Pong] [Mae Chee Kumfah] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Mae Chee] [Ghost] [Conceit] [Fierce/direct teaching]


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3. Story: Ajahn Chah’s presence. Told by Gail Kappel. [Personal presence] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel]


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4. Story: Ajahn Chah asks for forgiveness. Told by Gail Kappel. [Asking forgiveness ceremony] [Ceremony/ritual] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Humility]

Quote: “If you cry a little bit, it’s good. If you cry a lot, you’re a fool.” — Ajahn Chah. [Suffering]


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7. Story: Paul Breiter expounds the spiritual potential of hospice work. In response, Ajahn Chah presses his cane into Paul’s chest. Told by Joseph Kappel. [Paul Breiter] [Health care] [Death] [Fierce/direct teaching] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 34 – Apr. 29, 2001

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2. Story: Venerable Pabakkaro (Joseph Kappel) spends time in solitude. Told by Joseph Kappel. [Joseph Kappel] [Seclusion] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Sumedho]


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3. Story: Ajahn Chah’s failing heath and Rains Retreat at Tam Saeng Pet. Told by Joseph Kappel. [Sickness] [Health care] [Rains retreat] [Wat Tam Saeng Pet] [Ajahn Chah] // [Wat Pah Pong] [Lodging] [Seclusion] [Generosity] [Joseph Kappel]

Story: “Pabakkaro, make me a Communist.” [Joseph Kappel] [Culture/Natural environment] [Medicinal requisites] [Contentment] [Sensual desire]

Story: Venerable Pabakkaro attends to Ajahn Chah. [Upatakh] [Joseph Kappel] [Humility]

Story: Ajahn Chah visits the branch monasteries for the last time. [Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Joseph Kappel] [Vinaya] [Saṅgha]


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4. Story: Ajahn Chah goes to Bangkok for treatment and an operation. Told by Joseph Kappel. [Sickness] [Health care] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Medicinal requisites] [Generosity] [Saṅgha decision making] [Lodging]

Story: Ajahn Chah’s last word. [Joseph Kappel] [Language]


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7. Story: Mute, wheelchair-bound Ajahn Chah meets a mother and her young son. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sickness] [Children] [Bowing] [Compassion] [Ajahn Chah] // [Health care] [Joseph Kappel] [Ajahn Pasanno]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 32 – Feb. 18, 2014

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6. Ajahn Pasanno tells how he went to Wat Pah Nanachat to make a bowl stand but got sick with scrub typhus. An extended discussion ensues. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Monastic crafts] [Sickness] // [Rains retreat] [Joseph Kappel] [Kittisaro]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 55 – Mar. 25, 2014

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3. “Would Luang Por Chah teach or test monks and students in different ways?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Mentoring] [Fierce/direct teaching]

Recollection: Joseph Kappel shakes with fear when on the receiving end of Ajahn Chah’s admonishments. [Joseph Kappel] [Admonishment/feedback] [Fear]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 57 – Mar. 27, 2014

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2. Reading: “About the Author” from Simply So by Ajahn Sim. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sim] // [Ajahn Mun] [Geography/Thailand] [Posture/Sitting]

Story: Ajahn Pabhakaro asks the Bung Wai villagers to sit full lotus. [Joseph Kappel] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Lunar observance days]