Stealing (adinnādāna)
Parent topics: Right Action, Five Precepts, Eight Precepts
4 excerpts, 10:50 total duration

Buddhist Identity in the Modern WorldAjahn Pasanno – Aug. 15, 2015

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6. Comment about the expectations people may have of Buddhists. [Precepts] [Virtue] [Idealism] [Buddhist identity]

Story: An American asks Ajahn Chah why there are so many thieves in Thailand. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Culture/West] [Culture/Thailand] [Stealing]


Suttas You've Never Heard Of, Session 2Ajahn Pasanno – Jun. 25, 2016

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1. Story: A man in an airport asks Ajahn Chah, "If everyone is Buddhist, why are there so many thieves in Thailand?" [Ajahn Chah] [Culture/Thailand] [Stealing] [Virtue] [Precepts]


Teen Weekend 2017Ajahn Pasanno – Sep. 2, 2017

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6. “In a Latin American country, the government privatized the water supply and passed a law making it illegal to collect rainwater. Everyone had to buy their water from Nestlé. Does this count as taking what is not given?” [Stealing] [Politics and society] [Environment] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Culture/Thailand]


Developing Skill in Reflective Meditation, Session 2Ajahn Ñāṇiko and Ajahn Pasanno – Dec. 1, 2019

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6. Quote: “We have to get out of the habit of being theives.” — Ajahn Buddhadāsa. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Relinquishment] [Stealing] [Recollection] // [Aggregates] [Clinging] [Naturalness]

Quote: “The peace of Nibbāna is note something that you gain, that you get, that you claim ownership over; it's by relinquishing and releasing these bases of identity.” [Nibbāna] [Recollection/Peace] [Release] [Self-identity view]