Ajahn Karuṇadhammo
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Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 2 – Jan. 7, 2014

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3. Reading: “The Training of the Heart” from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 505-516.


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 2 – Jun. 14, 2014

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1. Reading: “Visions of a Sāmaṇa” from Samaṇa by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, p. 11. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Monastic life/Motivation] [Ajahn Mun]


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 3 – Jun. 14, 2014

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2. Reading: Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 17. [Ajahn Liem] [Thai Forest Tradition]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 5 – Jan. 10, 2015

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[Session] Readings from Body Contemplation: A Study Guide by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. [Mindfulness of body]

AN 4.184: Janussonī; AN 10.60: Girimananda; SN 35.247: Six Animals; AN 4.45: Rohitassa; Thag 1.104: Khitaka.

Dhp 259, Dhp 299, Dhp 46; Ud 3.5.

AN 1.575 and onward, Mindfulness immersed in the body (SuttaCentral numbering).

AN 1.616 and onward, Deathless (SuttaCentral numbering).


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

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[Session] Reading: MN 119: This sutta describes the development of mindfulness of the body through mindfulness of breathing, the four postures, full awareness, bodily parts, elements, corpse contemplation, and the four jhānas. [Mindfulness of body] [Unattractiveness]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 10 – Jan. 17, 2015

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[Session] [Recollection/Death]

Reading: Nine point death meditation from the Lam Rim.

Reading: AN 6.19: Mindfulness of Death (1).

Reading: AN 6.20: Mindfulness of Death (2).

Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Charnel ground contemplations.

Reading: “Only the Practice of Dharma Can Help Us at the Time of Death,” Larry Rosenberg, Tricycle, Summer 2000.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 11 – Jan. 18, 2015

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[Session] [Elements]

Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Elements.

Reading: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.

Reading: “Wholehearted training” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 635 (excerpt).

Reading: “Why Are We Here?” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 131 (excerpt).


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 41 – Mar. 6, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of mind] [Divine Abidings]

Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness.

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 132-133, 174-175, 137.

Reading: SN 42.8: “The Conch Blower.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 42 – Mar. 8, 2015

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[Session] [Goodwill] [Recollection]

Reading: AN 11.15: “Loving Kindness.”

Reading: AN 11.11: “Mahānāma.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 43 – Mar. 9, 2015

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[Session] [Nibbāna]

Reading: Introduction to Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha p. 31-32 (quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 36-37).

Reading: The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 222-224, 30-31.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 44 – Mar. 10, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of dhammas]

Reading: “Contemplation of Dhammas,” p. 182-183, 185, and “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 142-148.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 45 – Mar. 15, 2015

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[Session] [Mindfulness of feeling] [Feeling]

Reading: “The Perceptual Process,” p. 156-159 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.

Reading: MN 44: Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Small Discourse Giving an Elaboration.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 46 – Mar. 16, 2015

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[Session] [Feeling]

Reading: SN 36.4: “The Bottomless Abyss.”

Reading: SN 36.6: “The Dart.”

Reading: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta, To Dıghanakha.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 47 – Mar. 17, 2015

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[Session] [Feeling]

Reading: SN 36.7: Gelañña Sutta, “The Sick Ward.”

Reading: SN 36.21: “Sivaka.”

Reading: “The End of Rebirth,” The Stillness of Being by Ajahn Viradhammo, p. 67-77.


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 48 – Mar. 18, 2015

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[Session] [Proliferation] [Perception]

Reading: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

Reading: “Categorical Answers,” Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.

Reading: AN 8.30: “Anuruddha.”


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 49 – Mar. 22, 2015

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[Session] [Proliferation] [Perception]

Reading: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

Reading: “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.


Love, Attachment, and Friendship, Session 1 – Oct. 12, 2019

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[Session] Reading: Ud 8.8: Visākhā Sutta