“Is there anything in the chanting book about stream enters, non-returners, arahants? How is the [old] Abhayagiri Chanting Book organized? Why does the chanting book start with evening chanting? How does chanting support my practice?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting ] [Stages of awakening] // [History/Thai Buddhism] [Ajahn Vajirayan] [Sutta] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism] [Faith] [Energy]
Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 7: “The four pairs, the eight kinds of noble beings.”
Story: Ajahn Mahā Boowa tries to listen to Ajahn Mun’s solitary chanting. [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa]
Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 2, Excerpt 2
“Do you have any suggestions for audio support for chanting?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Dhamma online] [Chanting] [Pāli]
Reference: Abhayagiri Chanting Karaoke
Note: The recordings on this website come from the older 2010 Abhayagiri Chanting Book.
Chanting [2018], Session 2, Excerpt 8
“The Morning Chanting [in the old Abhayagiri Chanting Book] first translates upādāna as clinging, but when it goes to the various khandhas, the translation is identification. Could you reflect on clinging as identification?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Clinging] [Translation] [Aggregates] [Self-identity view] // [Sensual desire] [Attachment to precepts and practices] [Doctrine-of-self clinging] [Fetters]
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 23, Excerpt 4
“Would it be possible to give a working definition of saṅkhāra? It seems that saṅkhāra is used by different people in different ways.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volitional formations] [Aggregates] // [Conditionality] [Body/form]
Reference: Abhayagiri Chanting Book, p. 23: “All conditions are impermanent.”
Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition [2014], Session 19, Excerpt 8
“Please clarify the meaning of ‘the Solitary Buddha is my noble Lord.’ (Abhayagiri Chanting Book, p. 27)” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Paccekabuddha] // [Three Refuges] [Buddha] [Devotional practice]
Note: Nātha is the Pāli word translated as Lord; the newer Amaravati Chanting Book translates it as ‘noble guide.’ Other translations can be found on SuttaCentral.
Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 5, Excerpt 16
“What is mesentery?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Unattractiveness]
Reference: Abhayagiri Chanting Book, p. 37.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 6, Excerpt 1
“Why are some body parts omitted from this list?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Unattractiveness] // [Commentaries] [Sensual desire] [Self-identity view]
Reference: Abhayagiri Chanting Book, p. 37.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 6, Excerpt 2
The contemplation of the parts of the body can be used to reduce sexual craving, to still the mind, and to induce insight into the nature of the body. In the first slideshow, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo gives a brief description of the structure and function of each of the thirty-two parts. The Abhayagiri Chanting Book, p. 37 lists the thirty-two parts in Pali and English. Many of the slide show images come from 32parts.com, an internet resource for body contemplation. [Sensual desire] [Calming meditation] [Insight meditation] [Unattractiveness ]