Comment: The sutta in which there is a war that is going to happen, and the Buddha tries to mediate it in some way and is unable to stop it from happening .... There’s something touching about this when I look at my own life … [Buddha/Biography] [Conflict] [Politics and society]
Note: This question may refer to the story in the Commentary to Dhp 47 of the Buddha being unable to prevent Viḍūḍabha’s massacre of the Sakyans (Dhamma Verses Commentary translated by E. W. Burlingame and Ānandajoti Bhikkhu, p. 258-276).
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Non-identification] [Worldly Conditions]
Quote: “Do you think the forests in Thailand can be saved?” — “No.” [Environment] [Culture/Thailand] [Dtao Dum]
Right Speech and Living with Ourselves [2016], Session 4, Excerpt 6
“In the case of the war the Buddha couldn’t stop (likely the Commentary to Dhp 47), would the Buddha encourage an individual to pull back from the war?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Conflict] [Politics and society] [Military] // [Hinduism]
Right Speech and Living with Ourselves [2016], Session 4, Excerpt 8
“Does Ajahn Chah’s phrase, ‘Right in fact but wrong in Dhamma,’ imply that there is an objective world of facts and then a world above that which is Dhamma?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Truth] [Dhamma] // [Etymology] [Conventions] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Harsh speech]
Note: This phrase was discussed during the previous session.
Stories about the Buddha’s disciples who had killed people. [Great disciples] [Killing]
Suttas: MN 86: Aṅgulimāla Sutta; the story of Kuṇḍalakesī (Commentary to Dhp 102-103, Dhamma Verses Commentary translated by E. W. Burlingame and Ānandajoti Bhikkhu, p. 500).
Recollection: The lay disciple Pansak would sometimes show up drunk after work and spend the night under Ajahn Chah’s kuti. Recounted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Lay supporters] [Intoxicants]
Story: The monk Por Suey had been a hit man hired to kill Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah lineage] [Crime] [Wat Pah Nanachat]
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 16, Excerpt 2
Story: A monk worried about his robe takes rebirth an insect in his robe. Told by Ajahn Jotipālo and Ajahn Pasanno. [Robes] [Restlessness and worry] [Rebirth] [Animal]
Commentary: Dhamma Verses Commentary translated by E. W. Burlingame and Ānandajoti Bhikkhu, p. 832.
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 43, Excerpt 3