Politics and society
Part of key topic Everyday Life Practice
Includes tags: Politics and society, Education, Service, Activism, Non-profit organizations, Corruption, Crime, Discrimination, Military



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Readings from The Island, Session 26 – Feb. 15, 2025

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4. “Is there a 2025 version of wrong livelihood?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Livelihood ] // [Military] [Food] [Industry] [Intoxicants] [Commerce/economics]

Follow-up: “Would you classify drug dealing as wrong livelihood?”


Readings from The Island, Session 49 – Mar. 19, 2025

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7. “Ajahn Amaro is invited to give a two-mintue Dhamma talk at 10 Downing Streen on Visākha Pūjā.” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Amaro] [Teaching Dhamma] [Politics and society] [Festival days] // [Christianity]

Sutta: MN 123: Wonderful and Marvelous.


What Luang Por Chah Taught – Jul. 27, 2025

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16. “Can you tell us more about Ajahn Chah’s background?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] // [Wat Pah Pong] [Geography/Thailand] [Education] [Novices] [Ordination] [Ajahn Sao] [Forest versus city monks] [Death] [Ajahn Mun] [Thai sects]

Story: Six-year-old Chah plays at being a monk. [Monastic life]


Q&A with the Chithurst Community – Aug. 30, 2025

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2. “How to find a good balance between personal individual practice and helping the community? How have you practiced with this yourself, having had the role of abbot for such a long time?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation] [Service] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Abbot] // [Seclusion ] [Restlessness and worry] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Idealism] [Becoming] [Craving not to become] [Monastic routine]

Quote: “You really have to learn how to step back from your own mind and give attention to that sense of solid connection with the Dhamma practice.” [Dhamma]

Quote: “If we don’t really develop a sense of giving and sharing and lovingkindness and compassion, any amount of meditation that you do never really comes to much fruition.” [Generosity] [Goodwill]


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