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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Aggregates]
Sutta: SN 22.102, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Perception of Impermanence.”
Sutta: SN 22.95, Khandhasaṁyutta, “A Lump of Foam.”
Sutta: SN 22.33, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Not Yours (1).”
1. Reflection by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: The way to develop the perception of impermanence is seeing all of the khandhas individually just as they are. [Impermanence] [Knowledge and vision] [Aggregates] // [Patience] [Determination]
2. “Do you have any suggestions for contemplating the origin of the body?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Body/form] [Birth] [Aggregates]
3. “Is there a special meaning for which simile is compared to which khandha in SN 22.95?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Similes] [Aggregates] // [Impermanence] [Body/form] [Feeling] [Perception] [Volitional formations] [Consciousness]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo:
Sutta: SN 22.87, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Vakkali.”
Sutta: SN 22.86, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Anurādha.”
1. Reflection by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: Venerable Vakkali (SN 22.87) used pain to impel himself towards insight. [Great disciples] [Pain] [Sickness] [Progress of insight] // [Aggregates] [Arahant] [Suicide]
2. Comment by Ajahn Kaccāna: Venerable Vakkali had immense respect for the Buddha and the Dhamma. [Great disciples] [Respect] [Buddha] [Dhamma]
Response by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Faith]
3. “Are there other stories similar to Vakkali asking to die outside (SN 22.87)?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Pasanno. [Great disciples] [Death] [Culture/Natural environment] // [Perception of a samaṇa]
Story: Ajahn Mun chooses the place of his death. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Funerals]
Story: Ajahn Chah chooses a convenient time to die. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah]
4. Reflection by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: SN 22.86 is a classic exposition of the unapprehendability of the Tathāgata at death. [Buddha] [Death] [Non-identification] // [Right View] [Aggregates] [Teaching Dhamma]
5. “How would you answer the questions in SN 22.86 for a puthujjana (a person who has not entered the stream of Dhamma)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Death] [Aggregates] [Clinging] // [Kamma] [Views]
Sutta: SN 44.9: Flame blown by the wind. [Rebirth] [Similes]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo:
Sutta: SN 22.89, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Khemaka.”
Sutta: SN 22.49, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Soṇa (1).”
1. “Is there another sutta not spoken by the Buddha in which as many people become enlightened as SN 22.89?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Pasanno. [Great disciples] [Teaching Dhamma] [Liberation]
2. Reflection by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: SN 22.89 spells out the difference between the conceit ‘I am’ and sakkāyadiṭṭhi. [Conceit] [Self-identity view]
3. “What is the difference between someone who has broken through fetters (self-identity view, etc.) and someone who hasn’t as discussed in SN 22.89?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Pasanno. [Fetters] [Self-identity view] [Conceit] [Aggregates] [Similes] // [Perception] [Not-self]
4. Comments by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Pasanno: The source for the nine kinds of conceit. [Conceit] [Sutta] [Abhidhamma]
5. Comment by Ajahn Cunda: The Buddha’s description of a monk who ‘does not laud himself and disparage others’ (e.g. AN 4.28) sounds similar to SN 22.49. [Conceit] [Humility]
Response by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.
6. “Does volition differ from intention?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Pasanno. [Volition] // [Pāli] [Translation] [Kamma] [Self-identity view] [Skillful qualities]
Follow-up: “When we talk about effort, intention, and result in the Vinaya, is cetanā the word for intention?” [Vinaya]
Follow-up: “Saṅkhāra is sometimes translated as volitional formations. How does this differ from cetanā?” [Volitional formations]
Sutta: AN 6.63.33: “Kamma is volition.”
7. “When Ajahn Chah uses the expression, ‘the mind is no longer moving forward, moving backward, nor standing still,’ how does this relate to volition?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Nature of mind] [Volition] // [Self-identity view] [Conditionality]
1. Readings: Background information about the bhikkhu Channa by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Buddha/Biography] // [Commentaries] [Disciplinary transactions] [Vinaya]
Vinaya: Bhikkhu Pācittiyā 12 origin story, Buddhist Monastic Code Vol. 1, p. 419.
Vinaya: Bhikkhu Pācittiyā 71 origin story.
Vinaya: Bhikkhu Saṅghādisesā 12 origin story, Buddhist Monastic Code Vol. 1, p. 222.
2. Reading: SN 22.90, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Channa.” Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.
3. Reflection by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo on SN 22.90: Seeing all the khandhas as dukkha. [Aggregates] [Suffering] [Not-self]
4. Comment by Ajahn Pasanno: A critical part of SN 22.90 is Ānanda giving Channa the confidence to believe in himself. [Great disciples] [Faith] // [Geography/India]
Responses by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo, Ajahn Cunda, Ajahn Jotipālo and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Rapture]
5. “In SN 12.15, when it says, ‘the world depends on a duality,’ is that the process of [audio unclear]?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Views] // [Self-identity view] [Ignorance]
6. “Is there any significance to the elders Channa initially approaches in SN 22.90?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Great disciples] // [Commentaries]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 22.94, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Flowers.”
Sutta: SN 22.122, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Virtuous.”
1. SN 22.94 grounds views about the world in the experience of the aggregates. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Views] [Aggregates] // [Worldly Conditions] [Buddha] [Similes]
2. “Would you be willing to speak about translating saṅkhāra as volitional formations?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volitional formations] [Translation] // [Aggregates] [Volition] [Emotion] [Feeling]
Follow-up: “Do volitional formations include both thought and emotion?” [Directed thought and evaluation]
3. Comment by Ajahn Ñāṇiko: SN 22.122 is is stark contrast to the concept of secret teachings in Tibetan Buddhism. [Teaching Dhamma] [Vajrayāna]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha]
Sutta: DN 16.2.25: “I never taught with a closed fist.”
4. Discussion of how saṅkhāra relates to the other khandhas. [Volitional formations] [Aggregates] // [Consciousness] [Volition] [Emotion] [Feeling] [Conditionality]
Story: A psychology experiment demonstrating the physical effects of cultural responses to anger. [Western psychology] [Cultural context] [Aversion]
5. “Do even involuntary volitional formations below the level of direct awareness produce kamma?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volitional formations] [Kamma] [Volition] // [Aversion]
Story: The Dalai Lama suggests that psychologists study virtuous people. [Dalai Lama] [Western psychology] [Virtue]
Sutta: AN 3.68: Comparison of greed, hatred, and delusion. [Unwholesome Roots]
6. “Why is greed harder to remove than anger (AN 3.68)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Greed] [Aversion]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 22.53, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Engagement.”
Sutta: SN 22.54, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Seeds.”
Sutta: MN 22.36.
Sutta: SN 12.64.
Sutta: Snp 758-759.
Sutta: SN 12.38.
Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro p. 349.
Reading about Luang Por Dun (similar to Gifts He Left Behind by Ajahn Dune, p. 77).
1. SN 22.53-54 describe how the aggregates bring consciousness into being and consciousness relies on the aggregates. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] [Consciousness] // [Nibbāna] [Unestablished consciousness]
Sutta: AN 3.76-77: Kamma is the field. [Kamma]
Reference: The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro Chapter 8: Unsupported and Unsupportive.
Suttas: DN 11.85 and MN 49.25 refer to unestablished consciousness.
Reading: MN 22.36.
2. The Buddha is pointing to something beyond the normal functioning of the mind which is a basis for freedom from all dukkha. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nibbāna] [Cessation of Suffering] // [Secular Buddhism] [Liberation] [Feeling] [Nature of mind] [Aggregates]
Reference: Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro p. 349.
Quote: “Objects of the mind that are likeable or unlikeable” — Ajahn Liem. [Ajahn Liem] [Moods of the mind] [Clinging]
Sutta: AN 5.208: Five reasons for chewing toothwoods.
3. “Can the experience of an unpleasant contact be experienced at the level of feeling and perception without going into the reactive state which generates a volitional formation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pain] [Contact] [Feeling] [Perception] [Volitional formations]
Quote: “It’s ordinary for light to be bright. It’s ordinary for sound to make noise.” — Ajahn Dune. [Ajahn Dune] [Sense bases] [Seclusion]
4. “What is the significance of the introduction of personal pronouns in the last sentences of SN 22.53-54?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Language] // [History/Early Buddhism] [Conventions] [Faith]
[Session] Reading: “The Fount of Wisdom,” Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 583-598. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sense bases]
1. “Could you say something about watching the mind where the sense objects all meet?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of mind] [Contact] [Sense bases]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Sense bases]
Sutta: Overview from the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10.40).
Sutta: SN 35.232, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Koṭṭhita.”
Sutta: SN 35.26, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Full Understanding (1).”
1. The Five Khandhas lead towards understanding and relinquishment of attachment to self; the ayatanas (sense bases) relate to the relinquishment of desire. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] [Self-identity view] [Sensual desire] [Sense bases]
2. The meaning of fetter in terms of the sense bases. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Fetters] [Sense bases] // [Sensual desire]
Sutta: MN 10.40: The sense bases.
Reading: SN 35.232, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Koṭṭhita.”
3. “Is the fetter in terms of the sense bases (SN 35.232) equivalent to gratification, danger, and escape?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sense bases] [Aspects of Understanding] // [Sensual desire] [Benefit/gratification]
4. Comment: There’s a sutta (AN 6.61) which likens craving to a seamstress sewing together the sense bases and their objects. [Craving] [Similes] [Sense bases]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
5. “Does craving create a sense of continuity in the mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Craving] // [Benefit/gratification] [Ignorance]
6. “Is yoniso manasikāra like the scissors cutting out desire?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Appropriate attention] [Similes] [Craving]
7. “How does craving relate to the Five Khandhas?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Craving] [Aggregates] [Sense bases] // [Suffering] [Clinging]
Quote: “You don’t have to count the branches as you fall down.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Dependent origination]
Comment by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: In the Fire Sermon (SN 35.28), desire, hatred, and delusion arise on everything. [Unwholesome Roots]
8. In SN 35.26, the Buddha describes the cosmological All in terms of the sense bases. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nature of the cosmos] [Sense bases] // [Cessation of Suffering] [Liberation]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 35.60, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Full Understanding of all Clinging.”
Sutta: SN 35.63, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Migajāla” (1).”
Sutta: SN 35.64, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Migajāla” (2).”
Sutta: SN 35.69, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Upasena.”
1. “What is the distinction between delight, infatuation, and bondage?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Craving] [Clinging] // [Translation] [Pāli]
2. Comment: SN 35.63 is one-sided in that it emphasizes the pleasurable rather than the way the mind gets bound up with something that is not pleasurable. [Sensual desire] [Clinging] [Aversion]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Relationships]
3. Comment by Ajahn Jotipālo: SN 35.54 describes a bhikkhu who does not delight in desirable sense objects, but Migajāla delights in the Buddha’s words. [Dispassion] [Gladdening the mind]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pāli]
4. “Delight is to craving as what is to aversion?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Ñāṇiko and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Benefit/gratification] [Craving] [Aversion] // [Craving not to become] [Sensual desire]
Sutta: SN 56.11.4: Taṇhā is the cause of dukkha.
5. “What is the significance of asking for a teaching in brief in SN 35.64?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Teaching Dhamma]
Quote: “When you pick up one little bit of Dhamma, everything else comes with it as well.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Dhamma]
6. Discussion regarding Upasena being bitten by a snake in SN 35.69. [Great disciples] // [Family]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 35.70, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Upavāṇa.”
Sutta: SN 35.74, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Sick (1).”
Sutta: SN 35.88, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Puṇṇa.”
Sutta: SN 35.93, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Dyad (2).”
1. SN 35.70 explains that the Dhamma is directly visible whether or not lust is present. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Sense bases] [Sensual desire] [Dhamma]
2. “SN 35.70 and SN 35.74 mention lust. Is aversion, the opposite of lust, implicitly included?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sensual desire] [Aversion] // [Unwholesome Roots]
3. Comment: Comparison of Ajahn Lee going to Bangkok with Venerable Puṇṇa going to Sunāparanta (SN 35.88). [Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Great disciples] [Teaching Dhamma]
Comment: Ajahn Lee discovered breath meditation method 2 while coping with a heart attack in the wilderness. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Sickness]
4. “SN 35.93 shows how the edifice of the mind is based on impermanent phenomena.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nature of mind] [Impermanence] // [Doctrine-of-self clinging]
5. Comment: SN 35.93 is a wonderful analysis of the intimacy of nāma-rūpa and consciousness. [Aggregates] [Consciousness]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
Sutta: SN 12.67.7: Sheaves of reeds leaning against each other. [Similes]
6. “When contemplating the impermanence of the sense bases, is it better to focus on any sense base where impermanence comes into focus or stay with a particular sense base?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Impermanence] [Sense bases] [Meditation/Techniques]
7. “In SN 35.93, does intention refer to saṅkhāra?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volition] [Volitional formations]
8. “Is there a way to see how mind consciousness arises and disappears?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Heart/mind] [Consciousness] [Impermanence]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 35.95, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Māluṅkyaputta.”
Sutta: SN 35.96, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Decline.”
Sutta: SN 35.116, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Going to the End of the World.”
Sutta: SN 35.120, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Sāriputta.”
Sutta: SN 35.239, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Simile of the Chariot.”
1. “In SN 35.96, is ‘the arising of evil, unwholesome states, memories and intentions connected with the fetters’ an expansion of the terms craving and clinging?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Unwholesome Roots] [Craving] [Clinging]
Follow-up: “Would the sense base operating without any craving or clinging imply arahantship?” [Sense bases] [Arahant]
2. “Is there another sutta about reaching the end of the world through travelling?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nature of the cosmos] // [Psychic powers] [Liberation]
Sutta: SN 2.26: Rohitassa Sutta and Bhikkhu Bodhi’s footnote to this sutta.
3. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: Restraint is not constraint, but is the basis for happiness and joy. [Sense restraint ] [Happiness] // [Right Effort]
4. “How can one set an effective intention to get up when one is very tired when going to sleep?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Cunda and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Devotion to wakefulness] // [Posture/Walking] [Conditionality] [Chanting] [Habits] [Ajahn Chah]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 35.127, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Bhāradvāja.”
Sutta: SN 35.135, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Opportunity.”
Sutta: SN 35.153, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Is There a Method?.”
Sutta: SN 35.155, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “A Speaker on the Dhamma.”
1. “Is there a place in the suttas where a bhikkhu asks, ‘How does one not grasp at the signs and features?’ and the Buddha replies with the Four Foundations of Mindfulness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Sense restraint] [Right Mindfulness] // [Appropriate attention]
2. “In order to guard the sense doors continually, is it necessary to find a sense of ease in the body to serve as an anchor?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sense restraint] [Tranquility] // [Mindfulness] [Right Effort]
Sutta: SN 36.6, The Dart: An undeveloped person knows no escape from dukkha other than sensual pleasure.
Story: Ajahn Chah resolves not to look up for three months. [Ajahn Chah] [Sensual desire]
Follow-up: “What is beneficial as opposed to just looking down?” [Conditionality] [Concentration] [Unification]
3. “Does SN 35.153 indicate that keeping an eye on the mind and knowing when defilements are present lead all the way to the final goal?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of mind] [Unwholesome Roots] [Liberation]
Story: A monk logs hours of meditation but is frustrated with the results. [Meditation/Results]
Follow-up: “Does this mean that you can’t just apply a single skill without investigating whether it is actually helping?” [Meditation/Techniques] [Right Effort]
4. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: SN 35.155 makes it beautifully clear what the Buddha praises: disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation. [Disenchantment] [Dispassion] [Cessation]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 35.235, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Exposition on Burning.”
Sutta: SN 35.238, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Simile of the Vipers.”
Sutta: SN 35.241, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Simile of the Great Log (1).”
Sutta: SN 35.231, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Milk-Sap Tree.”
Sutta: SN 35.234, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Udāyī.”
1. “There’s a tradition that if one keeps the Five Precepts, one stays in the human realm. SN 35.235 implies that if one’s senses are unrestrained, one could end up in the lower realms. Any thoughts?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Five Precepts] [Human] [Sense restraint] [Hell] // [Death] [Conditionality]
2. “SN 35.235 contains the phrase, ‘grasp the sign through the features.’ Does this differ from the more frequent ‘signs or features?’” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Sense bases] [Sense restraint] // [Sensual desire] [Commentaries]
3. 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.
4. Comment by Ajahn Cunda: SN 35.231 mentions that sense objects do not obsess the mind [of an arahant] rather than one not experiencing things. [Sense bases] [Arahant] [Clinging]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Mahāyāna]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 35.243, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “Exposition on the Corrupted.”
Sutta: SN 35.246, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Simile of the Lute.”
Sutta: SN 35.247, Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta, “The Simile of the Six Animals.”
1. “Does SN 35.243 imply that as long as one is not an arahant, one is overwhelmed by sense objects?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Arahant] [Sense bases] // [Feeling] [Teaching Dhamma]
Comment by Ajahn Jotipālo: Bhante Gunaratana points out that mindfulness is not an Awakening Factor until it is 100% continuous. [Bhante Gunaratana] [Mindfulness] [Factors of Awakening]
Sutta: SN 56.33: Tossing up a stick. [Rebirth] [Similes]
2. “Was it ever clear what kind of back condition the Buddha had?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha/Biography] [Sickness] // [Ageing] [Ascetic practices]
3. “In SN 35.246, why did the king become unhappy with the lute?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Similes] // [Self-identity view] [Aggregates] [Spiritual search]
4. “In SN 35.246, does ‘to the extent there is a range for [the Five Aggregates]’ mean everything that we might experience?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] // [Proliferation]
5. “What is a useful way to hold the image of beating the bull that wanders into the barley field in SN 35.246?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Cunda. [Similes] [Sense restraint] // [Contentment] [Tranquility] [Conscience and prudence]
1. Readings: Buddhist Economics: A Middle Way for the Market Place by P. A. Payutto, p. 19; Buddhist Economics: A Middle Way for the Market Place by P. A. Payutto, p. 36. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Commerce/economics] [Requisites] [Right Livelihood]
2. “Lottery numbers? … Is the problem that the monks have the right numbers so everyone flocks to them?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Monastic life] [Psychic powers] [Right Livelihood]
3. “Could you talk more about the particular professions that the Buddha laid out as wrong livelihood (AN 5.177)? Why is being in the military not on the list?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Work] [Military] [Right Livelihood ] // [Unskillful qualities] [Kamma] [Killing] [Intoxicants] [Rebirth]
Story: The widow of a wealthy man divests from Singha Beer. [Commerce/economics]
4. “Is growing grapes right livelihood?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Agriculture] [Intoxicants] [Commerce/economics] [Right Livelihood]
Story: The son of a winemaking family lives on the land but doesn’t participate in wine production. [Family]
5. “Can you speak about the people who sell these things [intoxicants] versus those who make them?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Intoxicants] [Commerce/economics] [Right Livelihood] // [Kamma] [Volition]
Story: A clerk at an organic food store asks about selling wine. Told by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.
6. “If the person selling the product enjoys selling it and the person buying it enjoys the product, what is the unpleasant consequence?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Commerce/economics] [Sensual desire] [Kamma] [Right Livelihood] // [Unskillful qualities] [Intoxicants] [Crime] [Heedlessness]
7. “What about people whose livelihood falls into one of these categories [AN 5.177] but they are convinced that it’s good for the world or that it had to be done?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volition] [Right Livelihood] // [Delusion]
8. Comment about the nuances involved in the activities comprising wrong livelihood. [Intoxicants] [Right Livelihood]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Unskillful qualities] [Community]
9. “Is caffeine an intoxicant?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Intoxicants] [Right Livelihood] // [Medicinal requisites]
10. Comments about meat eating. [Food] [Killing] [Craving] [Vegetarianism] [Right Livelihood]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volition] [Human]
11. Quote: “Different people will be comfortable at different degrees of contentment and ability to live simply.” — P. A. Payutto. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [P. A. Payutto] [Personality] [Contentment] [Simplicity] [Right Livelihood] [Happiness]
12. “The Buddha taught the five forms of wrong livelihood [AN 5.177]. This is from the producer side. Is there a similar teaching from the consumer side?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Commerce/economics ] [Right Livelihood] // [Idealism] [Politics and society] [Buddha/Biography] [Skillful qualities]
13. “What is the view on medical or pharmaceutical professions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Health care] [Medicinal requisites] [Right Livelihood]
14. “What about things that have an ostensibly benign purpose, such as pesticides and fertilizers used for raising food, but then in fact have quite harmful effects?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Agriculture] [Environment] [Right Livelihood] // [Commerce/economics] [Politics and society]
15. “Is there any instruction from the Buddha about how to deal with profit-motivated pharmaceutical research decisions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha] [Health care] [Commerce/economics] [Right Livelihood]
16. “Some people want to help but find themselves in situations in which profit dictates the priorities. How can they protect their integrity in such situations?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Compassion] [Health care] [Commerce/economics] [Right Intention] [Right Livelihood ] // [Education] [Idealism] [Requisites] [Happiness]
Story: Ajahn Karuṇiko studies engineering, then quits a job in the arms industry to become a monk. [Military] [Monastic life/Motivation]
17. Comment by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: It’s not easy giving up the things we’re used to in order to follow the path. [Renunciation] [Eightfold Path] [Clinging] [Happiness] [Right Livelihood]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Suffering] [Commerce/economics]
18. “When quitting a job, should you consider the welfare of the next person who will fill it?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Livelihood]
19. Comment by Ajahn Yatiko: Right Livelihood isn’t about judging other people’s livelihood. [Judgementalism] [Right Livelihood]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Eightfold Path] [Pāli] [Cessation of Suffering] [Happiness]
20. Comments about Temple Grandon designing low-anxiety slaughterhouses. [Killing] [Agriculture] [Right Livelihood]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
21. Quote: “The Buddha’s function was not to make grand pronouncements that apply universally, everywhere, all the time. He gave guidelines to reflect a variety of circumstances, personal effects, social effects, and then make a decision from there.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha] [Idealism] [Discernment] [Conditionality] [Right Livelihood] [Kamma] [Community] [Politics and society]
22. Comments about thinking versus feeling out the quality of the heart in decision making. [Directed thought and evaluation] [Mindfulness of mind] [Discernment] [Clear comprehension] [Right Livelihood]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
23. Reading: A Constitution for Living by P. A. Payutto, p. 33. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Livelihood]
24. Reading: A Constitution for Living by P. A. Payutto, p. 35. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Livelihood]
25. “There are many people without access to resources for education or training without many choices. How does this all fit together?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Poverty ] [Learning] [Politics and society] [Right Livelihood] // [Buddha] [Idealism]
Sutta: DN 27: Agañña Sutta
26. “In DN 31.26, what is investment versus savings?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Commerce/economics ] [Right Livelihood]
Comments by various participants about the nature of investment. [Unskillful qualities] [Greed] [Work]
Sutta: DN 31.32: Siṅgālasutta Sutta: Five duties of an employer to employees; interpreted in A Constitution for Living by P. A. Payutto, p. 7.
27. Comments by Ajahn Kaccāna, Ajahn Yatiko and Ajahn Pasanno about the differences between ancient and modern economic systems and the importance of understanding and applying the Buddha’s principles. [Commerce/economics] [Cultural context] [Culture/West] [Work] [Right Livelihood] // [Agriculture] [Poverty]
28. “Do you know the qualities the employee is supposed to give the employer?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Work] [Right Livelihood]
Sutta: DN 31.32: Siṅgālasutta Sutta
29. Story: The head of Lalanka Water invites monks to stay above his office and teach the employees. Told by Ajahn Yatiko. [Work] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Teaching Dhamma] [Right Livelihood] // [Lunar observance days] [Eight Precepts] [Meditation] [Dhamma discussion] [Respect]
Story: The ultra-competent assistant who wants to ordain. [Monastic life/Motivation]
Story: The king’s assistant who dives into the water to get 20 pounds of gold (DN 17).
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