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[Session] Reading: “Santuṭṭhi and the Meaning of Contentment,” Beginning Our Day Vol. 1 by the Abhayagiri Saṅgha, pp. 2-4. Read by Ajahn Kassapo. [Contentment]
1. “What are your thoughts about developing wholesome qualities when there are so many things that mask them?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Skillful qualities] [Delusion] [Equanimity] [Contentment] // [Spiritual bypass] [Sloth and torpor] [Goodwill] [Conflict] [Discernment] [Suffering]
Reference: Working with the Five Hindrances by Ajahn Tiradhammo, p. 27.
Sutta: AN 4.28: Noble Lineages. [Requisites] [Judgementalism]
2. Discussion of contentment as necessary for concentration and interest in the breath. [Concentration] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Contentment] // [Desire] [Nature of mind] [Happiness]
Quote: “The beautiful breath” — Ajahn Brahmavaṃso. [Ajahn Brahmavaṃso] [Beauty]
1. “How does your relic puja work for you?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Relics] [Pūjā] [Prayer] [Devotional practice ] // [Respect] [Chanting]
Reference: “Great Chant of Universal Blessings,” Bhikkhu Manual, p. 135.
2. Discussion of beneficial effects of prayer even without an external entity to which it is directed. [Prayer] [Healing] [God] // [Culture/Sri Lanka]
Story: A threatening storm disappears the same night Rev. Heng Sure leads chanting for the Mississippi pilgrims. Told by Ajahn Jotipālo. [Ajahn Jotipālo] [Tudong] [Rev. Heng Sure] [Mantra]
[Session] Reading: “The Treasure House,” excerpts from Chapter 10 in Rude Awakenings by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott. Read by Ajahn Pesalo.
1. Comment: Ajahn Sucitto is able to capture the chaos that is India. [Culture/India] [Tudong] [Impermanence]
Reference: Rude Awakenings by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott Chapter 10.
2. Story: Ajahn Pasanno describes his time in India with Ajahn Jayasaro. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Jayasaro] [Tudong] [Visiting holy sites] // [Impermanence] [Almsround]
Story: A month to be away from Wat Pah Nanachat. [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Abbot] [Ajahn Puriso]
Story: Ajahn Pasanno stays in Bodh Gaya to do pūjās. [Pūjā] [Determination]
3. “Did you find any particular holy sites especially affecting?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Visiting holy sites ] // [Tranquility]
Reference: SN 56.11: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Chanting Book translation)
4. “Is it still safe to go on pilgrimage on foot in India?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Culture/India] [Tudong] [Crime] // [Lodging]
5. “Did you get sick [during your pilgrimage in India]?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Culture/India] [Tudong] [Sickness] // [Food] [Almsround]
6. “How did you find Ajahn Jayasaro again [in India]?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Jayasaro] [Visiting holy sites] // [Tudong] [Lodging] [Ajahn Koon (Chiang Rai)] [Ajahn Chai] [Ajahn Chah] [Culture/India]
7. Story: Ajahn Ñāṇiko stays in an Indian hotel. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Ñāṇiko] [Culture/India] [Lodging] // [Animal]
[Session] Reading: “Basic Premises,” With Each and Every Breath by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. Read by Ajahn Suhajjo.
1. “Could you comment on the issue of feeling that there need to be certain conditions in place for me to practice?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation] [Conditionality] // [Ajahn Chah] [Mindfulness] [Discernment] [Continuity of mindfulness]
Quote: “You can go off to the forest and be happy on your own or you can stay here and I can teach you how to be happy all the time.” — Ajahn Chah to Ajahn BahnKow. [Ajahn BahnKow] [Happiness] [Seclusion] [Everyday life]
2. Question about the differences between expansive knowing, concentration, and divided knowing or awareness; difference between viññāṇa and paññā. [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Consciousness] [Concentration] [Spaciousness] // [Energy] [Unification] [Continuity of mindfulness]
3. “Is divided consciousness the same as divided awareness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Kondannyo Bhikkhu. [Consciousness] // [Pāli] [Proliferation] [Concentration] [Sense bases] [Ignorance]
Story: A man born blind gains sight. Told by Ajahn Jotipālo. [Contact]
Quote: “Viññana is to be understood and pañña is to be developed.” — MN 43.6. [Discernment] [Kamma]
[Session] Reading: “The First Noble Truth,” pp. 14-28 in The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho. Read by Ajahn Khantiko. [Noble Truth of Suffering]
1. “What does “sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā“ mean in relation to the first Noble Truth?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Suffering] [Volitional formations] [Noble Truth of Suffering ] // [Self-pity]
Quote: “Sumedho loves to suffer.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Fierce/direct teaching] [Compassion]
[Session] Readings by Tan Gambhīro:
Reading: “Recollection of Hell,” Meditations Vol. 6 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.
Reading: “Pissing on Palaces,” Meditations Vol. 6 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.
Note: The recording begins in the middle of the first reading.
[Session] Readings by Kondannyo Bhikkhu:
Reading: “Ancient Teachings on Non Abiding,” Small Boat, Great Mountain by Ajahn Amaro, pp. 18-29.
Reading: “Is the Sound Annoying You?” Small Boat, Great Mountain by Ajahn Amaro, pp. 66-72.
Note: The recording begins in the middle of the first reading.
1. “Could you talk about how to integrate interaction and physical seclusion to develop citta viveka - mental seclusion?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Seclusion ] [Community] // [Concentration] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Relinquishment] [Happiness] [Contact] [Proliferation]
Quote: “Cittaviveka is essentially sāmadhi.”
2. “What is the difference between upadhi viveka and citta viveka?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Seclusion ] [Concentration] [Discernment] // [Relinquishment] [Aggregates] [Characteristics of existence]
Quote: “Upadi viveka is more transportable. You can carry it with you.”
Sutta: SN 22.22: The Burden (Chanting Book translation).
3. “How is Dzogchen similar to the Thai Forest Tradition?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Amaro] [Vajrayāna] [Thai Forest Tradition] [Emptiness]
Ajahn Pasanno describes the context of the Small Boat, Great Mountain retreat. [Spirit Rock] [Tsoknyi Rinpoche] [Theravāda]
Reference: Small Boat, Great Mountain by Ajahn Amaro.
4. “What is the value of assigning a monk to do chores rather than sitting practice?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Work] [Meditation] [Sutta] // [Concentration]
Reference: Small Boat, Great Mountain by Ajahn Amaro.
5. Discussion about keeping the continuity of practice within engagement and daily life. [Everyday life] [Continuity of mindfulness] // [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Ajahn Kinaree]
Story: Ajahn Chah sews a robe obsessively. [Robes] [Craving]
Follow-up: “Were Ajahn Mahā Boowa’s teachings less focused on daily life?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Pesalo. [Ajahn Mun] [Cleanliness] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Determination] [Ardency] [Personality]
Story: Ajahn Mun teases Ajahn Mahā Boowa for being like an old boxer.
Comment: You can read the suttas, but you don’t really get a feel for what the Buddha’s teachings are until you study and practice the Vinaya. [Sutta] [Vinaya] [Protocols] [Communal harmony] [Requisites]
6. “What is right effort? What is the right level, kind of effort so that mindfulness comes more easily?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Effort ] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Ardency] [Long-term practice] // [Aids to Awakening]
Quote: “You look at the definition of Right Effort, and it’s not about what you do, but it’s about the quality of the mind.” [Skillful qualities] [Unskillful qualities]
7. “How important is contentment and joy in the object you pick up [in meditation].” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Effort] [Contentment] [Happiness] // [Discernment] [Meditation/Techniques]
8. “What factor leads into Right Effort? How does inspiration relate to Right Effort?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Right Effort] [Faith] // [Factors of Awakening] [Investigation of states] [Energy] [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Disenchantment]
Reference: MN 95.16 Caṅkī Sutta.
Comment about maintaining continuity of mindfulness of breathing. Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Continuity of mindfulness] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Tranquility]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Desire] [Contentment] [Happiness]
[Session] Reading: “The Second Noble Truth” pp. 29-37 in The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho. Read by Tan Jāgaro. [Cause of Suffering]
1. Question about views on whether the cause of suffering is desire or clinging to desire. Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Craving] [Clinging] [Cause of Suffering] // [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro] [Idealism] [Suffering] [Cessation of Suffering]
Reference: Salutation to the Triple Gem: “Rūpūpādānakkhandho...”
Follow-up: “Is the greater suffering the reaction to pain?” [Pain] [Feeling] [Aversion]
Quote: “All these different teachings and expressions of teachings....We don’t have to make them mesh, but try to figure out what they are pointing to.” [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Recollection/Dhamma]
[Session] Reading: “Sense the Sacred,” pp.127-137 in Don’t Take Your Life Personally by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial). Read by Tan Suddhiko.
1. Discussion about the translation, meaning, and interpretation of the “Reflection on the Off-Putting Qualities of the Requisites” chant. Led by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting] [Requisites] [Unattractiveness] [Translation] // [Emptiness] [Culture/West] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Elements] [Thai] [Self-identity view]
2. “Do others who have been to India share Ajahn Sumedho’s feeling that everything belongs?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Culture/India] [Ajahn Sumedho] // [Devotional practice] [Commentaries] [Spiritual search]
Comment by Jeed Chaiboonruang: A French director makes a 7-hour film trying to figure out what India is and then gives up. [Media]
Other reflections about India by Ajahn Pesalo and Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: “Working with Perception,” by Ajahn Sucitto in The Insight Journal, Winter 2009, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Read by Debbie Stamp. [Perception]
1. “What is a good question to pose to yourself to investigate perception?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Questions] // [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro]
2. Discussion about perception and name and form. Led by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Aggregates] // [Thai] [Language] [Memory]
Reference: “Working with Perception,” by Ajahn Sucitto in The Insight Journal, Winter 2009, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
3. “Is there a way to stabilize the perception of impermanence?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Perception] [Impermanence] // [Cessation] [Relinquishment] [Suffering]
Sutta: SN 12.15: Kaccānagotta.
4. Discussion of sañña and paññā. Led by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Discernment] [Pāli] [Volitional formations] // [Abhidhamma] [Consciousness] [Recollection/Buddha] [Unwholesome Roots] [Aggregates] [Habits]
Reference: AN 10.60: Girimānanda.
[Session] Reading: “Parting Words,” a talk by Ajahn Vīradhammo at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery on July 1, 2011. Read by Beth Steff.
1. Quote: “This is what heat is like.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Weather] [Abhayagiri]
2. Story: Ajahn Pasanno attends Dharma Master Heng Lyu’s ordination. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Bhikshu Heng Lyu] [Ordination] // [Ajahn Amaro] [Weather]
3. Background of the 20th Anniversary celebration. Explained by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abhayagiri]
4. Quote: “A monastery isn’t the buildings or the land, but it’s the people.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Monasteries] [Community] // [Theravāda] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Ajahn Chah]
5. Story: Ajahn Pasanno’s first impressions of Wat Pah Pong. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Wat Pah Pong] // [Temporary ordination] [Ajahn Chah] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Lunar observance days]
6. Recollections: Ajahn Pasanno’s motivations for moving to Abhayagiri; twenty years went by quick. Recounted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Abhayagiri] // [Western Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Ajahn Amaro] [Community]
7. Chanting: Explanation of paritta chanting. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Three Refuges] [Goodwill]
1. Story: Abhayagiri’s neighbors and origins of the Abhayagiri property. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abhayagiri] [Ajahn Mahā Prasert] [Father Damien] // [Master Hsuan Hua] [Lodging] [Christianity]
2. Ajahn Pasanno expresses gratitude to the Saṅghapāla board members. [Abhayagiri] [Saṅghapāla] [Gratitude]
3. Reading: Reflections from Reverend Heng Sure. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abhayagiri] // [Rev. Heng Sure] [Pacific Hermitage] [Communal harmony] [Master Hsuan Hua] [Almsround]
1. Ajahn Pasanno introduces Ajahn Mahā Prasert. [Ajahn Mahā Prasert]
2. Laying the foundations for inner happiness. (Thai) Teaching by Ajahn Mahā Prasert. [Thai audio]
3. Laying the foundations for inner happiness. Teaching by Ajahn Mahā Prasert. Translated by Ajahn Pasanno. [Happiness] // [Chao Khun] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Amaro] [Similes] [Generosity] [Lodging]
1. Reflection by Bhikshu Heng Lyu: The relationship between Abhayagiri and The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. [Abhayagiri] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] // [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Sumedho]
Story: Master Hua invites Ajahn Sumedho to be the precept master for an ordination at The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas [Ordination] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Amaro] [Bhikshu Heng Lyu]
1. Recollection: The friendship between disciples of Ajahn Chah and the disciples of Master Hua. Recounted by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Spiritual friendship] [Ajahn Chah lineage] [Master Hsuan Hua] // [Abhayagiri] [Mahāyāna] [Theravāda]
Sutta: SN 45.2: Half of the Holy Life.
Story: Master Xuanzang writes that the Abhayagiri Vihara has “Mahāyana Theravādins.” [Master Xuanzang] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism]
2. Story: Heng Shun meets Ajahn Pasanno at Wat Phleng Vipassanā in 1973. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Bhikshu Heng Shun] [Wat Phleng Vipassanā] [Ajahn Pasanno] // [Temporary ordination]
3. Story: Heng Shun visits Ajahn Chah. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Bhikshu Heng Shun] [Ajahn Chah] // [Paul Breiter] [Ajahn Anando] [Master Hsuan Hua]
Reference: Venerable Father by Paul Breiter (commercial).
“Very imposing, very strict, very straightforward, and very challenging.” — Heng Shun describes Ajahn Chah [Personality]
4. Story: Ajahn Sumedho meets Master Hua. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Master Hsuan Hua] // [Ajahn Anando] [Gold Mountain Monastery] [Bhikshu Heng Shun]
5. Story: Dharma Master Heng Shun meets Ajahn Pasanno at Wat Pah Nanachat. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Bhikshu Heng Shun] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Wat Pah Nanachat]
6. Story: More details about the 1991 City of Ten Thousand Buddhas ordination. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] [Ordination] // [Bhikshu Heng Shun] [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Khantipālo]
7. Reflections by Bhikshu Heng Shun about the friendship between The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and Abhayagiri. [Spiritual friendship] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] [Abhayagiri] // [Vinaya] [Vegetarianism]
8. Story: Dharma Master Heng Shun teaches his students to recite the Mata Sutta (SN 15.14-19) before meditation. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Bhikshu Heng Shun] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] [Learning] [Meditation] [Chanting] // [Goodwill] [Saṃsāra]
1. Reflection by Father Damien: The friendship between Abhayagiri and Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Mount Tabor). [Spiritual friendship] [Abhayagiri] [Holy Transfiguration Monastery]
2. Story: Father Damien’s first visit to The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Told by Father Damien. [Father Damien] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] // [Bhikshu Heng Shun]
3. Reflection by Father Damien: Sharing the mountain together. [Holy Transfiguration Monastery] [Abhayagiri] // [Christianity] [Judaism] [God] [Ajahn Jotipālo] [Work]
4. Story: Father Boniface meets Ajahn Sumedho: “It’s not good to have two roosters on the same dung heap.” Told by Father Damien. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Father Boniface] [Holy Transfiguration Monastery] [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Amaro]
5. Father Damien explains the icon given to him by Abhayagiri monks. [Icons] [Abhayagiri] // [Culture/Thailand] [Christianity]
6. Chanting: The monks of Holy Transfiguration Monastery sing a blessing; Ajahn Pasanno expresses appreciation. Offered by Father Damien and Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting] [Holy Transfiguration Monastery]
1. Recollection: How I came to Buddhism and the beginnings of the Saṅghapāla Foundation. Recounted by Marc Lieberman. [Saṅghapāla] // [Taungpulu Sayadaw] [Temporary ordination] [Vinaya] [Jack Kornfield] [Joseph Goldstein] [Insight Meditation Society] [Ajahn Anando] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Ajahn Amaro]
1. Story: Coming to Buddhism through the AIDS crisis. Told by Susan Barber. [Sickness] [Death] // [Gratitude] [Stephen Levine] [Spirit Rock] [Christianity]
2. Story: Offering food to monks and board members; joining the Saṅghapāla Foundation. Told by Susan Barber. [Food] [Saṅghapāla] // [Ajahn Sumedho]
3. Story: The first seven years of the Saṅghapāla Foundation. Told by Susan Barber. [Saṅghapāla] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Debbie Stamp] [Meditation retreats] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] [Abhayagiri] [Ajahn Sundarā] [Community] [Christianity] [Gratitude]
1. Story: Meeting Buddhism in Thailand and becoming a Saṅghapāla board member. Told by Fred Kral. [Culture/Thailand] [Saṅghapāla] // [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Wat Ram Poeng] [Ajahn Chah] [Meditation retreats] [Dhammapala] [Debbie Stamp] [Ajahn Amaro]
2. Story: Saṅghapāla Foundation and the beginnings of Abhayagiri Monastery. Told by Fred Kral. [Abhayagiri] [Saṅghapāla] // [Monastery organizational structure]
1. Story: Meeting Buddhism in Thailand and San Francisco. Told by Noel Brewer. [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Wat Keuan] [Saṅghapāla]
Quote: “At that time, Saṅghapāla board members were selected among the three people who would regularly attend sittings, so if you attended more than two sittings, you were basically a board member.”
2. Story: Accepting donations for the purchase of Abhayagiri’s land; resolving a conflict on the board. Told by Noel Brewer. [Abhayagiri] [Generosity] [Conflict] [Saṅghapāla] // [Media] [Ajahn Amaro] [Vinaya]
Vinaya: Bhikkhu Adhikaraṇasamatha 7: Covering over as with grass; discussion in The Buddhist Monastic Code.
3. Reflections by Noel Brewer on the growth of Abhayagiri. [Community] [Abhayagiri] [Gratitude] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Saṅghapāla]
1. Reflection by Peter Mayland: It takes a global village to create a monastery. [Saṅghapāla] [Master Hsuan Hua] [Generosity] [Abhayagiri]
2. Reflections by Peter Mayland on Buddhism and psychotherapy. [Western psychology] [Cessation of Suffering]
3. Reflection by Peter Mayland: I am loved by many people at Abhayagiri. [Goodwill] [Spiritual friendship] [Abhayagiri]
Sutta: SN 45.2: Half of the Holy Life.
4. Reflection by Peter Mayland: “No BS that I can note.” [Truth] [Spiritual traditions] [Abhayagiri]
Reference: The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho.
5. Story: The monastery comes to our doorstep. Told by Peter Mayland. [Abhayagiri]
1. Story: The first anagārika ordained on Abhayagiri property returns. Told by Mark Sponseller. [Abhayagiri] [Postulants] // [Spirit Rock] [Ajahn Amaro] [Lodging] [Gratitude] [Meditation]
1. Story: A life-changing Dhamma talk. Told by Debbie Stamp. [Hearing the true Dhamma] // [Amaravati] [Chithurst] [Generosity] [Gratitude]
2. Story: Inviting monks to California to start a monastery. Told by Debbie Stamp. [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Generosity] [Saṅghapāla] // [Views] [Ajahn Amaro] [Faith]
3. Story: Ajahn Sucitto’s explanation of saṅghakamma redefines the focus of Saṅghapāla Foundation. Told by Debbie Stamp. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Vinaya] [Saṅghapāla] // [Ajahn Amaro]
4. Reflection by Debbie Stamp: The best investment I ever made. [Commerce/economics] [Abhayagiri] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] // [Spirit Rock] [Saṅghapāla] [Ajahn Amaro] [Gratitude]
1. Ajahn Pasanno introduces Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] // [Abhayagiri] [Ordination]
2. Reflection by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: What we take with us. [Ageing] [Death] [Memory ] // [Gratitude] [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Amaro] [Debbie Stamp] [Goodwill]
1. Gratitude to Joseph Kappel. Reflection by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Amaro] [Joseph Kappel] [Gratitude] // [Wat Pah Nanachat]
2. Reflection by Ajahn Amaro: The qualities of the heart are what really matters. [Skillful qualities] // [Memory] [Impermanence]
Quote: “This is a broken glass.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah]
3. Story: Ajahn Amaro hears of Master Hsuan Hua through Ajahn Sumedho. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Amaro] [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Sumedho] // [Chithurst] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas]
Quote: “I always thought I would never meet anyone else like Luang Por Chah, but I just met another one.” — Ajahn Sumedho. [Ajahn Chah]
4. Story: Ajahn Sumedho asks Ajahn Amaro to go to California. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Ajahn Amaro] // [Master Hsuan Hua] [Elders' Council] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] [Ordination] [Jack Kornfield]
5. Recollection: The virtual monastery in San Francisco. Recounted by Ajahn Amaro. [Saṅghapāla] // [Ajahn Amaro]
6. Recollection: Ajahn Sumedho delays the opening of a San Francisco vihara in 1992. Recounted by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Sumedho] // [Ajahn Chah] [Disrobing]
7. Story: The history of Abhayagiri Monastery: Master Hua offers land to Ajahn Sumedho the day after the Elders’ Council approves a land search. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Elders' Council] [Abhayagiri ] // [Saṅghapāla] [Gratitude] [Amaravati] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Viradhammo] [Sickness]
Quote: “It had been the dream of my life to bring the Northern and Southern Traditions together again, and I never thought I was going to be able to do it until I met Sumedho.” — Master Hsuan Hua. [Mahāyāna] [Theravāda] [Communal harmony]
8. Testing times: Saṅghapāla Foundation scrambles to purchase the plot of land adjacent to Master Hsuan Hua’s gift.Recollected by Ajahn Amaro. [Saṅghapāla] [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Amaro] [Faith]
9. Story: Moving onto the Abhayagiri land. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Ajahn Amaro] [Saṅghapāla] [Gratitude]
10. Reflection by Ajahn Amaro: Abhayagiri 20 years later. [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Amaravati]
11. Recollection: Origins of the Abhayagiri co-abbotship. Recounted by Ajahn Amaro. [Abbot] [Abhayagiri] // [Master Hsuan Hua] [Three Conditions Monastery] [Jealousy] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Leadership]
Quote: “You can’t have two tigers living in the same cave.” — Ajahn Mahā Prasert. [Ajahn Mahā Prasert] [Culture/Thailand]
12. Recollection: The connection with Ajahn Mahā Prasert and Casa Serena. Recounted by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Mahā Prasert] [Abhayagiri] // [Gratitude] [Father Damien]
13. Reflection by Ajahn Amaro: The world of things we leave behind, but the qualities of the heart are the abiding refuge. [Relinquishment] [Skillful qualities] // [Abhayagiri] [Monastic life] [Faith] [Simplicity] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support]
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