All excerpts
66 events, 494 sessions, 3638 excerpts, 202:29:12 total duration
Most common tags:
Ajahn Chah
(818)
Ajahn Pasanno
(382)
Suffering
(299)
Relinquishment
(260)
Abhayagiri
(240)
Self-identity view
(235)
Monastic life
(224)
Mindfulness of breathing
(221)
Teaching Dhamma
(214)
Discernment
(205)
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
[Session] Dhamma talk: Ajahn Pasanno reflects at the beginning of the retreat on what is helpful to establish in the mind during a period of formal practice. Drawing on the distinction of wholesome and unwholesome dhammas he brings together the topics of the Five Hindrances, Mindfulness, Clear Comprehension, and the putting forth of effort. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness]
[Session] Dhamma talk: The attention to bringing the mind to the freeing of the hindrances is essential. Ajahn Pasanno reflects on the Five Hindrances and recalls various metaphors and tools the Buddha suggests for understanding and working with the hindrances. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances]
[Session] Dhamma talk: Bringing the theme of the Five Hindrances to focus again, Ajahn Pasanno offers more advice for working with the hindrances and focuses on the positive qualities that we can turn to to enable relinquishing of the hindrances. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances]
[Session] Dhamma talk: Beginning with the Buddha’s metaphor of the skilled cook (SN 47.8) who carefully watches what his king prefers in order to gain favor. Ajahn Pasanno relates the importance and methods of relating to the meditation object in the framework of what works and what doesn’t work. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno.
[Session] Dhamma talk: Ajahn Pasanno reflects on the importance of practicing dhamma in accordance with dhamma and how this subtle, but important shift in our intention is a key to right practice. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma]
1. “If starting each meditation session with five minutes of skeleton contemplation, do you have any suggestions, advice, cautions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Unattractiveness] // [Disenchantment]
Quote: “They’ve brought their own skeleton to the monastery. Why are they shocked by seeing a skeleton in the cupboard?” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah]
2. “Sometime ill-will is diffuse and all-encompasing. Attempting to do metta when the mind is experiencing this seems to aggravate rather than soothe.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ill-will ] [Goodwill ] // [Bhante Gunaratana] [Conditionality] [Self-identity view] [Investigation of states]
Sutta: Snp 1.8: The Metta Sutta (Chanting Book translation).
[Session] Dhamma talk: Ajahn Pasanno explains the Buddha’s similes for spreading well-being and awareness throughout the body and describes mindfulness of breathing in terms of inclusive awareness. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of body]
[Session] Dhamma talk: To commemorate the Ajahn Chah’s 21st death anniversary, Ajahn Pasanno reads three talks on meditation from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah: “Tranquility and Insight”, “The Path in Harmony”, and “The Place of Coolness.” Offered by Ajahn Pasanno.
[Session] Dhamma talk: Reflecting on a question, Ajahn Pasanno talks about the usage of Kor Wat, translated “protocols” or ways of relating to requisites and the community, as a basic tool for training mindfulness and circumspection. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Protocols]
[Session] Dhamma talk: Ajahn Pasanno reflects on the basic teaching of the Four Noble Truths and how investigating and contemplating dukkha enables us to see our habits and conditioning and the obstacles to practice. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Four Noble Truths]
1. “Could you give advice on how to practice Buddhānussati? Are there any suttas useful for working with this theme?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Recollection/Buddha ] [Sutta] // [Learning] [Human]
Reference: Recollection of the Buddha, Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 4.
Sutta: MN 11: Cūḷasīhanāda Sutta.
Sutta: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta. [Views] [Great disciples] [Upatakh]
Sutta: MN 12.58: “You might think that the jujube fruit was bigger in those days...” [Buddha/Biography] [Humor]
Sutta: SN 17.5: Dung beetle on a ball of dung. [Gain and loss]
2. “Can one use the subtle sensations of comfort and discomfort that accompany in and out breathing as a basis for insight? If so, how much thinking/nudging the mind is useful versus simple observation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of feeling ] [Insight meditation] [Directed thought and evaluation] // [Impermanence] [Not-self] [Suffering] [Right Effort]
3. “Could you please speak about dhamma-vicaya and how to use it in meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Investigation of states ] // [Factors of Awakening] [Skillful qualities] [Unskillful qualities] [Characteristics of existence] [Appropriate attention] [Dispassion] [Aggregates]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. [Right Mindfulness]
The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, passages from the satipaṭṭhāna section.
1. “What does Ajahn Ṭhānissaro mean by stilling the breath sensations (The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 122).” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro] [Tranquility]
Sutta: MN 118: Ānāpānasati Sutta.
2. “Do you have any thoughts about the two interpretations of ‘body of breath’ in MN 118?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Meditation/Techniques] // [Tranquility] [Volitional formations] [Pāli]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo, pp. 182-187. [Hindrances]
Sutta: MN 39: Mahā-Asupura Sutta.
1. Comment: Sometimes pervading the body with rapture can take the mind away from the meditation object. Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Rapture] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Concentration]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Tranquility] [Volition] [Nature of mind] [Unification]
Reference: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 309, “Tranquility and Insight.”
2. Comments about translations of ekaggatā and ekodibhāvaṃ. Contributed by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Unification] [Translation] [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Tranquility]
1. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno: The relationship between the Five Hindrances and the Seven Factors of Awakening. [Hindrances] [Factors of Awakening] // [Mindfulness of dhammas] [Āgama] [Abhidhamma]
2. Reading: SN 46.38, Bojjhaṅgasaṁyutta, “Without Hindrances.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Factors of Awakening]
Reflection: The value of listening to Dhamma. [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Stream entry]
Sutta: AN 5.26: Listening to Dhamma is one of five situations that can lead to liberation.
3. Reading: SN 46.39, Bojjhaṅgasaṁyutta, “Trees.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Factors of Awakening]
4. Reading: SN 46.40, Bojjhaṅgasaṁyutta, “Hindrances.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Factors of Awakening]
Sutta: SN 56.11: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Chanting Book translation)
5. Reading: SN 46.55, Bojjhaṅgasaṁyutta, “Saṅgārava.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Similes] [Hindrances] [Factors of Awakening]
6. “Do you have any thoughts about the cultivation of the later Factors of Awakening?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Rapture] [Conditionality] [Hindrances] [Factors of Awakening] // [Investigation of states] [Mindfulness] [Tranquility] [Skillful qualities]
Recollection: Ajahn Chah’s description of pīti. [Ajahn Chah] [Mindfulness of breathing]
1. Reading: SN 3.24, Kosalasaṁyutta, “Archery.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Generosity]
2. “What are other possible translations of the recurring question [in the suttas], ‘What do you think?’” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Pāli] [Translation] // [Questions]
Sutta: SN 22.59 Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Chanting book translation).
3. Reading: SN 47.5, Satipaṭṭhānasaṁyutta, “A Heap of the Wholesome.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
4. Reading: SN 47.12, Satipaṭṭhānasaṁyutta, “Nālandā.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith]
5. Reading: MN 108: Gopakamogallāna Sutta. Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 54.12, Ānāpānasaṁyutta, “In Perplexity.”
Sutta: AN 4.61, “Worthy Deeds.”
1. “What’s the difference between sleep and sloth and torpor?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sloth and torpor] // [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Translation] [Devotion to wakefulness] [Craving not to become]
Story: Ajahn Pasanno’s first meditation retreat: “You’ve been stealing sleep!” [Ajahn Pasanno]
Story: After Ajahn Pasanno’s illness, he needs to sleep an hour more. [Sickness]
2. “Is laziness more aversion than sloth and torpor?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aversion] [Sloth and torpor] // [Pāli] [Energy]
3. “What is meant by ‘sees the range’ in AN 4.61?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Discernment] [Hindrances] [Commentaries]
4. Reading: AN 5.23, “Defilements.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Similes]
5. “What is the suitable basis in AN 5.23?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] // [Psychic powers] [Great disciples] [Jhāna]
Sutta: Ud 4.4: A yakkha clobbers Sariputta. [Non-human beings]
Commentary: The Visuddhimagga discusses training for psychic powers, Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, pp. 369-427.
1. Reading: AN 6.27, “Occasion.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
2. Reading: AN 10.61, “Ignorance.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ignorance] [Nutriment]
3. “How does good conduct bring about the Four Foundations of Mindfulness in AN 10.61?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Virtue] [Right Mindfulness] // [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma]
4. “Could you elaborate on the difference between nutriment [AN 10.61] and the causal relationships in Dependent Origination?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nutriment] [Dependent origination] [Conditionality] // [Commentaries] [Pāli] [Thai]
5. Reading: AN 10.95, “Uttiya.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Views]
[Session] Reading: MN 75: Māgandiya Sutta. Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
1. “Do you have any advice on how to approach unwholesome habits that are based on hindrances?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Habits] [Unskillful qualities] [Hindrances] // [Conditionality] [Mindfulness of dhammas] [Self-identity view]
Sutta: MN 75: Māgandiya Sutta.
2. “Would you say that clinging is around the senses and not the sensual desires?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Clinging] [Sense bases] [Sensual desire] // [Aggregates]
Follow-up: “How do we uproot clinging?” [Discernment]
Comment by Ajahn Ñāṇiko: One can only apply the concept of inverted perception from MN 75 to the other sense bases. [Delusion] [Perception] [Ajahn Khao]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno: Showeing after being exposed to poison oak. [Feeling]
Recollection: Ajahn Mahā Boowa perceived difficulty and problems as a whetstone for mindfulness. Recounted by Ajahn Pesalo. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Mindfulness]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Four Noble Truths] [Conditionality]
1. Reading: AN 5.161, “Removing Resentment (1).” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ill-will]
2. “Could you speak about disregarding the person as a strategy for working with resentment (AN 5.161)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ill-will] // [Aversion]
3. “In the practice of removing resentment (AN 5.161), how does developing equanimity differ from reflecting on kamma?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Equanimity] [Kamma] [Ill-will] // [Divine Abidings] [Judgementalism]
4. Question about the practice of metta in response to ill-will. Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Language] [Goodwill] [Equanimity] [Ill-will] // [Discernment]
Sutta: AN 5.161, “Removing Resentment (1).”
5. Readings: AN 5.162, “Removing Resentment (2);” AN 7.64, “Anger.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ill-will]
6. “In the Five Hindrances, does ill-will apply only to people?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Aversion] [Ill-will] // [Similes]
[Session] Reading: AN 7.61, “Dozing.” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sloth and torpor]
reflects on the qualities described in the lesser-known second half of this sutta. [Contentment] [Seclusion] [Relinquishment]
Sutta: MN 118: Ānāpānassati Sutta.
1. Comment by Ajahn Jotipālo: AN 7.61 is similar to the beginning of the Metta Sutta (Snp 1.8, Chanting Book translation). [Contentment] [Humility]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
2. “Do you have any thoughts about how to discern neutral feeling?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Neutral feeling] [Feeling] // [Delusion] [Mindfulness] [Patience] [Restlessness and worry]
Sutta: AN 7.61.
3. Comment by Ajahn Cunda about noticing restlessness even in peaceful meditation. [Restlessness and worry] [Tranquility]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view] [Relinquishment] [Contentment] [Patience] [Impermanence] [Dispassion] [Cessation] [Mindfulness of dhammas]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: AN 4.128, “Astounding (2).”
Sutta: MN 23: Vammika Sutta.
Sutta: SN 42.13, Gāmaṇisaṁyutta, “Pāṭaliya.”
1. Discussion of the symbolism in MN 23. [Symbolism/metaphor] // [Sensual desire] [Hindrances] [Thai] [Doubt]
2. “How is sensual desire like being in debt (MN 39.14)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sensual desire] [Similes]
3. Reflections by Ajahn Pasanno on SN 42.13: The Buddha’s clarity with definitions and bringing doubts about views back to conduct. [Teaching Dhamma] [Doubt] [Views] [Virtue]
4. Comment by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: Reflecting on the results of good conduct is the basis for samādhi [in SN 42.13]. [Recollection/Virtue] [Concentration]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
5. Comment by Ajahn Kaccāna: I’m puzzled why the lucky throw on both counts happens in both cases in SN 42.13. [Views]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Virtue] [Kamma]
Sutta: AN 3.65: Kālāma Sutta.
[Session] Reading: MN 109: Mahāpuṇṇama Sutta. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates]
1. Reflections by Ajahn Pasanno on MN 109: The danger in clinging to khandhas. [Clinging] [Self-identity view] [Aggregates]
Reference: Reflection on dukkha from the Morning Chanting.
Sutta: SN 22.59 Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Chanting book translation).
2. “How is nama-rupa usually defined?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Consciousness] [Aggregates] // [Volition]
Sutta: SN 12.67: Sheaves of reeds. [Similes]
3. “Have any teachers explained the meaning of the questions in MN 109?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Questions] [Aggregates]
Commentarial explanation of the context of MN 109. [Teaching Dhamma] [Culture/India] [Views] [Culture/West] [Christianity]
Sutta: DN 1: Brahmajāla Sutta.
4. “The obtuse bhikkhu who thought about what self is touched by the results of action (MN 109.14)—that’s the place where kamma comes into the question?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view] [Kamma] [Aggregates] // [Views] [Middle Path] [Doctrine-of-self clinging] [Characteristics of existence]
Follow-up: “Right view talks about being being reborn. Is this a conventional use of language? It’s not talking about selves being reborn?” [Right View] [Rebirth] [Language]
Sutta: SN 5.10: Simile of the chariot. [Conventions]
[Session] Reading: MN 64: Mahāmālunkya Sutta and Bhikkhu Bodhi’s footnote explaining the Majjhima Nikāya Commentary. Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
1. Comment: MN 64 speaks about the underlying tendencies even in infants, which goes against the idea of getting back to your childlike purity. [Fetters] [Children]
Responses by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Jotipālo.
2. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno: MN 64.9 explains how jhāna forms the basis for insight. [Jhāna] [Characteristics of existence] [Insight meditation] // [Formless attainments]
Follow-up: “Does that imply that insight is realized during that absorption?”
3. Discussion of formless attainments and awareness of body. [Formless attainments] [Mindfulness of body]
[Session] Readings from A Burden off the Mind by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 14-17 By Ajahn Pasanno:
§5: SN 22.100, Khandhasaṁyutta, “The Leash.”
§6: SN 22.48, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Aggregates.”
§7: excerpt from SN 22.79.
1. “What is your understanding of the moving picture show [in Ajahn Ṭhānissaro’s translation of SN 22.100]?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Similes] [Artistic expression] // [Culture/India]
2. Comment: The only difference between the aggregates and the clinging aggregates in SN 22.48 is that the clinging aggregates are clingable. [Aggregates] [Clinging]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
Sutta: SN 22.85.28: Yamaka Sutta: “...welfare and happiness for a long time.”
3. Comment: Bhikkhu Bodhi’s new translation for practices and precepts is behaviors and precepts. [Attachment to precepts and practices] [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Translation]
Note: See The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha p. 1882.
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Virtue] [Habits]
4. “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]
5. “How do you understand the description of fabrication in SN 22.79?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volitional formations] // [Aggregates] [Proliferation] [Ajahn Chah]
Reading: Bhikkhu Bodhi’s footnote to SN 22.79, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha p. 1071. [Translation] [Pāli] [Volition]
[Session] Readings from A Burden off the Mind by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 17-20 By Ajahn Pasanno:
§8: excerpt from MN 28: Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta.
§9: excerpt from SN 22.57.
§10: excerpt from MN 44: Cūḷavedalla Sutta.
§11: excerpt from SN 22.57.
§12: excerpt from SN 22.57.
§13: excerpt from Sangīti Sutta (DN 33).
§14: excerpt from MN 44: Cūḷavedalla Sutta.
§15: excerpt from SN 22.57.
§16: excerpt from SN 22.57.
§17: excerpt from MN 109: Mahāpuṇṇama Sutta.
Sutta: SN 22.1, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Nakulapitā.”
1. “Is there another place in the suttas (besides MN 44.24) where neutral feeling is pleasant when conjoined with mindfulness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sutta] [Neutral feeling] [Happiness] [Mindfulness]
2. The meaning of perception. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] // [Sense bases] [Thai] [Memory]
Sutta: SN 22.79.
3. “Is it significant that SN 22.79 describes perception in terms of color and consciousness in terms of taste?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Consciousness] [Sense bases]
4. “How is it that knowledge makes neutral feeling pleasant (MN 44.24)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Neutral feeling] [Happiness]
5. “MN 44.14 defines perception and feeling as mental formations. I thought those were just conditional arising on account of contact (MN 109.9)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Feeling] [Volitional formations] [Conditionality] [Contact] // [Pāli]
Ajahn Buddhadasā‘s translation of the Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118; Chanting Book translation) translates cittasaṅkhāra as the mental conditioner. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Translation] [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reference: Mindfulness with Breathing by Ajahn Buddhadāsa, p. 72.
Follow-up: “The bodily fabrication doesn’t seem to involve volition, but vitakka and vicāra do.” [Body/form] [Volition] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Aggregates]
Comment: In the Ānāpānasati Sutta, much of the practice is intentionally calming different saṅkhāras. [Tranquility] [Mindfulness of body]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
6. Discussion about different meanings and contexts of saṅkhāra. [Pāli] [Volitional formations] // [Nibbāna] [Meditation] [Ven. Analayo]
1. Reading: SN 22.2, Khandhasaṁyutta, “At Devadaha” and Bhikkhu Bodhi’s footnote on p. 1045. Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
Reflection: This is a nice snapshot of the Saṅgha at the time of the Buddha. [Saṅgha] [Buddha/Biography] [Great disciples]
Simile: Sāriputta as a midwife (MN 141.5).
2. “In SN 22.2, Sāriputta equates unwholesome states with lust and attachment to the aggregates. What about ill-will and emnity?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Unskillful qualities] [Craving] [Clinging] [Aggregates] [Ill-will] [Aversion] // [Craving not to become] [Judgementalism]
3. “In SN 22.2, Bhikkhu Bodhi translates displeasure, but our morning chanting has grief. Are they the same?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Grief] [Translation]
4. “What does fever mean in SN 22.2?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pāli] // [Sensual desire]
5. “Why does Sāriputta recommend teaching the aggregates to people who don’t know about Buddhism (SN 22.22)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Teaching Dhamma] [Aggregates] // [Questions] [Culture/India]
6. “Was the word saṅkhāra used before the Buddha?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volitional formations] [Pāli] // [Language] [Teaching Dhamma] [Aggregates]
7. “Did the paradigm of the khandhas exist before the Buddha’s time?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] [History/Indian Buddhism]
Sutta: SN 22.59 Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Chanting book translation).
8. Reading: SN 22.3, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Hāliddakāni (1)” and Snp 4.9 (Dr. Saddhatissa translation). Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
9. Explanation of “The Questions of Māgaṇḍiya” (Snp 4.9) and Dr. Saddhatissa’s translation of the Sutta Nipāta. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [History/Early Buddhism] [Dr. Saddhatissa] [Translation] // [Great disciples] [Pāli] [Culture/Sri Lanka]
Story: Ajahn Chah tells Ajahn Sumedho to take Dr. Saddhatissa as the Saṅgharāja of England. [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Study monks]
10. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: In SN 22.3, Venerable Mahākaccāna extrapolates from the literal to the figurative. [Great disciples] [Teaching Dhamma] [Symbolism/metaphor] // [Commentaries] [Aggregates] [Sense bases] [Proliferation]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Aggregates]
Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo, pp. 202-207.
Sutta: SN 22.5, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Concentration.”
Sutta: SN 22.29, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Delight.”
Sutta: SN 5.1, Bhikkhunīsaṁyutta, “Āḷavikā.”
Sutta: SN 5.9, Bhikkhunīsaṁyutta, “Selā.”
1. Reading: Footnote in Satipatthana inferring that the concept of the Five Aggregates predated the Buddha. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [History/Early Buddhism] [Aggregates]
2. “Have you contemplated the elements as a basis for contact?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Body/form] [Elements] [Contact] [Aggregates] // [Unattractiveness] [Not-self]
3. Comment by Ajahn Kaccāna: In contrast to the commentary, Venerable Analayo describes the aggregates as a tool for getting free of suffering. [Commentaries] [Ven. Analayo] [Cessation of Suffering] [Aggregates]
Response by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Aggregates]
Sutta: SN 45.159, Maggasaṁyutta, “The Guest House.”
Sutta: SN 5.10, Bhikkhunīsaṁyutta, “Vajirā.”
The Questions of King Milinda, I.i, “No Person is Found,” p. 29-32 (Milindapañha 25).
1. SN 45.159 relates the Five Aggregates to the First Noble Truth, which must be understood. Teaching by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Noble Truth of Suffering] [Aggregates] // [Characteristics of existence]
2. Introduction to The Questions of King Milinda. Teaching by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [History/Early Buddhism] [Sutta] [Aggregates]
3. Comment by Ajahn Jotipālo: Most people would say that all the parts together comprise the chariot. [Similes] [Not-self] [Aggregates]
Responses by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Cunda.
4. “How do you contemplate the Five Aggregates in practice?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Cunda. [Recollection] [Aggregates] // [Not-self] [Characteristics of existence] [Direct experience] [Ageing]
Sutta: SN 22.59 Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Chanting book translation).
5. “If the task is to fully understand and you have an affinity for understanding form, does that affect how you understand the other aggregates?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Noble Truth of Suffering] [Body/form] [Aggregates] // [Thai Forest Tradition] [Mindfulness of body] [Insight meditation]
Sutta: AN 1.616: Mindfulness directed to the body and the deathless.
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35