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2. Comments about translations of ekaggatā and ekodibhāvaṃ. Contributed by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Unification] [Translation] [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Tranquility]
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]
1. Comments by Beth Steff about the Lam Rim teachings. [Vajrayāna] [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Recollection/Death]
Response by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.
5. “I have heard Bhikkhu Bodhi say that to be a Buddhist you need to have faith in the enlightenment of the Buddha. I’ve also heard some Theravāda practitioners downplay ‘faith’ and focus on the rationality of Buddhism, claiming that what’s needed here is to have ‘confidence’ in the teachings to take the Three Refuges, for example. Can you please explain what is the role of faith in Ajahn Chah’s tradition? If they differ, in what degree is having faith in the Buddha different from having confidence in the teaching?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Faith] [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Buddhist identity] [Buddha] [Liberation] [Dhamma] [Three Refuges] [Ajahn Chah] // [Translation] [Cessation of Suffering]
1. “When I was looking at The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro about a year ago, there are lots of Pāli quotes, and it’s not obvious that it is coming from Bhikkhu Bodhi or another translator. That particular passage you read out with the forsaking (The Island p. 32); did you translate it yourself? I think Bhikkhu Bodhi uses relinquishment of acquisitions.” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Pāli] [Translation] [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Ajahn Amaro] // [Ajahn Pasanno]