{80} “Please explain which comes first birth or becoming for example with anger or any feeling or character?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Birth ] [Becoming] [Dependent origination]
Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 5, Excerpt 15
{120} “I’m having trouble integrating some of the teachings in the context of preparing to have a child...How might one be fully open to the lightness and joy surrounding birth while remaining deeply aware of these other truths of existence?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Family] [Birth ] [Characteristics of existence] // [Trust] [Heedfulness] [Generosity]
4.2. Quote: “There’s just suffering arising and passing away.” — Ajahn Chah. Read by Kittisaro. [Suffering] [Impermanence ] [Ajahn Chah] // [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Discernment] [Birth] [Death] [Continuity of mindfulness]
6. Teaching from Ajahn Chah: Most people celebrate birth, but people should be crying. When people die, everyone grieves and sorrows, but they should be celebrating. Related by Joseph Kappel. [Ajahn Chah] [Birth] [Grief] [Death] [Happiness] // [Fierce/direct teaching]
4. Quote: “We think that this is my family, this is my home village, this is my country, and others are [not]. That’s just a delusion.” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Paul Breiter. [Ajahn Chah] [Goodwill] [Family] [Community] [Politics and society] [Delusion] // [Human ] [Birth] [Ageing] [Death]
7. Comment: While sitting in the dining hall, the image of a square cushion dropping away from my solar plexus occured. That brought the insight that I was neither inferior nor superior to others, as ego asserts, but we’re all equal. [Insight meditation] [Conceit]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view] [Cause of Suffering] [Suffering] [Relinquishment]
Quote: “Friends and relatives in old age, sickness and death.” — a common way to begin a Dhamma talk in Thailand.. [Birth] [Ageing] [Death] [Culture/Thailand]
2. “Do you have any suggestions for contemplating the origin of the body?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Body/form] [Birth] [Aggregates]
4. “I’m having trouble integrating some of the teachings in the context of preparing to have a child...How might one be fully open to the lightness and joy surrounding birth while remaining deeply aware of these other truths of existence?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Family] [Birth ] [Characteristics of existence] // [Trust] [Heedfulness] [Generosity]
15. “Please explain which comes first birth or becoming for example with anger or any feeling or character?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Birth ] [Becoming] [Dependent origination]
1. “Can you share perspectives on birth from the Thai Forest Tradition?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko and Janejira Sutanonpaiboon. [Birth] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Ajahn Anek] [Western psychology] [Ajahn Plien] [Rebirth] [Memory]
1. Comments about the role of parents. [Parents]
Quote: “Our mothers are our umbilical cord to the universe.” — Reverend Heng Sure. [Rev. Heng Sure] [Birth] [Death]
15. “My friend is having anxiety about her pregnancy issues. These are understandable but not helpful for her well-being. Do you have any recommendations for dealing with legitimate fears?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Restlessness and worry] [Health] [Birth] [Fear] // [Visualization] [Goodwill] [Compassion]
Follow-up: “Would this go under the category of taking a smaller peg? (MN 20 method one)” [Directed thought and evaluation]
6. Story: A woman has a dream that she will give birth to an old monk and keeps the precepts easily during her pregnancy. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Dreams] [Birth] [Rebirth] [Five Precepts]