Jātaka Tales
Teaching Dhamma / Stories / Jātaka Tales 
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Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 7 – Nov. 26, 2010

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1. Comment: Dear Ajahn, You and your crew have been and continue to be so generous with us. This abundant generosity is such an incredible teaching. It seems as though it’s the stuff that may save the planet. [Generosity ]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Monastic life] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Teaching Dhamma] [Culture/Thailand] [Children]

Reference: Vessantara Jātaka [Jātaka Tales]


Devotion and Ritual: Becoming the Buddha, Session 1 – Apr. 30, 2017

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10. The story of the Bodhisattva seeing the old person, the sick person, and the dead person isn’t in the scriptures. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha/Biography ] [Tipiṭaka] [Stories] // [Jātaka Tales] [Postulants]

Sutta: DN 14.2 ascribes this story to the previous Buddha Vipassī. [Previous Buddhas]

Sutta: Snp 3.1 describes the Bodhisattva’s going forth.


Devotion and Ritual: Becoming the Buddha, Session 3 – Apr. 30, 2017

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14. “Do the perfections have a progressive quality to them?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perfections] // [Jātaka Tales] [Generosity]


Readings from The Island, Session 15 – Jan. 30, 2025

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3. “Does the Buddha speak about karma in relation to the family we find ourselves in?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Tipiṭaka] [Kamma] [Family] // [Jātaka Tales] [Great disciples] [Rebirth] [Buddha/Biography] [Previous Buddhas] [Ajahn Sumedho]

Sutta: MN 81 Ghaṭīkāra Sutta

Story: An eight-year-old girl remembers being her grandmother’s mother.