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11 excerpts, 43:36 total duration



Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 1 – Nov. 17, 2010

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11. “The mind can be a trickster. Can the body be a trickster too?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Heart/mind] [Delusion] [Body/form] // [Unattractiveness] [Elements] [Proliferation] [Mindfulness of body]

Story: “Body understands!” [Zen] [Koan]


Readings from The Island, Session 37 – Mar. 3, 2025

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5. “It seems there are so many things to comment on it is kind of overwhelming. How to deal with that?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Noting] // [Mindfulness of body] [Present moment awareness]

Story: “The body understands!” Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Zen] [Koan]


Readings from The Island, Session 46 – Mar. 16, 2025

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7. Comment: The translation of the Nibbāna Sutta (Ud 8.3) in The Island renders paññāyati as ‘discerned;’ the Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 49 translates it as ‘possible.’ Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Discernment] [Translation] [Chanting]

Response by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno.

Quote: “If you can’t go forward, if you can’t go backwards, if you can’t stand still, where do you go?” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Koan]

Sutta: Ud 8.1.