Part of key topic Meditation Practices
51 excerpts, 3:46:15 total duration
10. “Would you share some of your personal journey, including the time before you became a monk, and why you became a monk, and how the holy life can help people grow and change?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Monastic life/Motivation] [Monastic life] [Long-term practice ] // [Culture/West] [Travel] [Culture/Thailand]
Story: Ajahn Pasanno begins meditation with a month-long Mahasi Sayadaw retreat. [Meditation retreats] [Mahasi Sayadaw] [Devotion to wakefulness] [Fierce/direct teaching]
Story: Ajahn Pasanno’s first visit to Wat Pah Pong. [Ordination] [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Pong]
Quote: “If you want to stay here, you have to stay at least five years.” — Ajahn Chah. [Sequence of training]
Reflection: “Five years is five years. I’ll go back and give myself to Ajahn Chah.” — Ajahn Pasanno [Relinquishment] [Mentoring]
Quote: “There’s no such thing as the ideal monastic or the ideal practitioner.” [Idealism] [Lay life] [Faith] [Disrobing] [Suffering] [Energy] [Patience] [Long-term practice ]
1. “Would you mind sharing some of the difficulties you have had in your practice and how you resolved them?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] // [Doubt] [Patience] [Saṅgha] [Community] [Ajahn Chah]
Quote: “It isn’t as if there’s some magic wand of the right bit of information or the right insight that will finally clear all the difficulties away. It’s more being willing to be patient and work with them, be present with them.” [Long-term practice]