See also: Food
7 excerpts, 38:29 total duration
1. Reflections by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo about the apaṇṇaka dhammas. [Incontrovertible practices] // [Devotion to wakefulness] [Meditation retreats] [Energy] [Moderation in eating] [Sense restraint]
Comment: Appaṇṇaka can also be translated as ‘a safe bet.’ [Translation] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro]
2. “Is desire itself the problem or is clinging to and identifying with desire the problem?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Desire] [Clinging] [Self-identity view] [Sensual desire] [Naturalness ] [Craving ] // [Feeling] [Dependent origination]
Quote: “Taṇhā is eliminate-able.” [Cessation of Suffering]
Comment about distinguishing between hunger and taṇhā at meal time. [Food] [Moderation in eating]
Response by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Views]
3. “What do you recommend when we make a determination and either realize that it’s not working out or break it? How do we continue from there?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Determination ] [Monastic life] [Ascetic practices] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Moderation in eating] [Fasting] [Precepts]
4. “In this morning’s pūjā, we chanted the Reflection on the Four Requisites (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 53). Each reflection begins with the Pāli word yoniso, which is translated as wisely reflecting. This translation is almost always identical to another Pāli term, yoniso manasikāra, which is translated as wise reflection. How does the meaning of yoniso change when manasikāra is added? What does the new word mean?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Requisites] [Appropriate attention] [Pāli] [Translation] // [Recollection] [Unattractiveness] [Dispassion] [Sense bases] [Four Noble Truths] [Faith] [Stream entry]
Reflection from the Thai Ajahns: Treat your stomach like a container that you fill up just enough. [Thai Forest Tradition] [Moderation in eating] [Food] [Similes]
2. Comment: There’s the suggestion that just four hours of sleep is enough, and I know that some people can cope with that, but I’ve always struggled with not getting much sleep, and it feels like torture if I force myself to stay awake. [Devotion to wakefulness ]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Fasting] [Truth] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Moderation in eating]
8. The seven qualities of a sapurisa (good person; DN 33.2.3). Teaching by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Association with people of integrity ] // [P. A. Payutto] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Moderation in eating] [Ajahn Chah] [Time management]
Reference: Buddhadhamma by P. A. Payutto Chapter 13.4.
Reference: A Constitution for Living by P. A. Payutto (pdf unavailable).
Sutta: AN 10.61: The first condition for dispelling ignorance.
Sutta: AN 2.126: The voice of another is a condition for the arising of Right View. [Right View]
10. “If you had to choose between having an overly greedy monk disciple and an overly aversive monk disciple, which would you choose?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Greed] [Aversion] [Monastic life]
Follow-up: “If you had to choose between a monk who eats too much versus a monk who sleeps too much, what would be preferable?” [Moderation in eating] [Devotion to wakefulness]
Quote: “We’re never going to make Abhayagiri comfortable.” [Abhayagiri]