Posture/Sitting (nisinna)
Meditation / Four Postures / Posture/Sitting 
32 excerpts, 2:57:11 total duration



Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 4 – Nov. 22, 2010

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20. “Can a person be enlightened without ever sitting? Or without ever hearing the Dhamm? Was anyone ever enlightened before the Buddha?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Liberation] [Posture/Sitting] [Hearing the true Dhamma] // [Buddha] [Mindfulness] [Discernment] [Tranquility]

Simile from Ajahn Chah: “Chickens sit for a long period of time, and they don’t get very far.” [Ajahn Chah] [Animal] [Posture/Sitting] [Similes]

Recollection: When Ajahn Chah sat meditation, it was like seeing a mountain sitting there. [Posture/Sitting]

Sutta: SN 15.1: “Bound by ignorance and obstructed by craving.” [Ignorance] [Craving]


Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 57 – Mar. 27, 2014

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2. Reading: “About the Author” from Simply So by Ajahn Sim. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sim] // [Ajahn Mun] [Geography/Thailand] [Posture/Sitting]

Story: Ajahn Pabhakaro asks the Bung Wai villagers to sit full lotus. [Joseph Kappel] [Posture/Sitting] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Lunar observance days]


What Luang Por Chah Taught – Jul. 27, 2025

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14. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: His leadership and his teaching came from his example. [Leadership] [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] // [Lunar observance days] [Devotion to wakefulness]

Recollection: Ajahn Chah sits until midnight despite having malaria. [Sickness] [Posture/Sitting] [Sitter's practice]