Glosses: Leisure, Sport
14 excerpts, 1:41:09 total duration
5. “Is jhāna only in meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation] [Jhāna] // [Right Concentration]
Quote: “Only farangs [Westerners] go into meditation rock climbing! Does he contemplate the Four Noble Truths?” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Culture/West] [Recreation/leisure/sport] [Four Noble Truths] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Relinquishment]
5. “Could you tell us your stories related to the King Rama 9 of Thailand?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [King Rama IX] [Culture/Thailand] // [Leadership] [Meditation] [Recreation/leisure/sport] [Commerce/economics]
Story: Thai lay supporters remember King Rama IX at Abhayagiri’s 2016 Kaṭhina. [Abhayagiri] [Kaṭhina]
Story: King Rama IX attends Ajahn Chah’s funeral. [Ajahn Chah] [Funerals] [Wat Pah Pong] [Tranquility]
Story: King Rama IX asks President Nixon for understanding. [Politics and society] [Communal harmony] [Listening]
4. “Can you talk more about the [Thanksgiving Retreat] theme this year on enjoyment? How did you come to the theme? What is the motivation behind it? Is there a Pāli word that describes the theme?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Happiness] [Pāli] // [Suffering] [Culture/West] [Culture/India] [Precepts] [Gladdening the mind] [Recollection/Virtue] [Calming meditation]
Quote: “Every part of the Eightfold Path is enjoyable.” — Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Eightfold Path] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Recollection] [Concentration]
Reflection: I used to care a lot about having fun, but I wasn’t happy. Now I don’t care about having fun, and I’m a lot happier. [Entertainment and adornment ] [Temple Monastery] [Recreation/leisure/sport]
5. Comment: I have high energy naturally, but people interpret my fast speaking and walking as anxiety. [Pace of life] [Restlessness and worry] // [Recreation/leisure/sport]
Response by Ajahn Amaro. [Wat Pah Ban Tat] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Recreation/leisure/sport]
1. “The suttas ae the classic Dhamma texts, and there are a lot of books, etc. that expound the Dhamma as well. What sources to study to hear the true Dhamma?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. [Hearing the true Dhamma ] [Sutta] [Dhamma books] // [Thai Forest Tradition] [Discernment] [Four Noble Truths] [Views]
Quote: “Does he contemplate the Four Noble Truths when he’s climbing rocks?” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Paul Breiter] [Culture/West] [Recreation/leisure/sport]
Sutta: AN 8.53: Eight criteria to determine what is Dhamma. [Dhamma]