Part of key topic Everyday Life Practice
41 excerpts, 3:20:45 total duration
3. Question related to age and ordination (audio unclear). Answered by Ajahn Sumedho. [Ordination] [Older monks] [Ajahn Chah] // [Culture/Thailand] [Meditation] [Mae Chee] [Relationships] [Liberation] [Culture/West]
Story: A doctor ordains later in life. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Health care] [Relationships]
2. Comment: SN 35.63 is one-sided in that it emphasizes the pleasurable rather than the way the mind gets bound up with something that is not pleasurable. [Sensual desire] [Clinging] [Aversion]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Relationships]
9. “What were you like when you were 18?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] // [Delusion] [Spiritual search] [Intoxicants] [Relationships]
23. “Apart from cheating in a relationship or sexual assault, what is sexual misconduct?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sexual misconduct ] // [Relationships]
4. “There are teachings about different levels of generosity (e.g. AN 7.52). Are there similar teachings about love or attachment?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Generosity] [Goodwill] [Clinging] // [Dhamma] [Desire] [Teaching Dhamma] [Aggregates] [Mindfulness] [Relationships] [Spaciousness]
6. “Ritual has been eliminated by many insight centers in the West. As a monastic, what do you see as the purpose and importance of ritual?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ceremony/ritual ] [Secular Buddhism] [Monastic life] // [Community] [Skillful qualities] [Spiritual friendship] [Online community] [Relationships] [Children] [Culture/Thailand]
Recollection: Cremations at Wat Pah Nanachat. [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Funerals] [Grief]
7. “Could you please explain if there’s an antidote to that painful feeling when a person who is the object of our affection pays attention to people other than me? If it’s due to this entrenched sense of self, is it enough to be mindful of its impermanent nature or is there a way to counteract it? Does it make sense to try to develop muditā towards a person only because they receive attention?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Clinging] [Jealousy] [Self-identity view] [Impermanence] [Empathetic joy] // [Relationships] [Sexual misconduct] [Drawbacks] [Self-reliance] [Goodwill]
5. “Is physical sexual desire the same as the desire for food and water? Or should it be avoided?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sensual desire ] // [Monastic life] [Human] [Self-identity view] [Sexual misconduct] [Food] [Sense restraint] [Relationships] [Trust] [Five Precepts]
Sutta: AN 8.39: The five great gifts.