10 excerpts, 34:48 total duration
2. “Is it permissible to take notes during your talks?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hearing the true Dhamma] // [Sloth and torpor] [Royalty]
23. “Could you talk about the last years of Ajahn Chah’s life when he was so sick and couldn’t talk? Do you think he chose to stay alive in that condition for so long?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Sickness] [Volition] // [Wat Pah Pong] [Health care] [Lodging] [Food] [Royalty] [Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Saṅgha] [Ajahn Pasanno]
Recollection: Although bedridden for nine years, Ajahn Chah never got a bedsore.
6. “Do you have any information about what the Level 3 Pāli includes?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Education] [Pāli] [History/Thai Buddhism] // [Ajahn Chah] [Commentaries]
Story: P.A. Payutto passes the ninth level Pāli studies as a novice. [P. A. Payutto] [Learning] [Novices] [Ordination] [Royalty]
1. “All the Thai Forest Masters give very clear presentations of how they were attaining/finding peace of mind. Is there much written about how Bangkok was reacting when these Masters were saying “attainment is possible?” How were the Thai Masters answering?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai Forest Tradition] [Progress of insight] [Types of monks] [Liberation] // [Culture/Thailand] [Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo] [Royalty]
6. “Could you review the transmission of the ordination between Sri Lanka and Thailand?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [History/Thai Buddhism ] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism ] [Ordination] // [Royalty] [History/Other Theravāda traditions] [Commerce/economics] [History/Mahāyāna Buddhism]
2. “An ajahn visiting Abhayagiri spoke of you receiving an honor. Would you elaborate on what it was, who bestows it, and what it means for you and the community?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chao Khun] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Abhayagiri]
Ajahn Pasanno describes the Chao Khun titles he and Ajahn Amaro will receive. [Ajahn Amaro] [Culture/Thailand] [Forest versus city monks] [Ajahn Chah] [Royalty]