See also: Ajahn Buddhadāsa
4 excerpts, 12:58 total duration
2. Ajahn Ñāṇiko speaks about the time Luang Por Liem spent at Suan Mokh. [Wat Suan Mokkh] [Ajahn Liem]
Recollection: The Thai translations in the Wat Pah Pong chanting book come from Ajahn Buddhadāsa. [Chanting] [Wat Pah Pong] [Thai] [Translation] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa]
Recollection: Ajahn Liem reads and comments on the monthly poem in the Ajahn Buddhadāsa calendar. [Artistic expression]
1. Comment: I heard that often when Ajahn Buddhadāsa would be receiving guests he might have a chicken under his arm. And if a mosquito landed on him, he would gently move the chicken towards the mosquito, and that way he wasn’t breaking the Vinaya. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa ] [Animal] [Killing]
Response by Ajahn Amaro: His presence was like sitting in front of a living mountain. [Personal presence]
Story: Ajahn Amaro’s visit to Suan Mokh in 1998. [Wat Suan Mokkh] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Paññānanda] [Non-identification] [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Santikaro]
3. Quote: “Oh, what joy to know that there is no happiness in the world!” — Caption beneath a painting of a dancing monk at Suan Mokh Monastery. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Happiness] [Artistic expression] [Wat Suan Mokkh] // [Ajahn Buddhadāsa]
3. “I remember being at Suan Mokh and seeing in the spiritual library the Dhamma eyes painted on the wall. I heard that Ajahn Buddhadāsa taught ānāpānasati and Dependent Origination because he wanted to open the Dhamma eyes of as many people as possible. Would those who resonated with these teachings continue learning through that path?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Suan Mokkh] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Dependent origination] [Stream entry] // [Meditation/Techniques] [Faith] [Ajahn Chah] [Zen]
Quote: “Everything is teaching us.” — Ajahn Chah.
Follow-up: “So it’s not like you practice asubha and that’s it for the rest of your life.” [Nature of mind]