4. Comment: The Buddha’s reflection about those who have little dust in their eyes (MN 26.21) may refer to those who have the ability to be inspired towards long-term practice. [Buddha/Biography] [Faith] [Human]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [History/Early Buddhism] [Culture/Thailand]
1. Recollection: The idea that Ajahn Pasanno would leave Wat Pah Nanachat never occurred to us. [Ajahn Sudanto] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Jun] [Funerals] [Upatakh] [Ajahn Yatiko]
2. Recollection: Ajahn Pasanno advices Ajahn Sudanto to stay in Thailand for his navaka training. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Sudanto] [Sequence of training] [Abhayagiri]
3. Reflection: I wanted to contribute to establishing something in America out of enormous gratitude for what was offered in Thailand to me and my peers. [Ajahn Sudanto] [Gratitude] [Monastic life] [Abhayagiri] // [Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Simplicity]
4. Recollection: Abhayagiri looked like a Buddhist trailer park. [Lodging] [Abhayagiri]
5. Reflection: The frequency of teachings and level of Dhamma practice is uncommon even among Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries. [Teaching Dhamma] [Abhayagiri ] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Chah monasteries]
6. Story: Ajahn Pasanno invited Ajahn Sudanto to return to Abhayagiri in 2002, where he spends most of the next 12 years. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Sudanto] [Tudong] [Abhayagiri]
Quote: “Twenty-five years on, we’re still building the monastery. It’s a bit like a cathedral project.” [Building projects]
7. Reflection: Part of the original vision [for Abhayagiri] was to establish a place for Saṅgha in America. [Saṅgha] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Abhayagiri]
8. Reflection: The time I spent here and gave to this project [Abhayagiri] is a substantial blessing in my life. [Merit] [Generosity] [Ajahn Sudanto] [Abhayagiri] // [Suffering]
9. Recollection: My first encounter with the Thai Forest Tradition. [Ajahn Sudanto] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Wat Pah Nanachat]
10. Recollection: “It would be a lot nicer in a forest in America.” [Culture/Natural environment] [Geography/Thailand] [Abhayagiri] // [Weather] [Temple Monastery]
11. Recollections of early Abhayagiri monks. [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Ajahn Ñāṇiko] [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Sudanto] [Internet]
12. Reflection: Abhayagiri is off to a good start. [Abhayagiri] // [Pandemic] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Older monks] [Ajahn Ñāṇiko] [Dalai Lama]
13. Reflection: If you really want to pay homage to the Buddha, do the practice. [Buddha ] [Devotional practice ] [Meditation] [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Chah] [Cessation of Suffering] [Saṅgha]
Sutta: DN 16.5.2.
Sutta: DN 16.5: Mahāparinibbāna Sutta.
1. Story: Coming to Abhayagiri on its second anniversary. [Abhayagiri] [Ajahn Sudanto] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Amaro] [Portland Friends of the Dhamma]
2. Story: Ajahn Sudanto gains confidence when he sees the abbot Ajahn Pasanno meditating on a busy day. [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Lunar observance days] [Faith] [Ajahn Sudanto ] // [Travel]
3. Recollection: My early years at Wat Pah Nanachat. [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Sudanto]
Quote: “Luang Por [Pasanno] was our rock.” [Faith] [Disrobing]
4. Recollection: “I wasn’t in on the secret [that Ajahn Pasanno would move to America].” [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Sudanto] // [Ajahn Amaro] [Abhayagiri] [Ajahn Damrong] [Ajahn Yatiko] [Wat Pah Nanachat]
5. Recollection: Returning to America to care for my parents. [Parents] [Abhayagiri] [Ajahn Sudanto]
6. Reflection: Returning to help at Abhayagiri out of gratitude. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Abhayagiri] [Gratitude] [Ajahn Sudanto] // [Tudong]
Quote: “It’s the perfect monastery in the Dhammic sense.... But it’s maybe easier to say that not living here.”
Reflection: The baton has been passed: Ajahn Ñāṇiko’s first ordination as preceptor. [Ajahn Ñāṇiko] [Ordination]
7. Recollection: Abhayagiri’s buildings are beautiful and well-maintained. [Lodging] [Cleanliness] // [Building projects]