Tag cluster: Work
Part of key topic Everyday Life Practice
Includes tags: Work, Retirement
See also: Right Livelihood

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2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 6 – Nov. 27, 2014

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2. “What is left once there is no self? Is it the same as enlightenment? Can a person still function in a daily life (drive a car for example)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view ] [Stages of awakening]

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Quote: “What’s it like being the abbot of a big monastery?” — “I come out of my kuti and I do the things that I need to do, and then I go back to my kuti. And if some people want to call that being an abbot, well that’s their business.” — Ajahn Liem. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Liem ] [Abbot ] [Wat Pah Pong] [Work] [Conventions] [Simplicity]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 3 – Apr. 21, 2018

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1. Quote: “Ajahn Chah tried to make practice into everything we were doing, whether we were monastics or laypeople.” — Ajahn Pasanno [Ajahn Chah] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Monastic life] [Lay life] // [Work]