7 events, 21 sessions, 25 excerpts, 2:50:17 total duration
[Session] Chanting: Salutation to the Triple Gem [Chanting] [Three Refuges]
2. Favorite verses of Ajahn Chah: “Buddhaṃ me jīvitaṃ yāva-nibbānaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi.” Recounted by Ajahn Amaro. [Mantra] [Ajahn Chah] [Three Refuges] [Nibbāna] [Chanting] // [Unwholesome Roots] [Ajahn Sundarā]
Quote: “Nibbāna is complete normality.” — Ajahn Chah. [Naturalness]
3. Chanting instructions by Ajahn Sundarā. [Chanting] // [Mindfulness of breathing]
[Session] Chanting on Buddha, Dhamma and Saṇgha. Offered by Ajahn Sundarā. [Three Refuges] [Nibbāna]
1.1. Meditation instructions from Ajahn Chah: “Resolve that right now is the time for training the mind and nothing else.” Read by Ajahn Jitindriyā. [Ardency] [Meditation ] [Mindfulness of breathing] // [Body scanning] [Relinquishment] [Sense restraint] [Tranquility]
1. Chanting: Morning Chanting offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting] [Three Refuges]
Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 2
2. Guided meditation offered by Ajahn Sundarā. [Meditation] // [Posture/Sitting] [Body scanning] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Present moment awareness]
2. Chanting: Sharing of Blessings. Offered by Ajahn Amaro. [Chanting] [Merit]
Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 33.
3. Chanting: Paying respects to the shrine and Ajahn Chah. Offered by Ajahn Amaro. [Chanting] [Bowing] [Three Refuges] [Ajahn Chah]
1. Balancing the body: detailed instructions on sitting posture. [Posture/Sitting ] [Mindfulness of breathing]
3. Walking meditation instructions. [Posture/Walking] [Mindfulness of breathing]
3. The commentaries contast the Five Hindrances with the five factors of first jhāna. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Jhāna] // [Directed thought and evaluation] [Sloth and torpor] [Doubt] [Rapture] [Ill-will] [Happiness] [Restlessness and worry] [Unification] [Sensual desire]
Story: Ajahn Boon Choo dispels sloth and torpor. [Ajahn Boon Choo] [Devotion to wakefulness]
Quote: “Sensual desire is like looking for the turtle with the mustache.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Similes]
Meditation instruction: Breathing with the five factors of first jhāna. [Mindfulness of breathing]
1. Meditation instruction: Be present with the physical experience of the breath. Bring a sense of ease into the body. Ground awareness in the body. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body]
Quote: Keeping the breath in mind is like getting the spoon into the mouth and the mouth onto the spoon. — Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo. [Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo] [Similes]
Story: “The body understands!” [Direct experience] [Zen] [Koan] [Ajahn Pasanno]
Body and mind are not separate things. [Form] [Heart/mind] [Aggregates ] [Dependent origination] [Consciousness]
Water similes for the mind with and without hindrances. (SN 46.55) [Hindrances] [Sensual desire] [Ill-will] [Sloth and torpor] [Restlessness and worry] [Doubt]
Sutta: DN 2.98: “These are shoals of fish...”
Quote: “You can get a lot of wisdom from walking meditation.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Posture/Walking] [Discernment]
2. The cessation of self view is a window into emptiness. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view] [Emptiness] [Becoming] [Cessation] [Cessation of Suffering] [Mindfulness of breathing]
Meditation instructions from Ajahn Jumnien: Rest attention midway between the eye and a visual object. [Sense bases]
Samatha practices allow us to become familiar with peaceful places in our mind. [Calming meditation] [Tranquility]
Teaching by Ajahn Chah: Can you be continuously angry for two hours? [Aversion] [Impermanence]
1. Aware of the in-breath, aware of the out-breath. Guided meditation from Ajahn Chah. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah]
Reference: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 255 “Just Do It!”
2. Walking meditation instructions by Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking] [Ajahn Chah] // [Buddho mantra] [Tranquility] [Continuity of mindfulness]
Reference: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 258 “Just Do It!”
Quote: “Where we really start to see the Dhamma or taste the Dhamma is in that continuity of awareness.” [Dhamma]
2. Anumodana chanting: “Yathā vāri-vahāpūrā...” and “Bhavatu sabba-maṅgalaṃ...” (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 50) offered by the Abhayagiri Saṅgha. [Anumodanā] [Almsfood] [Pāli] // [Gratitude] [Merit]
1. Guided meditation: Resolve right now is the time for training the mind and nothing else. From “The Key to Liberation” by Ajahn Chah. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Calming meditation] [Proliferation] [Determination] [Ajahn Chah] // [Mindfulness] [Discernment] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Body scanning] [Relinquishment] [Unification] [Restlessness and worry] [Concentration] [Present moment awareness] [Clear comprehension] [Impermanence] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Sense restraint]
Quote: “Sitting and walking meditation are in essence the same, differing only in the posture used.” [Posture/Sitting] [Posture/Walking]
Simile: Chicken in a coop. [Similes]
Simile: Mindfulness, clear comprehension, and wisdom are like three workers lifting heavy planks.
1. Guided meditation: The rythym of the sensation of the body as it is walking. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking ] [Mindfulness of body] [Ajahn Chah] // [Calming meditation] [Present moment awareness] [Proliferation] [Tranquility] [Investigation of states]
16. Meditation instructions: Walking meditation. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking] // [Abhayagiri]
5. Meditation instruction: Walking meditation instructions. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking] [Spiritual friendship] // [Continuity of mindfulness] [Tranquility]
1. Chanting: Paritta chanting for Ruth Denison. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Protective chants] [Ruth Denison]
7. Chanting: Explanation of paritta chanting. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Three Refuges] [Goodwill]
1. Chanting: The Sharing of Blessings (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 33). Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Merit]
2. Chanting: Closing Homage (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 16). Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Three Refuges]