All readings
15 events, 157 sessions, 210 excerpts, 16:10:53 total duration
Most common topics:
Ajahn Chah
(40)
Death
(9)
Culture/Thailand
(8)
Mindfulness of breathing
(7)
Sickness
(7)
Ajahn Mun
(6)
Thai Forest Tradition
(6)
Monastic life/Motivation
(5)
Parents
(5)
Relinquishment
(5)
1. Reading: “Visions of a Sāmaṇa” from Samaṇa by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, p. 11. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Monastic life/Motivation] [Ajahn Mun]
7. Reading: “Discernment versus self-deception” from An Unentangled Knowing by Upasikā Kee Nanayon, p. 102. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Discernment] [Delusion] [Thai Forest Tradition]
2. Reading: Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 17. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Liem] [Thai Forest Tradition]
5. “In an earlier reading, Ajahn Mun mentioned the primal mind. Is that what you’re discussing here?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Nature of mind] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Knowing itself] [Ajahn Chah]
Reading: Questions and answers regarding the primal mind from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 478.
9. Reading: Excerpt from “The Training the Heart,” Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 509. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Translation]
[Session] Readings from Body Contemplation: A Study Guide by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body]
AN 4.184: Janussonī; AN 10.60: Girimananda; SN 35.247: Six Animals; AN 4.45: Rohitassa; Thag 1.104: Khitaka.
Dhp 259, Dhp 299, Dhp 46; Ud 3.5.
AN 1.575 and onward, Mindfulness immersed in the body (SuttaCentral numbering).
AN 1.616 and onward, Deathless (SuttaCentral numbering).
[Session] Reading: MN 119: This sutta describes the development of mindfulness of the body through mindfulness of breathing, the four postures, full awareness, bodily parts, elements, corpse contemplation, and the four jhānas. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body] [Unattractiveness]
2. Reading from the draft biography of Ajahn Chah: The founding of Wat Pah Pong. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Sao]
Reference: Stillness Flowing p.123 .
3. Readings from the Introduction to Listening to the Heart by Kittisaro and Ṭhānissarā (commercial). Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kittisaro]
Story: Kittisaro’s first meeting with Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Conceit] [Body scanning] [Humor]
Stories: The Squirrel Story and the Donkey Story. [Learning]
[Session] [Recollection/Death]
Reading: Nine point death meditation from the Lam Rim.
Reading: AN 6.19: Mindfulness of Death (1).
Reading: AN 6.20: Mindfulness of Death (2).
Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Charnel ground contemplations.
Reading: “Only the Practice of Dharma Can Help Us at the Time of Death,” Larry Rosenberg, Tricycle, Summer 2000.
[Session] [Elements]
Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Elements.
Reading: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.
Reading: “Wholehearted training” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 635 (excerpt).
Reading: “Why Are We Here?” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 131 (excerpt).
[Session] Reading: “Theory: Elements,” Meditation: A Way of Awakening by Ajahn Sucitto, pp. 128-138. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Elements]
[Session] [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 8-12.
Reading: Iti 34: Ardour. [Ardency]
[Session]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 12-14. [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: AN 10.58: Roots.
Reading: SN 51.15: The Brahmin Uṇṇabha.
[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 14-21. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness]
[Session] [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 21-22.
Reading: AN 4.245: Training.
Reading: Sn 1.4: The Farmer Bhāradvāja.
[Session] [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 23-24.
Reading: AN 4.41: Concentration. [Concentration]
[Session]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 24-28. [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Reading: MN 19: Dvedhavitakka Sutta, Two Kinds of Thought.
[Session] [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 28-31.
Reading: SN 47.40: Analysis.
[Session] [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 31-34.
Reading: SN 47.4: At Sālā.
Reading: Iti 90: Foremost Faith.
[Session] Reading: The Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118) describes how the sixteen steps of mindfulness of breathing fufill the four foundations of mindfulness, which in turn fufill the seven factors of enlightenment. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing]
[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 93-96.
Reading: Book of the Discipline Part 1 p. 116-121, Pārājika 3 origin story.
Reading: AN 9.36: Jhāna.
Reading: SN 54.8: Simile of the lamp.
[Session]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 96-99 [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: SN 22.79: Being Devoured.
Reading: SN 36.11: Alone.
[Session]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 99-100. [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: Forest Desanas by Ajahn Mahā Boowa p. 52.
Reading: Unpublished Luang Por Baen talks.
[Session]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 100-105. [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: SN 46.53: Fire.
[Session] Reading: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 225-231: “A Gift of Dhamma.” Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: Chapter 2, “The Method of Developing Calm” in The Natural Character of Awakening by Chao Khun Upāli, p. 30-39. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Right Mindfulness]
[Session]
Reading: MN 9: Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta, Right View (excerpt).
Reading: Readings on the suffering of birth and aging from Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand by Pabongka Rinpoche (commercial). [Birth] [Ageing]
[Session] [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 109-112.
Reading: SN 51.20: “Analysis.”
[Session] [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 112-113.
Reading: MN 44, Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Shorter Series of Questions and Answers.
Reading: AN 8.63: “In Brief.”
Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha.
Reading: AN 8.81: “Training.”
[Session] [Right Mindfulness] [Concentration] [Formless attainments]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 113.
Reading: AN 4.94: “Concentration.”
Reading: AN 9.36: “Jhāna.”
[Session] [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 113-115.
Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha (Right Mindfulness p. 43).
Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī.
[Session] Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī. Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 115-119.
Reading: MN 80: Vekhanassa Sutta, To Vekhanassa.
Reading: Ud 7.8: “Kaccāna.”
Reading: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.
[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Elements] [Mindfulness of feeling]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 119-121.
Reading: MN 28: Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta, The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint.
[Session] [Mindfulness of feeling]
Reading: MN 14: Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering.
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 121-122.
[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 122-129. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of feeling] [Jhāna] [Sensual desire]
[Session] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Concentration] [Mindfulness of mind]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 129-132.
Reading: MN 111: Anupada Sutta, One by One As They Occured.
[Session] [Mindfulness of mind] [Divine Abidings]
Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness.
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 132-133, 174-175, 137.
Reading: SN 42.8: “The Conch Blower.”
[Session] [Goodwill] [Recollection]
Reading: AN 11.15: “Loving Kindness.”
Reading: AN 11.11: “Mahānāma.”
[Session] [Nibbāna]
Reading: Introduction to Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha p. 31-32 (quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 41-42).
Reading: The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 224-226, 33-34.
[Session] [Mindfulness of dhammas]
Reading: “Contemplation of Dhammas,” p. 182-183, 185, and “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 142-148.
[Session] [Mindfulness of feeling] [Feeling]
Reading: “The Perceptual Process,” p. 156-159 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.
Reading: MN 44: Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Small Discourse Giving an Elaboration.
[Session] [Feeling]
Reading: SN 36.4: “The Bottomless Abyss.”
Reading: SN 36.6: “The Dart.”
Reading: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta, To Dıghanakha.
[Session] [Feeling]
Reading: SN 36.7: Gelañña Sutta, “The Sick Ward.”
Reading: SN 36.21: “Sivaka.”
Reading: “The End of Rebirth,” The Stillness of Being by Ajahn Viradhammo, p. 67-77.
[Session] [Proliferation] [Perception]
Reading: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.
Reading: “Categorical Answers,” Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.
Reading: AN 8.30: “Anuruddha.”
[Session] [Proliferation] [Perception]
Reading: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.
Reading: “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.
[Session] Reading: “The Peace Beyond,” Collectd Teachings p. 9-19. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: “Santi,” Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 39-53. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Liem]
[Session] Reading: “Santi,” Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 53-63. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Liem]
[Session]
Reading: “A Matter of Life and Death,” p. 205-212 in The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial).
Reading: “Towards the Future,” p. 215-220 in The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial).
[Session] Reading: Walking Meditation by Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo. Read by Ajahn Jotipālo. [Posture/Walking]
[Session] Reading: “The Five Hindrances” from The Anthology Vol. 1 by Ajahn Sumedho, pp. 35–44. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: “Purpose” by Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho in Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 133-145. Read by Ajahn Jīvako.
[Session] Reading: “The Path of Non Contention” by Ajahn Amaro in Beginning Our Day Vol. 1 by Abhayagiri Saṅgha, pp. 215-217. Read by Ajahn Kassapo. [Non-contention]
1. Reading: “Awe” from Meditations Vol. 6 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 47-49. Read by Ajahn Kaccāna.
2. Reading: “Strengthening Mindfulness,” a Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro on January 4, 2012. Read by Ajahn Kaccāna.
[Session] Reading: “Presence” by Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho in Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 147-156. Read by Ajahn Pesalo.
[Session] Readings: “Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way,” pp. 12-19 and “Bright Kamma,” pp. 26-31 from Kamma and the End of Kamma, First Edition by Ajahn Sucitto. Read by Ajahn Suhajjo. [Kamma]
Note: These readings come from the first edition, which Ajahn Sucitto has substantially corrected and revised. Please use the second edition when possible.
[Session] Reading: “Why Come to a Monastery?” by Ajahn Candasiri in Friends on the Path by Ajahn Sundarā and Ajahn Candasiri, pp. 13-21. Read by Ajahn Khantiko. [Sensual desire] [Naturalness] [Craving]
[Session] Reading: “The Beauty of Sila” by Ajahn Jayasaro in Forest Path by the Wat Pah Nanachat Saṅgha, pp. 57-68. Read by Tan Gambhīro. [Virtue]
1. Reading: “Levels of the Breath” from Meditations Vol. 5 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 47-51. Read by Tan Kondañño. [Mindfulness of breathing]
2. Reading: “The Four Jhanas” from Meditations Vol. 5 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 52-57. Read by Tan Kondañño. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Jhāna]
[Session] Reading: “Cultivating Gratitude” by Ajahn Pasanno in Gratitude by Ajahn Chah Saṅgha, p. 53. Read by Tan Jāgaro. [Gratitude]
[Session] Reading: “Being Awareness Itself” from Don’t Take Your Life Personally by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial). Read by Tan Suddhiko. [Knowing itself]
[Session] Reading: “Khanti – Patient Endurance” from The Real Practice by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 20. Read by Debbie Stamp. [Patience]
[Session]
Reading: “What is the Timeless?,” a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Vīradhammo at Tisarana Monastery in 2016. Read by Beth Steff.
Reading: “The Middle Way of Knowing Mental Formations,” a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Vīradhammo at Tisarana Monastery in 2016. Read by Beth Steff.
[Session] Reading: “Head and Heart Together” from Head and Heart Together by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 51-60. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.
2. Reading: “Invincibility” by Ajahn Khemadhammo from Seeing the Way Vol. 2 by Ajahn Chah Saṅgha, pp. 11-13. Read by Ajahn Jotipālo.
3. Reading: “The Road Towards the Exit from the Prison of Hatred,” a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Khemadhammo at 2015 Amaravati Kaṭhina. Read by Ajahn Jotipālo.
[Session]
Reading: “Hindrances and their Cessation” from The Anthology Vol. 2 by Ajahn Sumedho pp. 47-51. An older version is available online in Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
Reading: “Emptiness and Form” from The Anthology Vol. 2 by Ajahn Sumedho pp. 53-57. An older version is available online in Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: Who Will Feed the Mice? by Ajahn Amaro. Read by Ajahn Jīvako. [Parents]
[Session] Reading: “Recollecting Our Goodness” by Ajahn Amaro in Beginning Our Day Vol. 1 by Abhayagiri Saṅgha, pp. 23-26. Read by Ajahn Kassapo.
[Session] Reading: We Are All Translators by Ajahn Munindo. Read by Ajahn Kaccāna.
[Session] Reading: Excerpts from Rude Awakenings by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott. Read by Ajahn Pesalo.
[Session] Reading: “Self” by Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho in Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 235-244. Read by Ajahn Suhajjo.
[Session] Reading: “Attammayata,” The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, pp. 110-122. Read by Ajahn Khantiko. [Not-made-of-that]
[Session] Reading: “Body,” Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 190-198. Read by Tan Gambhīro. [Unattractiveness]
[Session] Reading: “Five Piles of Bricks: the Khandas as Burden and Path,” The Karma of Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 57-64. Read by Tan Kondañño. [Aggregates]
[Session]
Reading: “Happiness Forever,” The Anthology Vol. 2 by Ajahn Sumedho, pp. 9-10. Read by Tan Jāgaro.
Reading: “Patience,” The Anthology Vol. 2 by Ajahn Sumedho, pp. 65-68. Read by Tan Jāgaro.
Reading: “All the Time in the World,” The Anthology Vol. 2 by Ajahn Sumedho, pp. 51-52. Read by Tan Jāgaro.
[Session]
Reading: “In the Mood,” Meditations Vol. 1 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 30-32. Read by Tan Suddhiko.
Reading: “Imagine,” Meditations Vol. 1 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 24-29. Read by Tan Suddhiko.
[Session] Reading: “Reflecting on Beauty and Disappointment” a talk by Ajahn Vīradhammo at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery on November 3, 2015 (original recording). Read by Debbie Stamp.
[Session] Reading: “The One Who Knows” an unpublished talk by Ajahn Kalyāno at Bodhiyana Monastery, Melbourne Australia in October 2012 (with permission). Read by Beth Steff.
[Session] Reading: “Identity” in The Sound of Silence by Ajahn Sumedho (Anthology volume 4 or commercial). Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Self-identity view]
[Session] Reading: “Memory,” Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 199-210. Read by Ajahn Jīvako. [Memory]
[Session] Reading: “Why am I Talking?”, Beginning Our Day Vol. 2 by Abhayagiri Saṅgha, pp. 92-94. Read by Ajahn Kassapo. [Right Speech]
[Session] Reading: “The Wisdom of the Ego,” Head and Heart Together by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 44-49. Read by Ajahn Kaccāna.
[Session] Reading: “The Deathless Drum,” excerpts from Chapter 9 of Rude Awakenings by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott. Read by Ajahn Pesalo.
[Session] Reading: “Feeling,” Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 211-220. Read by Ajahn Suhajjo.
[Session] Reading: “Citta,” Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 246-256. Read by Tan Gambhīro.
1. Reading: “The Skill of Restraint,” Meditations Vol. 4 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 72-76. Read by Tan Kondañño. [Sense restraint]
2. Reading: “Two Analogies,” The Paradox of Becoming by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 23. Read by Tan Kondañño. [Becoming]
3. Reading: Reflections from Reverend Heng Sure. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abhayagiri] // [Pacific Hermitage] [Communal harmony] [Master Hsuan Hua] [Almsround]
[Session] Readings: AN 7.6: Treasures. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. Translated by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. [Treasures]
4. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: The common root of renunciation and compassion is the relationship to suffering. [Renunciation] [Compassion] [Suffering]
Reading: “The Balanced Way” by Bhikkhu Bodhi on accesstoinsight.org.
2. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 40-41: Ajahn Chah’s father’s dying request Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Parents] [Death] [Monastic life/Motivation] [Ajahn Chah] // [Culture/Thailand] [Meditation]
4. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 582: “Out of Compassion” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Compassion] [Ajahn Chah] // [Gratitude] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Teaching Dhamma] [Family]
6. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 588-591: “Observance Day” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Lunar observance days] [Ajahn Chah] // [Abhayagiri] [Eight Precepts]
7. Comment: The essence of Ajahn Chah’s teaching was virtue and Right View. [Teaching Dhamma] [Virtue] [Right View ] [Ajahn Chah ] // [Meditation] [Mindfulness] [Concentration]
Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 594-596: “Sammādiṭṭhi”
9. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 612-614 “Faith in the Triple Gem” Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith] [Three Refuges] [Ajahn Chah] // [Buddha] [Dhamma] [Truth] [Teaching Dhamma] [Lay life] [Recollection/Dhamma]
Simile: Digging a well — Ajahn Chah. [Right Effort] [Liberation]