Exercise
Everyday life practice / Personal / Health / Exercise
Part of tag cluster Health in key topic Everyday Life Practice
6 excerpts, 20:47 total duration

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

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3. “Thank you for bringing much needed yoga to the retreat and many thanks to Corina for her wonderful classes and her selfless service!” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Gratitude] [Exercise]


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16. “Do the monks have any prescribed physical exercises / stretching that they do to keep limber and agile with all their sitting?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Monastic life] [Exercise]


Jhāna: A Practical Approach, Session 3 – Oct. 10, 2015

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12. Comment: Exercise in the morning can be used to overcome sloth. [Exercise] [Sloth and torpor] [Energy]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno]


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 4 – Nov. 24, 2015

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7. “Persistent physical pain. Not chronic, just from sitting. How do I work skillfully with it? Right now the meditations feel swamped with it?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pain] [Meditation/General advice ] // [Posture/Walking] [Exercise] [Chi Gong] [Mindfulness of breathing]


Two Kinds of Thought and the Removal of Distracting Thoughts, Session 2 – Jun. 4, 2017

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1. “The last option [in MN 20] I thought was really interesting because it’s rare I hear such agressive terms used. There’s almost a sense of violence in some of those terms. Is that just because of the interpretation? Also, is another option to get rid of the thought to get up and actively do something?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Language] [Abuse/violence] [Exercise] // [Buddha/Biography] [Similes] [Cleanliness] [Gladdening the mind]


Happiness on the Buddhist Path – Aug. 20, 2023

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6. “Is there a right speed to silent walking?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking] // [Abhayagiri] [Postures] [Continuity of mindfulness]

Story: Jack Kornfield asks Ajahn Chah, “Whenever you teach walking meditation, you always teach the monks to walk slowly. But whenever you walk meditation, you walk really fast. [Ajahn Chah] [Jack Kornfield] [Teaching Dhamma] [Exercise]

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Translations of sampajañña (clear comprehension) and its role in Dhamma practice. [Clear comprehension ] [Translation] [Mindfulness]