26 excerpts, 2:02:14 total duration
“Could you speak a little about the structure of the Pāli Canon? How much was written down in the Buddha’s time?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Tipiṭaka ] [History/Early Buddhism ] [Dhamma books] // [Culture/India] [Memory] [Chanting] [Vinaya] [Sutta] [Abhidhamma]
9. Explanation of “The Questions of Māgaṇḍiya” (Snp 4.9) and Dr. Saddhatissa’s translation of the Sutta Nipāta. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [History/Early Buddhism] [Dr. Saddhatissa] [Translation] // [Great disciples] [Pāli] [Culture/Sri Lanka]
Story: Ajahn Chah tells Ajahn Sumedho to take Dr. Saddhatissa as the Saṅgharāja of England. [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Study monks]
1. Reading: Footnote in Satipatthana inferring that the concept of the Five Aggregates predated the Buddha. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [History/Early Buddhism] [Aggregates]
2. Introduction to The Questions of King Milinda. Teaching by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [History/Early Buddhism] [Sutta] [Aggregates]
19. “Was Pali ever a conversational language? Do you know of a translation of suttas that use more common, everyday words? For example, saying…letting go or releasing instead of relinquishing. I like to use simple words in the day to remind myself.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pāli ] [History/Early Buddhism] [Sutta] [Translation ] [Language] // [Buddha/Biography] [Culture/India]
Note: Bhante Sujato’s translations (available on suttacentral.net) use less technical terms.
1. “What are the commentaries? How do they know stuff that isn’t in the suttas?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Commentaries ] [Sutta] [History/Early Buddhism] // [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism] [Culture/Thailand] [Direct experience]
4. “Could you speak a little about the structure of the Pāli Canon? How much was written down in the Buddha’s time?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Tipiṭaka ] [History/Early Buddhism ] [Dhamma books] // [Culture/India] [Memory] [Chanting] [Vinaya] [Sutta] [Abhidhamma]
5. “Could you talk about women’s ordination (nuns) during the Buddha’s time and in modern times?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Women's monastic forms] [History/Early Buddhism] // [Buddha/Biography] [Bhikkhunī] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism] [Culture/Thailand]
8. “Does all the chanting we are doing go back to Buddha’s time or has some of it evolved later?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting ] [History/Early Buddhism] // [Sutta] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Somdet Vajirañāṇavarorasa] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism]
9. “Was sati, vedana, jhana part of the religious climate current at the Buddha’s time? How revolutionary was he seen to be then? Do we know?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [History/Early Buddhism] [Buddha/Biography] [Mindfulness] [Feeling] [Jhāna] // [Four Noble Truths] [Aggregates] [Culture/India ] [Kamma] [Volition]
3. Story: The origin of Buddha images. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [History/Early Buddhism] [Buddha images] // [Culture/West] [Geography/India]
11. The time of the Buddha was a time of great change. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha/Biography] [History/Early Buddhism] // [Saṅgha decision making] [Spiritual traditions] [Views]
Sutta: DN 1: Brahmajāla Sutta.
Sutta: Snp 3.1: King Bimbisāra meets the Bodhisattva.
1. “Sometimes there’s no pause between the words we’re chanting. Why?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [History/Early Buddhism] [Chanting] [Pāli]
Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 129: Five Precepts.
1. “When was the idea of merit [being like a celestial currency] incorporated into Buddhism?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Sundarā. [Merit] [History/Early Buddhism] // [Generosity] [Happiness]
Sutta: Iti 22: “Don’t belittle merit.”
Sutta: AN 7.52: Degrees of meritorious offerings.