5. “Did Ajahn Mahā Boowa always praise the dtuaṅga practices?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ascetic practices] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Ajahn Mun] // [Incontrovertible practices]
Story: Ajahn Mun tells Ajahn Mahā Boowa to stop sweeping when he is sick with malaria. [Sickness] [Ardency] [Attachment to precepts and practices]
Story: Ajahn Mahā Boowa takes on the dtok bhat practice, but Ajahn Mun puts food in his bowl. Told by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Almsfood] [Conceit]
Story: Ajahn Pasanno meets a monk who didn’t need to sleep. [Devotion to wakefulness] [Sense restraint] [Concentration]
Story: Pa Auk Sayadaw didn’t sleep during a Rains Retreat. [Pa Auk Sayadaw]
[Session] Reading: “Apaṇṇaka Dhammas,” Don’t Hold Back by Ajahn Pasanno, pp. 71–81. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Incontrovertible practices]
1. Reflections by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo about the apaṇṇaka dhammas. [Incontrovertible practices] // [Devotion to wakefulness] [Meditation retreats] [Energy] [Moderation in eating] [Sense restraint]
Comment: Appaṇṇaka can also be translated as ‘a safe bet.’ [Incontrovertible practices] [Translation] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro]