Meditation/Techniques
Meditation / Meditation/Techniques 
Subtags: Mindfulness of breathing, Unattractiveness, Elements, Perception of light, Kasiṇa, Divine Abidings, Visualization, Body scanning, Noting, Mantra, Koan, Hua tou, Sound of silence, Movement meditation
22 excerpts, 1:24:08 total duration



The Gradual Training, Session 1 – Oct. 20, 2012

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2. “In the example you gave of the snake (MN 22), can you give an example of how the Dhamma can bite you?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Yatiko. [Similes] [Gradual Teaching] // [Abhidhamma] [Conflict] [Meditation/Techniques] [Clinging] [Unwholesome Roots] [Right Intention] [Learning]

Story: The teachings of Dhammakaya. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view] [Commerce/economics] [Nibbāna] [Generosity]

Story: An Abhidhamma teacher visits Ajahn Chah. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah]


Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 11 – Jan. 20, 2014

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2. “Do you have any advice for working with pain?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pain] // [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Investigation of states] [Meditation/Techniques] [Direct experience]


Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 48 – Mar. 12, 2104

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6. “Could the Ajahn Teean technique work for restlessness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Teean] [Movement meditation] [Restlessness and worry]

Quote: “There’s no such thing as the Ajahn Chah method of meditation.” [Ajahn Chah] [Meditation/Techniques] [Right Effort] [Mindfulness of mind]


Desire or Aspiration, Session 1 – Jun. 14, 2015

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8. “What to do when you have a lot of freedom in your mind, but in your body you’re stuck with a bad habit?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Desire] [Liberation] [Heart/mind] [Form] [Habits] [Craving] // [Direct experience] [Meditation/Techniques] [Translation] [Mindfulness of breathing]


Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 24 – Feb. 5, 2016

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1. “Can you provide guidance on the contemplation of conceiving, and name and form?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Conceit] [Aggregates] [Proliferation] // [Suffering] [Nature of mind] [Advertizing] [Impermanence] [Relinquishment] [Not-made-of-that] [Four Noble Truths]

Sutta: Ud 3.10: “For however one conceives it, it is always other than that.”

Quote: “The mind is a liar and a cheat.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [False speech]

Reference: Ajahn Buddhadāsa’s Nine Eyes, The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 116. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Characteristics of existence]

Sutta: UD 1.10 Bāhiya Sutta: “In the seen there is only the seen...” [Sense bases] [Perception]

Quote: “You can hurt yourself even with really good tools.” [Meditation/Techniques] [Right Effort]


Awaken to the New Year Retreat, Session 1 – Jan. 1, 2021

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1. “I find it very difficult to stay with the breath. After 15-20 minutes, the mind will be very bored with the breath and cannot stay with it. Could you advise what is a good meditation for an easily restless mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Restlessness and worry] // [Attitude] [Desire] [Meditation/Techniques] [Investigation of states] [Gladdening the mind] [Happiness]

Sutta: MN 118: Ānāpānasati Sutta

Suttas: AN 11.1, AN 11.12, and SN 55.40 illustrate the causal chain between happiness and samādhi.


Awaken to the New Year Retreat, Session 2 – Jan. 1, 2021

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7. Question about the function of mindfulness of breathing. Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Calming meditation] [Insight meditation] // [Meditation/Techniques] [Sutta] [Characteristics of existence]