Questions (pañhā)
Teaching Dhamma / Questions
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Metta Retreat, Session 4 – Sep. 12, 2008

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20. “I’m glad that people have questions and people are reflecting on their experience of what the practice is. It’s very heartening to see.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Questions] [Appropriate attention] [Empathetic joy]


The Gradual Training, Session 2 – Oct. 20, 2012

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8. “How do we know when to ask for directions on the path as opposed to just continuing farther? What would we ask?” Answered by Ajahn Yatiko. [Questions] [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma] [Gradual Teaching] // [Suffering] [Discernment] [Conditionality] [Faith]

Sutta: SN 12.23: Suffering is the cause of faith.

Follow-up: “What about when things are pleasant, but we’re not headed in the right direction?” [Happiness] [Mindfulness] [Deva] [Relinquishment]

Sutta: MN 75: Simile of the leper. [Similes]

Sutta: SN 56.35: Stream entry after 100 years. [Stream entry] [Four Noble Truths]


Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 6 – Nov. 28, 2013

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11. “Would you please describe the four ways of skillfully answering or asking questions or the different types of questions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Questions]


Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 7 – Nov. 29, 2013

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13. “Would you kindly review the four ways to respond to questions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Questions]

Reference: Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.


The Middle Way of Not-Self, Session 1 – May. 27, 2015

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3. “The Buddha didn’t answer the question, ‘Is there a self?’ But this question seems more important than other questions he didn’t answer. How should we relate to not-self?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha/Biography] [Questions] [Not-self ] // [Teaching Dhamma] [Feeling] [Relinquishment] [Self-identity view] [Four Noble Truths] [Views]


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14. Comment: I’ve found it helpful to recognize that for me there aren’t any right answers, only right questions. [Culture/West] [Questions] [Not-self]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view]


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 2 – Nov. 22, 2015

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2. “Praise for the question and answer session. Every question is important; can you answer them all?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Questions] // [Meditation retreats]


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 8 – Nov. 28, 2015

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12. “Have you ever put a publication together on the retreat questions? Are the talks of this retreat being recorded?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation retreats] [Questions] [Dhamma recordings] // [Internet] [Dhamma books]

Reference: Abundant, Exalted, Immeasurable by Ajahn Pasanno transcribes the talks and questions from the 2008 Metta Retreat.


The Teaching and the Training, Session 11 – Mar. 29, 2018

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7. “So you’ve asked all your questions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Questions] [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Monastic life]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 3 – Apr. 21, 2018

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8. Comment by Ajahn Ñāṇiko: But in a sense Por Am had wisdom, questioning Ajahn Chah from every possible angle. [Ajahn Chah] [Questions] [Discernment]

Reflection: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 647

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai] [Wat Pah Pong]


Honoring the Buddha: The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta – Apr. 25, 2021

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2. “What is the origin of asking a question three times?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Questions] [Teaching Dhamma] [Sutta] [Buddha/Biography]

Sutta: AN 4.42: Questions