Recreation/leisure/sport
Everyday life practice / Personal / Recreation/leisure/sport 
Glosses: Leisure, Sport
11 excerpts, 1:13:34 total duration



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

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5. “Is jhāna only in meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation] [Jhāna] // [Right Concentration]

Quote: “Only farangs [Westerners] go into meditation rock climbing! Does he contemplate the Four Noble Truths?” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Culture/West] [Recreation/leisure/sport] [Four Noble Truths] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Relinquishment]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 1 – Nov. 19, 2016

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5. “Could you tell us your stories related to the King Rama 9 of Thailand?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [King Rama IX] [Culture/Thailand] // [Leadership] [Meditation] [Recreation/leisure/sport] [Commerce/economics]

Story: Thai lay supporters remember King Rama IX at Abhayagiri’s 2016 Kaṭhina. [Abhayagiri] [Kaṭhina]

Story: King Rama IX attends Ajahn Chah’s funeral. [Ajahn Chah] [Funerals] [Wat Pah Pong] [Tranquility]

Story: King Rama IX asks President Nixon for understanding. [Politics and society] [Communal harmony] [Listening]


Readings from The Island, Session 41 – Mar. 9, 2025

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5. Comment: I have high energy naturally, but people interpret my fast speaking and walking as anxiety. [Pace of life] [Restlessness and worry] // [Recreation/leisure/sport]

Response by Ajahn Amaro. [Wat Pah Ban Tat] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Recreation/leisure/sport]