Relics (sarīra)
Devotional practice / Objects of veneration / Relics
7 excerpts, 34:41 total duration

Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 1 – Sep. 19, 2010

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13. Reading from the draft biography: Ajahn Chah visits Ajahn Mun. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Tudong] [Ajahn Chah ] // [Relics] [Cleanliness] [Perception of a samaṇa] [Personal presence] [Vinaya] [Conscience and prudence] [Teaching Dhamma] [Knowing itself] [Nature of mind] [Conventions] [Unconditioned] [Faith]

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 54


Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 8 – Nov. 30, 2013

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1. “Just curious- is there any explanation of how bones turn to crystal?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Relics]


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 1 – Jun. 14, 2014

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9. Story: Ajahn Mun becomes enlightened and goes back to teach his teacher. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Sao] [Liberation] [Thai Forest Tradition]

Story: Ajahn Mun’s relics [Relics] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Abhayagiri]


2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 1 – Nov. 22, 2014

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3. “Is walking meditation as ‘good’ as sitting meditation. Can one achieve the level of undistractedness that one needs to be able to investigate the human experience? Or is it part of the bigger picture of mindfulness for seven full days to experience stream entry?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking] [Posture/Sitting] [Insight meditation] [Stream entry] // [Meditation/General advice] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Concentration]

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Stories about Ajahn Khao. [Ajahn Khao ]

Story: Walking meditation was Ajahn Khao’s preferred mode of practice.

Story: Ajahn Khao’s relics were purple, clear, and incredibly beautiful. [Relics] [Abhayagiri]

Recollection: Ajahn Khao expresses gratitude for the place he realized Awakening. [Liberation] [Gratitude] [Lodging] [Bodhi Tree]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 15 – Jan. 24, 2015

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7. Ajahn Sucitto speaks of feeling water washing through you [as a way of releasing tension related to effort]. Comment by Debbie Stamp. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Elements] [Right Effort]

Story: Khun Kesari’s brother enters concentration by visualizing drinking a glass of water. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Concentration] [Visualization]

Story: Kesari’s mother walked into Wat Ban Tad before there was a road. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Ban Tat] [Relics]


The Teaching and the Training, Session 7 – Mar. 23, 2018

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6. “What about relics?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Relics] [Monastic life] // [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Khao] [Mae Chee Kaew] [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Chah]

Story: Ajahn Pasanno’s mother observes multiplying relics. [Relics]


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7. “What do you think might have happened to the few relics in my house when it burned down?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Relics]