2. “You were saying the chanting takes 50 minutes. I understood the Buddha tells Ananda the early suttas because Ananda was not there in the beginning. Was it more like a summary?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Chanting] [Sutta] [Buddha/Biography] [Great disciples] // [Spiritual traditions] [Teaching Dhamma] [Learning] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism]
Sutta: SN 35.28: The Fire Sermon (Chanting book translation).
1. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno: Confidence or belief in the law of kamma is the foundation of mundane Right View. [Faith] [Kamma] [Right View] // [Rebirth ]
Sutta: MN 117.7.
Follow-up: “Would you say [mundane Right View] includes rebirth?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Views] [Conditionality] [Spiritual traditions] [Ordination]
Sutta: MN 60: Apaṇṇaka Sutta.
3. “People often say that Amaravati is like an institution. What is a perspective on this?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Amaravati ] [Saṅgha] [Monastery organizational structure] // [Ajahn Pasanno]
Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Ahiṃsako and Ajahn Karuṇiko: The benefits and drawbacks of large monasteries. [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Teaching Dhamma] [Christian monastics] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Spiritual traditions]