Part of key topic Monastic Life
Subtags: Ajahn Sao, Ajahn Mun, Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Chah lineage, Other Thai Forest teachers
78 excerpts, 5:12:00 total duration
3. Quote: “The years [Ajahn Chah] took up his ascetic practices were something of a golden age.” — Paul Breiter [Ascetic practices] [Thai Forest Tradition] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Mun]
Quote: “How do you call yourself a disciple of Ajahn Mun when you only spent seven days with him?” – “If a person with good eyes comes close to something, he sees it.” — Ajahn Chah [Mentoring] [Knowledge and vision]
4. Quote: “The take-away bit of the forest teachers or ethos is that we have everything within us....They are coming at it from all different angles, but the underlying thread is that theme of relying on and refining capabilities that we actually have. Sīla, samādhi, and pañña are not external to us.” — Ajahn Pasanno [Thai Forest Tradition ] [Self-reliance] [Eightfold Path]
8. Quote: “There’s only two things you have to do in practice: know and let go.” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Mindfulness] [Knowing itself] [Relinquishment] [Thai Forest Tradition]
12. “Ajahn Chah talks about the one who knows. Is this a purely mental excercise or is it embodied?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Knowing itself ] [Mindfulness of body] [Jhāna] // [Culture/West] [Nature of mind]
Quote: “The Thai Krooba Ajahns translate ‘Buddho’ as ‘being the one who knows.’” [Thai Forest Tradition] [Buddho mantra] [Translation]
19. “Who are the most senior monks in the Theravāda/Thai Forest Tradition? Can you speak about the lineage? Are there Thai teachers of your seniority who come to the West?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Theravāda] [Thai Forest Tradition]
Quote: “Sometimes people assume that the Thai Theravāda Forest Tradition is one thing. – No.” [Thai Forest Tradition] [Culture/Thailand]