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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 12 – Apr. 28, 2001

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1. “What is the daily schedule like?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Joseph Kappel. [Monastic routine] [Ajahn Chah] // [Wat Pah Nanachat ] [Ajahn Amaro] [Joseph Kappel] [Almsround] [Work] [Abhayagiri] [Teaching Dhamma]

Quote: “Ajahn Chah had this most amazing disrespect for time.” — Ajahn Amaro. [Pace of life]


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4. Story: “Sleep is delicious.” [Admonishment/feedback] [Goodwill] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Amaro ] [Joseph Kappel] [Upatakh] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Robes] [Mentoring] [Faith]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 31 – Apr. 29, 2001

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2. “Why did Ajahn Chah found Wat Pah Pong? [Inaudible question removed]” [Wat Pah Pong ] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Ajahn Chah] // [Tudong] [Teaching Dhamma] [Personal presence] [Seclusion] [Compassion] [Family] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support]

Story: The first Rains Retreat with Ajahn Chah. [Rains retreat] [Devotion to wakefulness]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 32 – Apr. 29, 2001

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5. Quote: “If I’ve developed any wisdom, it’s because I had such gigantic defilements.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Discernment] [Unwholesome Roots] // [Hindrances ] [Restlessness and worry] [Aversion] [Doubt] [Sensual desire]


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6. Story: Ajahn Chah vows not to look at a woman for the duration of the Rains Retreat. [Determination] [Sensual desire ] [Sense restraint] [Rains retreat] [Ajahn Chah] // [Discernment]


Abhayagiri's 20th Anniversary, Session 15 – Jun. 4, 2016

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7. Story: Master Hua offers land to Ajahn Sumedho the day after the Elders’ Council approves a land search. [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Elders' Council] [Abhayagiri ] // [Saṅghapāla] [Gratitude] [Amaravati] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Viradhammo] [Sickness]

Quote: “It had been the dream of my life to bring the Northern and Southern Traditions together again, and I never thought I was going to be able to do it until I met Sumedho.” — Master Hsuan Hua. [Mahāyāna] [Theravāda] [Communal harmony]


Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat, Session 8 – Jun. 11, 2021

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2. Reflection: Affinities between the communities of Ajahn Sumedho and Master Hsuan Hua. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Master Hsuan Hua ] // [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] [Mahāyāna] [Vinaya] [Ascetic practices] [Elders' Council] [Abhayagiri]

Story: Master Hua invites Ajahn Sumedho to help conduct an ordination ceremony at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. [Ordination]

Story: Ajahn Sumedho invites Master Hua to the English monasteries.


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12. Quote: “Ajahn, maybe if you just taught Theravāda Buddhism, that would be great.” — A Saṅghapāla board member to Ajahn Amaro. [Saṅghapāla] [Ajahn Amaro] [Theravāda ] [Abhayagiri] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Culture/West] [Spiritual traditions] [Monastic life] [Idealism]

Quote: “It wasn’t sensible to try to be all things to all people.”


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13. Quote: Abhayagiri ethos: “We all live in the forest. Everyone’s in a kuti.” [Lodging ] [Culture/Natural environment ] [Abhayagiri] // [Amaravati] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Weather]

Quote: “Mindfulness of the body is an absolute necessity.” [Mindfulness of body]