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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 23 – Apr. 29, 2001

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1. Chanting: Morning Chanting [Chanting] [Three Refuges]

Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 2


Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing, Session 1 – Jan. 4, 2005

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1. Balancing the body: detailed instructions on sitting posture. [Posture/Sitting ] [Mindfulness of breathing]


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3. Walking meditation instructions. [Posture/Walking] [Mindfulness of breathing]


Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing, Session 7 – Jan. 10, 2005

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3. The commentaries contast the Five Hindrances with the five factors of first jhāna. [Hindrances] [Jhāna] // [Directed thought and evaluation] [Sloth and torpor] [Doubt] [Rapture] [Ill-will] [Happiness] [Restlessness and worry] [Unification] [Sensual desire]

Story: Ajahn Boon Choo dispels sloth and torpor. [Ajahn Boon Choo] [Devotion to wakefulness]

Quote: “Sensual desire is like looking for the turtle with the mustache.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Similes]

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Meditation instruction: Breathing with the five factors of first jhāna. [Mindfulness of breathing]


Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing, Session 8 – Jan. 11, 2005

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1. Meditation instruction: Be present with the physical experience of the breath. Bring a sense of ease into the body. Ground awareness in the body. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body]

Quote: Keeping the breath in mind is like getting the spoon into the mouth and the mouth onto the spoon. — Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo. [Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo] [Similes]

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Story: “The body understands!” [Direct experience] [Zen] [Koan] [Ajahn Pasanno]

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Body and mind are not separate things. [Form] [Heart/mind] [Aggregates ] [Dependent origination] [Consciousness]

Water similes for the mind with and without hindrances. (SN 46.55) [Hindrances] [Sensual desire] [Ill-will] [Sloth and torpor] [Restlessness and worry] [Doubt]

Sutta: DN 2.98: “These are shoals of fish...”

Quote: “You can get a lot of wisdom from walking meditation.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Posture/Walking] [Discernment]


Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 3 – Sep. 19, 2010

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2. Walking meditation instructions by Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking] [Ajahn Chah] // [Buddho mantra] [Tranquility] [Continuity of mindfulness]

Reference: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 258 “Just Do It!”

Quote: “Where we really start to see the Dhamma or taste the Dhamma is in that continuity of awareness.” [Dhamma]


Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 9 – Sep. 19, 2010

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1. Guided meditation: The rythym of the sensation of the body as it is walking. [Posture/Walking ] [Mindfulness of body] [Ajahn Chah] // [Calming meditation] [Present moment awareness] [Proliferation] [Tranquility] [Investigation of states]


Tudong Stories at Spirit Rock, Session 2 – Jun. 2, 2011

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16. Meditation instructions: Walking meditation. [Posture/Walking] // [Abhayagiri]


The Whole of the Path, Session 1 – Jun. 22, 2013

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5. Meditation instruction: Walking meditation instructions. [Posture/Walking] [Spiritual friendship] // [Continuity of mindfulness] [Tranquility]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 30 – Feb. 19, 2015

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1. Chanting: Paritta chanting for Ruth Denison. [Protective chants] [Ruth Denison]


Abhayagiri's 20th Anniversary, Session 1 – Jun. 4, 2016

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7. Chanting: Explanation of paritta chanting. [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Three Refuges] [Goodwill]


Abhayagiri's 20th Anniversary, Session 16 – Jun. 4, 2016

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1. Chanting: The Sharing of Blessings (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 33). [Merit]


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2. Chanting: Closing Homage (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 16). [Three Refuges]