1. Chanting: Morning Chanting [Chanting] [Three Refuges]
Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 2
1. Balancing the body: detailed instructions on sitting posture. [Posture/Sitting ] [Mindfulness of breathing]
3. Walking meditation instructions. [Posture/Walking] [Mindfulness of breathing]
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]
Meditation instruction: Breathing with the five factors of first jhāna. [Mindfulness of breathing]
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]
Story: “The body understands!” [Direct experience] [Zen] [Koan] [Ajahn Pasanno]
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]
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]
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]
16. Meditation instructions: Walking meditation. [Posture/Walking] // [Abhayagiri]
5. Meditation instruction: Walking meditation instructions. [Posture/Walking] [Spiritual friendship] // [Continuity of mindfulness] [Tranquility]
1. Chanting: Paritta chanting for Ruth Denison. [Protective chants] [Ruth Denison]
7. Chanting: Explanation of paritta chanting. [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Three Refuges] [Goodwill]
6. Chanting: The monks of Holy Transfiguration Monastery sing a blessing; Ajahn Pasanno expresses appreciation. Offered by Father Damien and Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting] [Holy Transfiguration Monastery]
1. Chanting: The Sharing of Blessings (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 33). [Merit]
2. Chanting: Closing Homage (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 16). [Three Refuges]