Contact (phassa)
Indeterminate qualities / Dependent origination / Contact 
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Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 3 – Nov. 19, 2012

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9. “You instructed us to meditate on the breath with mindfulness and continuity. You also recommended wise reflection. How does one weave and connect both together?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness] [Recollection]

Sutta: MN 10.3: The description of Right Mindfulness. [Right Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension]

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Reflection: Ātāpi as an aspect of Right Mindfulness is the application of effort for the burning up of defilements. [Ardency ] [Right Effort] [Unwholesome Roots] [Thai]

Commentary: Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, p. 431: “Clear comprehension is another word for wisdom.” [Discernment]

Quote: “That function in nature that draws knowledge and attention of the sense contact into the heart.” — P. A. Payutto’s description of mindfulness. [P. A. Payutto] [Contact]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 7 – Nov. 23, 2012

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6. “To whom did you attribute the different formulation of the Four Noble Truths?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Four Noble Truths] [Ajahn Dune ] // [Ajahn Mun] [Geography/Thailand] [Wat Burapha] [Seclusion] [Personality] [Ajahn Pasanno]

Quote: “Why do you let your mind go out there?” — Ajahn Dune regarding the noise of the elephant festival. [Contact]

Reference: Gifts He Left Behind by Ajahn Dune.


Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 24 – Feb. 6, 2014

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7. Reading: “It’s Easy if You are not Attached,” Gifts He Left Behind by Ajahn Dune, p. 77. Read by Ajahn Ahiṃsako. [Ajahn Dune] [Wat Burapha] // [Rains retreat]

Quote: “It’s the nature of light to be bright; it’s the nature of noise to be loud.” [Contact ] [Sense restraint] [Discernment]


Readings from The Island, Session 36 – Mar. 2, 2025

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5. Recollections of Ajahn Dune by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Dune] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Amaro] // [Teaching Dhamma] [Wat Burapha]

Quote: “The noise that comes from the town is just minding its own business. Why do you go out and bother it?” — Ajahn Dune. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Contact] [Equanimity]