Fame and disrepute (yaso ca ayaso ca)
Everyday life practice / Eight Worldly Conditions / Fame and disrepute 
3 excerpts, 12:11 total duration

Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 3 – Nov. 21, 2011

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9. “What is hasituppāda citta—consciousness producing mirth—that is the Buddha’s smile?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Humor ] [Buddha/Biography] // [Teaching Dhamma]

Suttas: MN 81; MN 83; AN 5.180: Examples of the Buddha’s smile.

Sutta: MN 12.58: “You might think that the jujube fruit was bigger in those days ...” [Ascetic practices]

Sutta: SN 17.5: A dung beetle gloats about his pile. [Gain and loss] [Fame and disrepute] [Similes] [Monastic life]


Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 21 – Feb. 3, 2014

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3. “The worldly winds appear quite distinct from each other, but status and praise seem closely related. Why?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Worldly Conditions] [Blame and praise] [Fame and disrepute]


Readings from The Island, Session 14 – Jan. 27, 2025

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2. “As the ten fetters start to be cut, can you expect to not get so lost in feelings and thoughts? Does the time you get lost reduce?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Fetters] [Heedlessness] // [Stream entry] [Realms of existence] [Non-return] [Sensual desire] [Ill-will] [Once return] [Fame and disrepute] [Conceit] [Blame and praise] [Craving for material existence] [Craving for immaterial existence]

Reference: Śhūrangama Sūtra, Fifty Skandha Demon States.