All readings
19 events, 240 sessions, 310 excerpts, 19:58:24 total duration
Most common topics:
Ajahn Chah
(40)
Right Mindfulness
(13)
Mindfulness of breathing
(11)
Death
(10)
Culture/Thailand
(8)
Sickness
(7)
Similes
(7)
Ajahn Mun
(6)
Hindrances
(6)
Mindfulness of body
(6)
2. Reading: The Natural Character of Awakening by Chao Khun Upāli, pp. 58-67. Read by Ajahn Jotipālo.
1. Reading: Background of the talk “Steady Practice” from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 818. Read by Ajahn Ahiṃsako.
3. Reading: “Steady Practice” from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 277-290. Read by Ajahn Ahiṃsako.
[Session] Reading: “The Dhamma-Truth of Samatha-Vipassana for the Nuclear Age” from Key to Natural Truth by Ajahn Buddhadāsa pp. 111-131. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
2. Reading: “Straightening Out Your Views” from Fistful of Sand & The Light of Discernment by Ajahn Suwat, pp. 48-51. Read by Ajahn Kassapo.
[Session] Reading: “1946-1954: The Tudong Years” from the draft biography of Ajahn Chah. Read by Ajahn Cunda.
Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 44.
[Session] Reading: “A Simple Monk” from the draft biography of Ajahn Chah. Read by Ajahn Kaccāna.
Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 73. (The draft biography contains many details not in the final text.)
1. Reading: Short recollection of Ajahn Chah from the talk “Life with Ajahn Chah” by Ajahn Anan. Read by Ajahn Ṭhitapañño.
2. Reading: “Maraṇānussati – Keeping the End in Mind” from Seeking Buddho by Ajahn Anan pp. 69-74 and 91-92. Read by Ajahn Ṭhitapañño.
[Session] Reading: Reflections on meeting Ajahn Chah by Ajahn Boon Choo from Twigs and Branches of the Bodhinyana. Read by Ajahn Kovilo.
[Session] Reading: Ajahn Piak, selected conversations with Western monks from Krooba Ajahn. Read by Tan Pamutto.
[Session] Readings from the biography Luangpor Teean: The Singular Quality of an Ordinary Monk by Vatana Supromajakr, M.D. Read by Tan Khemako.
1. Reading: “The Customs of the Noble Ones” by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. Read by Ajahn Pesalo.
2. Reading: Recollections of Ajahn Tongrat by Ajahn Gi from Krooba Ajahn. Read by Ajahn Pesalo.
[Session] Reading: Ajahn Wanchai, questions and answers with the monks of Wat Pah Nanachat from Krooba Ajahn. Read by Ajahn Sudhīro.
[Session] Reading: “Toilets on the Path” from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 723-734. Read by Ajahn Suhajjo.
[Session] Reading: “Toilets on the Path” (continued) from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 734-745. Read by Tan Khantiko.
[Session] Readings from Sotāpattimagga by Ajahn Anan: “The Peaceful Heart Discovers the Truth” (partial), pp. 21-23; “When Calm Arises, Investigate the Body,” pp. 41-45; “When the Practice Declines,” pp. 68-70; “Nibbana is the Highest Happiness,” pp. 89-91. Read by Anagārika J.R..
Story: Ajahn Pasanno meets Ajahn Anan when Ajahn Anan was still a lay person. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Anan]
[Session] Reading: “Training under Ajahn Chah” by Ajahn Tong Jon from Twigs and Branches of the Bodhinyana. Read by Debbie Stamp. Translated by Ajahn Kovilo.
1. Reading: “The Beauty Comes from Within” from Paying Our Last Respects in Commemoration of Ajahn Mahā Boowa, pp. 149-151. Read by Beth Steff.
2. Reading: Unpublished talk given by Ajahn Liem at Abhayagiri in 2009. Read by Beth Steff.
2. Reading: “About the Author” from Simply So by Ajahn Sim. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sim] // [Ajahn Mun] [Geography/Thailand] [Posture/Sitting]
Story: Ajahn Pabhakaro asks the Bung Wai villagers to sit full lotus. [Joseph Kappel] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Lunar observance days]
3. Reading: “Source and Stream” from Simply So by Ajahn Sim. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. Translated by Ajahn Jayasaro.
[Session] Reading: “Discernment Versus Self-Deception” and “Awareness Right at Awareness” from An Unentangled Knowing by Upasikā Kee Nanayon pp. 87-90 and 14-17. Read by Ajahn Jotipālo.
2. Reading: Five qualities of good patients and nurses (Mahāvagga 8.26.5) Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sickness] [Health care ]
3. Reading: AN 6.16: Nakula’s Father Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sickness] [Relationships] [Death]
4. Reading: SN 41.10: Death of Citta the Householder Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Great disciples] [Death] // [Deva] [Faith] [Three Refuges] [Generosity]
5. Reading: SN 55.24-25: Sarakāni Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Stream entry] [Intoxicants] [Death]
7. Readings: MN 143, SN 2.20: Death of Anāthapiṇḍika Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Great disciples] [Death] // [Sense bases] [Relinquishment] [Teaching Dhamma] [Lay life] [Deva]
10. Reading: “The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandas,” from A Heart Released by Ajahn Mun, p. 37 Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Ajahn Mun] [Culture/Thailand]
Quote: “The Dhamma stays as the Dhamma, the khandas stay as khandas. That’s all.” [Dhamma] [Aggregates]
1. Reading: “Visions of a Sāmaṇa” from Samaṇa by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, p. 11. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Monastic life/Motivation] [Ajahn Mun]
7. Reading: “Discernment versus self-deception” from An Unentangled Knowing by Upasikā Kee Nanayon, p. 102. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Discernment] [Delusion] [Thai Forest Tradition]
2. Reading: Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 17. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Liem] [Thai Forest Tradition]
5. “In an earlier reading, Ajahn Mun mentioned the primal mind. Is that what you’re discussing here?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Nature of mind] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Knowing itself] [Ajahn Chah]
Reading: Questions and answers regarding the primal mind from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 478.
9. Reading: Excerpt from “The Training the Heart,” Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 509. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Translation]
[Session] Readings from Body Contemplation: A Study Guide by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body]
AN 4.184: Janussonī; AN 10.60: Girimananda; SN 35.247: Six Animals; AN 4.45: Rohitassa; Thag 1.104: Khitaka.
Dhp 259, Dhp 299, Dhp 46; Ud 3.5.
AN 1.575 and onward, Mindfulness immersed in the body (SuttaCentral numbering).
AN 1.616 and onward, Deathless (SuttaCentral numbering).
[Session] Reading: MN 119: This sutta describes the development of mindfulness of the body through mindfulness of breathing, the four postures, full awareness, bodily parts, elements, corpse contemplation, and the four jhānas. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body] [Unattractiveness]
2. Reading from the draft biography of Ajahn Chah: The founding of Wat Pah Pong. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Sao]
Reference: Stillness Flowing p.123 .
3. Readings from the Introduction to Listening to the Heart by Kittisaro and Ṭhānissarā (commercial). Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kittisaro]
Story: Kittisaro’s first meeting with Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Conceit] [Body scanning] [Humor]
Stories: The Squirrel Story and the Donkey Story. [Learning]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Recollection/Death]
Nine point death meditation from the Lam Rim.
Sutta: AN 6.19: Mindfulness of Death (1).
Sutta: AN 6.20: Mindfulness of Death (2).
Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Charnel ground contemplations.
“Only the Practice of Dharma Can Help Us at the Time of Death,” Larry Rosenberg, Tricycle, Summer 2000.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Elements]
Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Elements.
Sutta: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.
“Wholehearted training” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 635 (excerpt).
“Why Are We Here?” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 131 (excerpt).
[Session] Reading: “Theory: Elements,” Meditation: A Way of Awakening by Ajahn Sucitto, pp. 128-138. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Elements]
[Session] Reading: “How you develop four-elements meditation,” Knowing and Seeing by Pa Auk Sayadaw, pp. 116-120. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Elements]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Right Mindfulness pp. 8-12.
Sutta: Iti 34: Ardour. [Ardency]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Right Mindfulness pp. 12-14. [Right Mindfulness]
Sutta: AN 10.58: Roots.
Sutta: SN 51.15: The Brahmin Uṇṇabha.
[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 14-21. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Right Mindfulness pp. 21-22.
Sutta: AN 4.245: Training.
Sutta: Snp 1.4: The Farmer Bhāradvāja.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Right Mindfulness pp. 23-24.
Sutta: AN 4.41: Concentration. [Concentration]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Right Mindfulness pp. 24-28. [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Sutta: MN 19: Dvedhavitakka Sutta, Two Kinds of Thought.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Right Mindfulness pp. 28-31.
Sutta: SN 47.40: Analysis.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Right Mindfulness pp. 31-34.
Sutta: SN 47.4: At Sālā.
Sutta: Iti 90: Foremost Faith.
[Session] Reading: The Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118) describes how the sixteen steps of mindfulness of breathing fufill the four foundations of mindfulness, which in turn fufill the seven factors of enlightenment. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko: [Mindfulness of breathing]
Right Mindfulness pp. 93-96.
Vinaya: Book of the Discipline Part 1 p. 116-121, Pārājikā 3 origin story.
Sutta: AN 9.36: Jhāna.
Sutta: SN 54.8: Simile of the lamp.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
Right Mindfulness pp. 96-99 [Mindfulness of breathing]
Sutta: SN 22.79: Being Devoured.
Sutta: SN 36.11: Alone.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
Right Mindfulness pp. 99-100. [Mindfulness of breathing]
Forest Desanas by Ajahn Mahā Boowa p. 52.
Unpublished Luang Por Baen talks.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
Right Mindfulness pp. 100-105. [Mindfulness of breathing]
Sutta: SN 46.53: Fire.
[Session] Reading: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 225-231: “A Gift of Dhamma.” Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: Chapter 2, “The Method of Developing Calm” in The Natural Character of Awakening by Chao Khun Upāli, p. 30-39. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Right Mindfulness]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
Sutta: MN 9: Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta, Right View (excerpt).
Readings on the suffering of birth and aging from Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand by Pabongka Rinpoche (commercial). [Birth] [Ageing]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Right Mindfulness pp. 109-112.
Sutta: SN 51.20: “Analysis.”
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Right Mindfulness pp. 112-113.
Sutta: MN 44, Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Shorter Series of Questions and Answers.
Sutta: AN 8.63: “In Brief.”
Sutta: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha.
Sutta: AN 8.81: “Training.”
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Concentration] [Formless attainments]
Right Mindfulness p. 113.
Sutta: AN 4.94: “Concentration.”
Sutta: AN 9.36: “Jhāna.”
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Right Mindfulness pp. 113-115.
Sutta: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha (Right Mindfulness p. 43).
Sutta: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī.
[Session] Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī. Read by Ajahn Pasanno.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body]
Right Mindfulness pp. 115-119.
Sutta: MN 80: Vekhanassa Sutta, To Vekhanassa.
Sutta: Ud 7.8: “Kaccāna.”
Sutta: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Elements] [Mindfulness of feeling]
Right Mindfulness pp. 119-121.
Sutta: MN 28: Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta, The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of feeling]
Sutta: MN 14: Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering.
Right Mindfulness pp. 121-122.
[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 122-129. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of feeling] [Jhāna] [Sensual desire]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of breathing] [Concentration] [Mindfulness of mind]
Right Mindfulness pp. 129-132.
Sutta: MN 111: Anupada Sutta, One by One As They Occurred.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Mindfulness of mind] [Divine Abidings]
Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness.
Right Mindfulness pp. 132-133, 174-175, 137.
Sutta: SN 42.8: “The Conch Blower.”
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Goodwill] [Recollection]
Sutta: AN 11.15: “Loving Kindness.”
Sutta: AN 11.11: “Mahānāma.”
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Nibbāna]
Introduction to Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha p. 31-32 (quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 40-41).
Sutta: The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 224-226, 33-34.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Mindfulness of dhammas]
“Contemplation of Dhammas,” p. 182-183, 185, and “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.
Right Mindfulness pp. 142-148.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Mindfulness of feeling] [Feeling]
“The Perceptual Process,” p. 156-159 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.
Sutta: MN 44: Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Small Discourse Giving an Elaboration.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Feeling]
Sutta: SN 36.4: “The Bottomless Abyss.”
Sutta: SN 36.6: “The Dart.”
Sutta: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta, To Dıghanakha.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Feeling]
Sutta: SN 36.7: Gelañña Sutta, “The Sick Ward.”
Sutta: SN 36.21: “Sivaka.”
“The End of Rebirth,” The Stillness of Being by Ajahn Viradhammo, p. 67-77.
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Proliferation] [Perception]
Sutta: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.
“Categorical Answers,” Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.
Sutta: AN 8.30: “Anuruddha.”
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Proliferation] [Perception]
Sutta: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.
“The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.
[Session] Reading: “The Peace Beyond,” Collectd Teachings p. 9-19. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: “Santi,” Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 39-53. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Liem]
[Session] Reading: “Santi,” Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 53-63. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Liem]
[Session] Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
“A Matter of Life and Death,” p. 205-212 in The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial).
“Towards the Future,” p. 215-220 in The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial).
[Session] Reading: “Apaṇṇaka Dhammas,” Don’t Hold Back by Ajahn Pasanno, pp. 71–81. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Incontrovertible practices]
[Session] Reading: Walking Meditation by Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo. Read by Ajahn Jotipālo. [Posture/Walking]
[Session] Reading: “The Five Hindrances,” from The Anthology Vol. 1 by Ajahn Sumedho, pp. 35–44. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.
[Session] Reading: “Purpose” by Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho in Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 133-145. Read by Ajahn Jīvako.
[Session] Reading: “The Path of Non Contention” by Ajahn Amaro in Beginning Our Day Vol. 1 by the Abhayagiri Saṅgha, pp. 215-217. Read by Ajahn Kassapo. [Non-contention]
1. Reading: “Awe” from Meditations Vol. 6 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 47-49. Read by Ajahn Kaccāna.
2. Reading: “Strengthening Mindfulness,” a Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro on January 4, 2012. Read by Ajahn Kaccāna.
[Session] Reading: “Presence” by Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho in Uncommon Wisdom: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho by Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano, pp. 147-156. Read by Ajahn Pesalo.
[Session] Readings: “Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way,” pp. 12-19 and “Bright Kamma,” pp. 26-31 from Kamma and the End of Kamma, First Edition by Ajahn Sucitto. Read by Ajahn Suhajjo. [Kamma]
Note: These readings come from the first edition, which Ajahn Sucitto has substantially corrected and revised. Please use the second edition when possible.
[Session] Reading: “Why Come to a Monastery?” by Ajahn Candasiri in Friends on the Path by Ajahn Sundarā and Ajahn Candasirī, pp. 13-21. Read by Ajahn Khantiko. [Sensual desire] [Naturalness] [Craving]
[Session] Reading: “The Beauty of Sila” by Ajahn Jayasaro in Forest Path by the Wat Pah Nanachat Saṅgha, pp. 57-68. Read by Tan Gambhīro. [Virtue]
1. Reading: “Levels of the Breath” from Meditations Vol. 5 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 47-51. Read by Kondannyo Bhikkhu. [Mindfulness of breathing]
2. Reading: “The Four Jhanas” from Meditations Vol. 5 by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 52-57. Read by Kondannyo Bhikkhu. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Jhāna]
[Session] Reading: “Cultivating Gratitude” by Ajahn Pasanno in Gratitude by Ajahn Chah Saṅgha, p. 53. Read by Tan Jāgaro. [Gratitude]
[Session] Reading: “Being Awareness Itself” from Don’t Take Your Life Personally by Ajahn Sumedho (commercial). Read by Tan Suddhiko. [Knowing itself]
[Session] Reading: “Khanti – Patient Endurance” from The Real Practice by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 20. Read by Debbie Stamp. [Patience]
[Session] Readings by Beth Steff:
Reading: “What is the Timeless?,” a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Vīradhammo at Tisarana Monastery in 2016.
Reading: “The Middle Way of Knowing Mental Formations,” a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Vīradhammo at Tisarana Monastery in 2016.
[Session] Reading: “Head and Heart Together” from Head and Heart Together by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 51-60. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.