7 excerpts, 21:07 total duration
4. Stories about the people who criticized Chithurst Monastery in the early days. Told by Joseph Kappel and Ajahn Amaro. [Conflict] [Chithurst] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Ajahn Anando] [Culture/West] [Communal harmony]
4. Story: Ajahn Anando tries to heal Ajahn Chah. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Anando] [Health care] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Sickness] [Fierce/direct teaching]
4. Recollection: Ajahn Chah didn’t let Western monks stay with Ajahn Koon since it was close to the Laos border. Recounted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Military] [History/Western Buddhist monasticism] // [Ajahn Koon (Na Pho)] [Ajahn Anando]
3. Story: Heng Shun visits Ajahn Chah. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Bhikshu Heng Shun] [Ajahn Chah] // [Paul Breiter] [Ajahn Anando] [Master Hsuan Hua]
Reference: Venerable Father by Paul Breiter (commercial).
“Very imposing, very strict, very straightforward, and very challenging.” — Heng Shun describes Ajahn Chah [Personality]
4. Story: Ajahn Sumedho meets Master Hua. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Master Hsuan Hua] // [Ajahn Anando] [Gold Mountain Monastery] [Bhikshu Heng Shun]
1. Recollection: How I came to Buddhism and the beginnings of the Saṅghapāla Foundation. Recounted by Marc Lieberman. [Saṅghapāla] // [Taungpulu Sayadaw] [Temporary ordination] [Vinaya] [Jack Kornfield] [Joseph Goldstein] [Insight Meditation Society] [Ajahn Anando] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Ajahn Amaro]
4. Comment: Exploring the different qualities or expressions of Nibbāna, I was comparing them with the Sinhalese language. You said Nibindatti. Bindinava means breaking up in Sinhalese. The second half of Nibbāna is bana. To give an example of what bana means, let’s say you have a truckload of things. Taking the things out, lowering them down and putting them down is bana. So the whole process is emptying out. Contributed by Randula Haththotuwa. [Nibbāna] [Pāli] [Sinhalese] // [Etymology] [Ven. Ananda Maitreya]
Story: Ajahn Anando gives a retreatant his empty coffee cup to wash. Told by Ajahn Amaro. [Meditation retreats] [Ajahn Anando]