Ajahn Sim Buddhacaro   Teachings by Ajahn Sim
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Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 57 – Mar. 27, 2014

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1. Biographical information about Ajahn Sim and Simply So. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sim] [Ajahn Jayasaro] [Dhamma books]


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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] [Ajahn Sim] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Lunar observance days]


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8. “In that talk he [Ajahn Sim] seemed to stress doing samatha meditation before practicing vipassana. Is that strictly held within this tradition?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sim] [Calming meditation] [Insight meditation] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Tranquility] [Knowing itself] [Concentration] [Language]

Quote: “The qualities of the one pointed mind are vitakka, vicāra, pīti, sukha, and ekaggatā....It’s not one pointed excluding. It works together, it harmonizes, it’s balanced.” — Ajahn Chah [Ajahn Chah] [Unification] [Right Concentration]


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9. “When he [Ajahn Sim] talked about nama rupa, is that looking at the fundamental movement of the mind towards unwholesome dhammas?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sim] [Aggregates] [Unwholesome Roots] [Investigation of states] // [Restlessness and worry] [Self-identity view]