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2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 4 – Nov. 25, 2014

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13. “I am still very attached to my husband and children. I don’t want to relinquish the intimacy I share with my husband. I will suffer when they are gone. How do I reconcile this practice of relinquishment with the reality that I am a wife, mother and householder? With love.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Gratitude] [Family ] [Lay life] [Relinquishment ] // [Spaciousness] [Suffering] [Clinging] [Cause of Suffering] [Communal harmony]

Quote: “Relinquishment is a skillful acknowledgement of the areas where we do create suffering.”

Story: Visākhā, the stream enterer who raised 20 children. [Great disciples] [Stream entry] [Culture/India]

Quote: “Families that grow up with strong spiritual models are an incredible blessing.” [Mentoring]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 34 – Feb. 23, 2015

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2. Reflections by Ajahn Pasanno on the value of samaṇas in Indian culture. [Culture/India] [Perception of a samaṇa] // [Commentaries] [Buddha] [Virtue] [Truth] [Hospitality]

Recollection: Ajahn Pasanno was really cared for during his tudong in Northern India. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Tudong] [Culture/India] [Not handling money]


On Pilgrimage and Tudong, Session 3 – Apr. 25, 2015

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8. “Is it possible to travel in India by bicycle?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Culture/India] [Travel] [Visiting holy sites]

Story: Ajahn Tiradhammo bicycled around India as a layperson. [Ajahn Tiradhammo] [Culture/India]


On Pilgrimage and Tudong, Session 4 – Apr. 25, 2015

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15. Story: Ajahn Pasanno’s tudong in India with Ajahn Jayasaro. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Jayasaro] [Culture/India] [Tudong] // [Impermanence] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Not handling money] [Hinduism] [Islam] [Lodging] [Trust] [Almsround] [Visiting holy sites] [Compassion] [Devotional practice]

Story: An Indian Kshetriya notices that Ajahn Pasanno’s etiquitte matches his training. [Culture/India] [Vinaya] [Buddha/Biography]

Story: Ajahn Jayasaro tries to explain cricket to Ajahn Pasanno. [Recreation/leisure/sport] [Culture/India]


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18. “You slept outdoors?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Lodging] [Culture/India] [Tudong]

Story: Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Jayasaro stay the night at the Buddha’s kuti. [Visiting holy sites] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Jayasaro] [Culture/India] [Buddha/Biography] [Great disciples]


Chanting, Session 1 – Jun. 2, 2018

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3. Story of an Indian Brahman novice at Tisarana Monastery who is adept at chanting. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Culture/India] [Tisarana] [Chanting]


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4. Story: Learning the Paṭimokkha. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pāṭimokkha] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Chanting] // [Ajahn Chah] [Culture/India]

Responses by Ajahn Ñāṇiko, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Kaccāna.