3. Quote: “Ajahn Chah was a wonderful teacher, but more important, he was a trainer. He trained people how to live.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Teaching Dhamma] [Monastic life] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Ajahn Chah]
Story: Māghā Pūjā at Wat Pah Pong. [Festival days] [Lunar observance days] [Wat Pah Pong] [Meditation] [Devotion to wakefulness] [Lay life] [Saṅgha]
3. Story: A group of military generals ask Ajahn Chah to bless amulets to create a kitchen fund. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Amulets] [Ajahn Chah] [Military] [Almsfood] [Wat Pah Pong] // [Culture/Thailand] [Saṅgha decision making] [Festival days] [Almsbowl] [Ajahn Chah Stupa]
Quote: “The Buddha set up the foundation 2,500 years ago with just one baht.” — Ajahn Chah. [Buddha] [Saṅgha]
5. Recollection: Ajahn Chah’s lay disciples practiced all night on lunar observance days. Recounted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Lay life] [Lunar observance days] [Devotion to wakefulness] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Festival days]
4. Stories: The day before Abhayagiri opened; Ajahn Pasanno moves to Abhayagiri. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Festival days] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Abhayagiri] // [Saṅghapāla] [Wat Pah Nanachat]
1. Ajahn Kovilo introduces Ajahn Pasanno with a brief biography. [Ajahn Pasanno] // [Western Ajahn Chah lineage] [Travel] [Wat Phleng Vipassanā] [Temporary ordination]
Ajahn Pasanno corrects the narrative. [Ordination] [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Pong] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Wat Sai Ngam (Suphanburi)] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Vinaya]
Quote: “If you want to stay here, you have to stay at least five years.” — Ajahn Chah. [Sequence of training]
Recollection: The 1974 Māgha Pūjā gathering at Wat Pah Pong. [Festival days]
11. “Could you tell us your very first encounter with Luang Por Chah? How did it happen? What did he say to you? What impression did you have then?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Chah] // [Temporary ordination] [Wat Pah Pong] [Culture/Natural environment] [Ajahn Sumedho]
Story: Ajahn Pasanno is impressed by handwritten notes about Ajahn Chah’s teaching by a visitor to Wat Pah Pong. [Wat Phleng Vipassanā]
Quote: “If you want to stay here, you have to stay at least five years.” — Ajahn Chah.
Quote: “The place itself [Wat Pah Pong] was a reflection of Ajahn Chah.” [Lay life] [Lunar observance days]
Story: The branch monasteries and lay community gather for Māgha Pūjā. [Festival days] [Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Community]