Form (rūpa)
Indeterminate qualities / Five Aggregates / Form
Alternative translations: Body
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Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 6 – Nov. 28, 2013

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17. “Is there anything in the teachings/scriptures that would relate to the idea of organ donation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Health care] [Form] [Generosity]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 19 – Feb. 1, 2014

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8. “Would it be possible to give a working definition of saṅkhāra? It seems that saṅkhāra is used by different people in different ways.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Volitional formations] [Aggregates] // [Conditionality] [Form]

Reference: Abhayagiri Chanting Book, p. 23: “All conditions are impermanent.”


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 20 – Feb. 2, 2014

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3. “I’m interested in the theme mentioned of the body and mind being separate from each other. The questioner asks ‘Don’t they have influence on one another?’ I’m curious about how to reflect on that.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Form] [Nature of mind] // [Ajahn Chah] [Sickness] [Knowing itself]

Story: Ajahn Chah retreats into the peace and stability of the mind to cope with a lung infection.


Death and Dying, Session 2 – May. 9, 2014

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17. Comment: You spoke of death as the dissolution of the body and awareness coming home. The life that we think we’re leading is not the life that we know about when we’re aware. [Form] [Knowing itself] [Nature of mind] [Death]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno: When death comes, our life is like something that is built up out of crystal that becomes a pile of rubble in the end. It’s so important to recognize that within that there is this possibility of awareness and purity of heart. [Similes]


2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 3 – Nov. 24, 2014

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13. “Dear Aj. Karuṇadhammo, could you say a bit more about how you find a belief in rebirth to be motivational? And that it ‘just makes sense?’ Do you think, perhaps, about the person who will inherit your rebirth and how it would be good to load them up with good kamma? Thanks!” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Rebirth ] [Kamma] [Faith] // [Death] [Nature of mind] [Form] [Views] [Spiritual urgency]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 6 – Jan. 11, 2015

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5. Comment: I find it helpful to think about all the different cells of the body. How could any of them be me? [Form] [Not-self] [Unattractiveness]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 33 – Feb. 22, 2015

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4. “After emerging from these attainments, can one function in the world?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Jhāna] [Formless attainments] [Everyday life] // [Discernment] [Relinquishment] [Spiritual bypass]

Comment: If you happen to exist in a body, it seems you need to learn how to live in a body. [Form]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of body] [Thai Forest Tradition] [Liberation]


Desire or Aspiration, Session 1 – Jun. 14, 2015

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8. “What to do when you have a lot of freedom in your mind, but in your body you’re stuck with a bad habit?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Desire] [Liberation] [Heart/mind] [Form] [Habits] [Craving] // [Direct experience] [Meditation/Techniques] [Language] [Mindfulness of breathing]


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 3 – Nov. 23, 2015

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3. “You spoke of using the body as reference, backdrop for the breath. Always coming back to the body. Doesn’t this foster a sense of attachment to the body as mine? And what if the body is not in good shape, ill, and hurting?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of body] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Form] [Clinging] [Self-identity view] [Sickness] // [Relinquishment]


Madison Insight Retreat 2023, Session 1 – Oct. 13, 2023

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6. “Could you give a Dhamma talk about the Five Aggregates?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] // [Cause of Suffering] [Form] [Feeling] [Perception] [Volitional formations] [Consciousness]

Simile: A dog tied to a post (SN 22.100). [Similes] [Self-identity view]