Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā)
Parent topics: Five Precepts, Eight Precepts
20 excerpts, 1:23:05 total duration

All excerpts (20) Questions about (14) Answers involving (4) Stories (4) Readings (2)

Death and Dying, Session 1 – May. 9, 2014

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5. Reading: SN 55.24-25: Sarakāni [Stream entry] [Intoxicants] [Death]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 3 – Apr. 21, 2018

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7. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 647-648 “Por Am” [Ajahn Chah] // [Right Livelihood] [Views] [Intoxicants]

Story: Ajahn Chah teaches Por Am herbal medicine so he can avoid killing animals. [Culture/Thailand] [Food] [Precepts] [Medicinal requisites] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Health care] [Lunar observance days]

Quote: “It’s not possible to defeat the Dhamma, you know, and that’s why you fainted.” — Ajahn Chah to Por Am [Dhamma]